The missional church is not a new trend or the latest new technique for reaching postmodern people.
ALAN HIRSCHTruth is narrow, but grace is wide.
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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In a world that demands service we position ourselves as servants.
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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.
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Interestingly, it’s as though the gospel story of Jesus is the archetypal heroic journey.
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Christianity is an adventure of the spirit or it is not Christianity.
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A capacity for genuine ecclesial innovation, let along engender daring discipleship.
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We will have to take risks, to chance failure, to be willing to walk away from the familiar paths that have brought us to this point.
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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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Reconnecting with this purpose and recovering the forgotten ways. This purpose and potential have always been there, but individuals and communities have largely lost touch with them.
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It seems to be a fundamental yearning, knitted into the fabric of the human soul.
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When there is no possibility of retreat, we will find the innovation that only the liminal situation can bring.
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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 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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It not only abandons its biblical mandate, it is rendered missionally ineffective.
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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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