Because we believe that somewhere in the nest of paradigms contained in the phrase “missional church” lies nothing less that the future viability of Western Christianity.
ALAN HIRSCHThe missional church is not a new trend or the latest new technique for reaching postmodern people.
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Those of us with too much invested in the way things are will never embrace the revolutionary cause required for wholesale change.
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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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We must have a sophisticated process to form people into adventurer-disciples.
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The church of Jesus needs to wake up from the exile of passivity and embrace.
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Unless the church is equipping believers to embrace the values and vision of the kingdom of God and turn away from the materialism, consumerism, greed, and power of the present age.
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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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Judgments about who belongs in the Hall of Fame are extremely subjective.
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There’s no such thing as an unsent Christian. You have already been SENT.
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Building community for its own sake is like attending a cancer support group without having cancer.
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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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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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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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At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives.
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In a world that demands service we position ourselves as servants.
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You cannot sell a Christendom approach to a post-Christian world. They are anti-Christian.
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