When the church is in mission, it is the true church.
ALAN HIRSCHIt seems to be a fundamental yearning, knitted into the fabric of the human soul.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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Unless 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.
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But the standard churchy spirituality doesn’t require any real action, courage, or sacrifice from its attendees.
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Whether [new Protestant church movements] place their emphasis on new worship styles.
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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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And if they begin with this mistaken belief about their position in Western society, all their church planting.
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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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In order to develop a pioneering missional spirit.
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The quest for heroic adventure then is a quest for the gospel, although it might not be seen that way by everyone.
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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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You cannot sell a Christendom approach to a post-Christian world. They are anti-Christian.
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Judgments about who belongs in the Hall of Fame are extremely subjective.
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We are going to need the capacity to take a courageous stand when and where necessary.
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A capacity for genuine ecclesial innovation, let along engender daring discipleship.
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Nowadays we raise our children in a cocoon of domesticated security, far from any sense of risk or adventure.
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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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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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Many church folk, in their self-conscious attempt to be overtly morally upright, emit all the wrong signals, thus messing with people’s perception of the gospel.
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Christianity is an adventure of the spirit or it is not Christianity.
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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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You plant the gospel. You don’t plant churches.
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At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives.
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And every disciple is to carry the mission of God into every sphere of life. We are all missionaries sent into a non-Christian culture.
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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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More data is not always the answer.
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It seems to be a fundamental yearning, knitted into the fabric of the human soul.
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All their reproduction will simply mirror this misapprehension.
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