A missional theology…appl ies to the whole of life of every believer.
ALAN HIRSCHAt some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives.
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But because they also convey universal truths about personal self-discovery and self-transcendence, one’s role in society, and the relation between the two.
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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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Whether we like it or not, we are all on a journey, a Quest if you will, every day of our lives, and the path we must take is full of perils, and our destiny can never be predicted in advance.
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To obstruct this is to block God’s purposes in and through his people.
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We have to assume now that all mission is cross-cultural.
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A capacity for genuine ecclesial innovation, let along engender daring discipleship.
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Every disciple is to be an agent of the kingdom of God.
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Truth is narrow, but grace is wide.
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Real leaders ask hard questions and knock people out of their comfort zones and then manage the resulting distress.
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All their reproduction will simply mirror this misapprehension.
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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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A missional church is a church that must live the dialectic. It must stay in the journey.
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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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Go among the people. Don’t assume you know what church looks like.
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Heroes are important not only because they symbolize what we believe to be important.
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