A retreatist spirituality is not a spirituality that can, or will, transform the world in Jesus’s name.
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.
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It not only abandons its biblical mandate, it is rendered missionally ineffective.
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The missional church is not a new trend or the latest new technique for reaching postmodern people.
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There is no doubt that to walk with Jesus means to walk on the wilder side of life.
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Built squarely on a fivefold ministry, organized around mission where everyone (not just professionals) is considered an empowered agent, and tends to be decentralized in organizational structure.
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In short, we find the faith of leap.
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Currently, young Christians reach adulthood bored with church experience, and with little or no sense of their calling as missionaries.
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Renewal means more than reinventing ourselves; it means rediscovering the primal power of the Spirit and the gospel already present in the life of the church.
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A missional theology…appl ies to the whole of life of every believer.
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The embodiment of the very adventure that all people in every epoch have desired.
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The kingdom of God is a crash-bang opera: the king is dramatic, demanding, and unavoidable.
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All their reproduction will simply mirror this misapprehension.
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I found out the hard way that if we don’t disciple people, the culture sure will.
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Whether [new Protestant church movements] place their emphasis on new worship styles.
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The appetite for adventure and risk is not exclusive to young Christians. In face.
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Truth is narrow, but grace is wide.
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