Every disciple is to be an agent of the kingdom of God.
ALAN HIRSCHEvery disciple is to be an agent of the kingdom of God.
ALAN HIRSCHAnd if they begin with this mistaken belief about their position in Western society, all their church planting.
ALAN HIRSCHBut because they also convey universal truths about personal self-discovery and self-transcendence, one’s role in society, and the relation between the two.
ALAN HIRSCHThere’s no such thing as an unsent Christian. You have already been SENT.
ALAN HIRSCHBuilt 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 HIRSCHThe embodiment of the very adventure that all people in every epoch have desired.
ALAN HIRSCHThe quest for heroic adventure then is a quest for the gospel, although it might not be seen that way by everyone.
ALAN HIRSCHBut herein lies the rub: Christianity has been on a long-term trend of decline in every Western cultural context that we can identify.
ALAN HIRSCHNowadays we raise our children in a cocoon of domesticated security, far from any sense of risk or adventure.
ALAN HIRSCHThere’s no such religious force in the West as powerful as consumerism.
ALAN HIRSCHBut the standard churchy spirituality doesn’t require any real action, courage, or sacrifice from its attendees.
ALAN HIRSCHA missional theology…appl ies to the whole of life of every believer.
ALAN HIRSCHA missional church is a church that must live the dialectic. It must stay in the journey.
ALAN HIRSCHAll their reproduction will simply mirror this misapprehension.
ALAN HIRSCHThere is no doubt that to walk with Jesus means to walk on the wilder side of life.
ALAN HIRSCHWhether [new Protestant church movements] place their emphasis on new worship styles.
ALAN HIRSCH