If we are going to make the change from community to communitas, and not just end up with an unsustainable adrenaline-junkie culture.
ALAN HIRSCHYou can do more with 12 disciples than with 1,200 religious consumers.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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In order to develop a pioneering missional spirit.
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The quest for heroic adventure then is a quest for the gospel, although it might not be seen that way by everyone.
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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 kingdom of God is a crash-bang opera: the king is dramatic, demanding, and unavoidable.
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Every Christian is a sent one. There is no such thing as an unsent Christian.
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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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Who knows what innovation, what freshness, what new insights from the Spirit will emerge.
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But the standard churchy spirituality doesn’t require any real action, courage, or sacrifice from its attendees.
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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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When there is no possibility of retreat, we will find the innovation that only the liminal situation can bring.
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But herein lies the rub: Christianity has been on a long-term trend of decline in every Western cultural context that we can identify.
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It seems to be a fundamental yearning, knitted into the fabric of the human soul.
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Judgments about who belongs in the Hall of Fame are extremely subjective.
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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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The missional church is not a new trend or the latest new technique for reaching postmodern people.
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