The fact is that if Jesus’s future kingdom is secure, those who trust in its coming will enact it now.
ALAN HIRSCHIt is vital to see ourselves as part of an ongoing journey started by our heroes in the Scriptures.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
-
-
A capacity for genuine ecclesial innovation, let along engender daring discipleship.
ALAN HIRSCH -
And if they begin with this mistaken belief about their position in Western society, all their church planting.
ALAN HIRSCH -
Put simply, the church finds itself in a post-Christendom era, and it had better do some serious reflection or face increasing decline and eventual irrelevance.
ALAN HIRSCH -
The mission of God flows directly through every believer and every community of faith that adheres to Jesus.
ALAN HIRSCH -
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.
ALAN HIRSCH -
If we could be freed from our aversion to loss, our whole outlook on risk would change.
ALAN HIRSCH -
Mission is the practical demonstration, whether by speech or by action, of the glorious lordship of Jesus.
ALAN HIRSCH -
The church itself is not only a product of that mission but is obligated and destined to extend it by whatever means possible.
ALAN HIRSCH -
But herein lies the rub: Christianity has been on a long-term trend of decline in every Western cultural context that we can identify.
ALAN HIRSCH -
A missional church is a church that must live the dialectic. It must stay in the journey.
ALAN HIRSCH -
Our preferences for stability and security blind us to the opportunities for adventure when they present themselves.
ALAN HIRSCH -
In short, we find the faith of leap.
ALAN HIRSCH -
Go among the people. Don’t assume you know what church looks like.
ALAN HIRSCH -
To obstruct this is to block God’s purposes in and through his people.
ALAN HIRSCH -
In short, apostolic movement involves a radical community of disciples, centered on the lordship of Jesus, empowered by the Spirit.
ALAN HIRSCH






