In missional churches, the baby birds have been pushed out of the nest and are learning to fly for themselves.
ALAN HIRSCHPut 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.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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The kingdom of God is a crash-bang opera: the king is dramatic, demanding, and unavoidable.
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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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Building community for its own sake is like attending a cancer support group without having cancer.
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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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We have to assume now that all mission is cross-cultural.
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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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Our point isn’t to make an examination of popular film but to illustrate that the yearning for a heroic adventure lies just beneath.
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When the church is in mission, it is the true church.
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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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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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There’s no such thing as an unsent Christian. You have already been SENT.
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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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The safety-obsessed church lacks the inner dynamic to foster profound missional impact in our time.
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All their reproduction will simply mirror this misapprehension.
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A capacity for genuine ecclesial innovation, let along engender daring discipleship.
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