When there is no possibility of retreat, we will find the innovation that only the liminal situation can bring.
ALAN HIRSCHEvery Christian is a sent one. There is no such thing as an unsent Christian.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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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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Most churches don’t have the resources for these tricks and inducements but are still bound to the imagination that church happens on a Sunday in a building.
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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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Heroes are important not only because they symbolize what we believe to be important.
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There’s no such thing as an unsent Christian. You have already been SENT.
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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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We have to assume now that all mission is cross-cultural.
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Go among the people. Don’t assume you know what church looks like.
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Interestingly, it’s as though the gospel story of Jesus is the archetypal heroic journey.
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We are going to need the capacity to take a courageous stand when and where necessary.
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Judgments about who belongs in the Hall of Fame are extremely subjective.
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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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The fact is that if Jesus’s future kingdom is secure, those who trust in its coming will enact it now.
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You cannot sell a Christendom approach to a post-Christian world. They are anti-Christian.
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