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.
ALAN HIRSCHMost 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.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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Mission is the practical demonstration, whether by speech or by action, of the glorious lordship of Jesus.
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But herein lies the rub: Christianity has been on a long-term trend of decline in every Western cultural context that we can identify.
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It not only abandons its biblical mandate, it is rendered missionally ineffective.
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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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You plant the gospel. You don’t plant churches.
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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 short, apostolic movement involves a radical community of disciples, centered on the lordship of Jesus, empowered by the Spirit.
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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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We are going to need the capacity to take a courageous stand when and where necessary.
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In short, we find the faith of leap.
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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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The mission of God flows directly through every believer and every community of faith that adheres to Jesus.
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Whether [new Protestant church movements] place their emphasis on new worship styles.
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A capacity for genuine ecclesial innovation, let along engender daring discipleship.
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It is vital to see ourselves as part of an ongoing journey started by our heroes in the Scriptures.
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