The church itself is not only a product of that mission but is obligated and destined to extend it by whatever means possible.
ALAN HIRSCHIn missional churches, the baby birds have been pushed out of the nest and are learning to fly for themselves.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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We are going to need the capacity to take a courageous stand when and where necessary.
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Who knows what innovation, what freshness, what new insights from the Spirit will emerge.
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You plant the gospel. You don’t plant churches.
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The safety-obsessed church lacks the inner dynamic to foster profound missional impact in our time.
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At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives.
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Real leaders ask hard questions and knock people out of their comfort zones and then manage the resulting distress.
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The mission of God flows directly through every believer and every community of faith that adheres to Jesus.
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The embodiment of the very adventure that all people in every epoch have desired.
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The appetite for adventure and risk is not exclusive to young Christians. In face.
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Go among the people. Don’t assume you know what church looks like.
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Unless the church is equipping believers to embrace the values and vision of the kingdom of God and turn away from the materialism, consumerism, greed, and power of the present age.
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And if they begin with this mistaken belief about their position in Western society, all their church planting.
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If a can opener no longer has the capacity to open cans, what is it?
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Nowadays we raise our children in a cocoon of domesticated security, far from any sense of risk or adventure.
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The ultimate solution to the problem of spiritual complacency is to create a systematically embedded culture of holy urgency.
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