A missional church is a church that must live the dialectic. It must stay in the journey.
ALAN HIRSCHA missional church is a church that must live the dialectic. It must stay in the journey.
ALAN HIRSCHIf we could be freed from our aversion to loss, our whole outlook on risk would change.
ALAN HIRSCHThe fact is that if Jesus’s future kingdom is secure, those who trust in its coming will enact it now.
ALAN HIRSCHWhether [new Protestant church movements] place their emphasis on new worship styles.
ALAN HIRSCHWhen there is no possibility of retreat, we will find the innovation that only the liminal situation can bring.
ALAN HIRSCHIn order to develop a pioneering missional spirit.
ALAN HIRSCHUnless 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.
ALAN HIRSCHOur point isn’t to make an examination of popular film but to illustrate that the yearning for a heroic adventure lies just beneath.
ALAN HIRSCHThe missional church is not a new trend or the latest new technique for reaching postmodern people.
ALAN HIRSCHWhen the church is in mission, it is the true church.
ALAN HIRSCHIn short, apostolic movement involves a radical community of disciples, centered on the lordship of Jesus, empowered by the Spirit.
ALAN HIRSCHReal leaders ask hard questions and knock people out of their comfort zones and then manage the resulting distress.
ALAN HIRSCHBuilding community for its own sake is like attending a cancer support group without having cancer.
ALAN HIRSCHWorship that is in some way divorced from mission is counterfeit worship
ALAN HIRSCHMission is the practical demonstration, whether by speech or by action, of the glorious lordship of Jesus.
ALAN HIRSCHWe have to assume now that all mission is cross-cultural.
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