But the standard churchy spirituality doesn’t require any real action, courage, or sacrifice from its attendees.
ALAN HIRSCHBecause we believe that somewhere in the nest of paradigms contained in the phrase “missional church” lies nothing less that the future viability of Western Christianity.
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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Because we believe that somewhere in the nest of paradigms contained in the phrase “missional church” lies nothing less that the future viability of Western Christianity.
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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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In missional churches, the baby birds have been pushed out of the nest and are learning to fly for themselves.
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If we could be freed from our aversion to loss, our whole outlook on risk would change.
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In short, we find the faith of leap.
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To obstruct this is to block God’s purposes in and through his people.
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Expressions of the Holy Spirit’s power, evangelism to seekers, or Bible teaching, these so-called new movements still operate out of the fallacious assumption that the church belongs firmly in the town square, that is, at the heart of Western culture.
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Truth is narrow, but grace is wide.
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We must have a sophisticated process to form people into adventurer-disciples.
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Whether [new Protestant church movements] place their emphasis on new worship styles.
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We will have to take risks, to chance failure, to be willing to walk away from the familiar paths that have brought us to this point.
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Think of mission like the paddles of a defibrillator applied to the chest of a dying church.
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There’s no such thing as an unsent Christian. You have already been SENT.
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A missional theology…appl ies to the whole of life of every believer.
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