In order to develop a pioneering missional spirit.
ALAN HIRSCHThe ultimate solution to the problem of spiritual complacency is to create a systematically embedded culture of holy urgency.
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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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Those of us with too much invested in the way things are will never embrace the revolutionary cause required for wholesale change.
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If a can opener no longer has the capacity to open cans, what is it?
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Our preferences for stability and security blind us to the opportunities for adventure when they present themselves.
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If we are going to make the change from community to communitas, and not just end up with an unsustainable adrenaline-junkie culture.
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Heroes are important not only because they symbolize what we believe to be important.
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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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There is no doubt that to walk with Jesus means to walk on the wilder side of life.
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The church itself is not only a product of that mission but is obligated and destined to extend it by whatever means possible.
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The kingdom of God is a crash-bang opera: the king is dramatic, demanding, and unavoidable.
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The surface of our consciousness; film, television, literature, sports, and travel are in a sense vicarious adventures.
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Most churches don’t have the resources for these tricks and inducements but are still bound to the imagination that church happens on a Sunday in a building.
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It seems to be a fundamental yearning, knitted into the fabric of the human soul.
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In short, apostolic movement involves a radical community of disciples, centered on the lordship of Jesus, empowered by the Spirit.
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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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