Real leaders ask hard questions and knock people out of their comfort zones and then manage the resulting distress.
ALAN HIRSCHWhen there is no possibility of retreat, we will find the innovation that only the liminal situation can bring.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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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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We are going to need the capacity to take a courageous stand when and where necessary.
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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 can embrace the adventure and risk and equip our churches to lay down their lives and abandon their inherent loss-aversion.
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We have to assume now that all mission is cross-cultural.
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In a world that demands service we position ourselves as servants.
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We must have a sophisticated process to form people into adventurer-disciples.
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Every disciple is to be an agent of the kingdom of God.
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You cannot sell a Christendom approach to a post-Christian world. They are anti-Christian.
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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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Every Christian is a sent one. There is no such thing as an unsent Christian.
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Heroes are important not only because they symbolize what we believe to be important.
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All their reproduction will simply mirror this misapprehension.
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A capacity for genuine ecclesial innovation, let along engender daring discipleship.
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You plant the gospel. You don’t plant churches.
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