There is a concern that arises in people when they hear statements like “When we are all working on mission, community happens naturally. When we’re working on community, mission gets lost somewhere.”  Their concern is that when mission is held up as ultimate then care for others will stop and members of the community will [...]

Everything was created to reflect the glory of God; however, through disobedience and rebellion all of creation was tainted and tarnished the glory of God.  God responded to this rebellion through entering into humanity history and walking amongst us, and his name is Jesus.  Jesus came to rescue and renew all that was lost through [...]

Missional Living at its core is living as a missionary in whatever context God has placed you.  It is adopting the posture, thinking, behaviors, and practices of a missionary in order to engage others with the gospel.  This involves understanding the culture, language, and background of the people you are trying to reach and meeting [...]

“Missional Church” is definitely a buzz-phrase that is all over the place these days. The fact that we need to label a church, “missional”, has always been a little odd to me. I mean, shouldn’t all churches be missional in their very nature? Shouldn’t a church, at it’s very core, desire to engage their culture and community [...]

“To be or not to be, that is the question.” Famous lines of the Great Bard, Shakespeare. A concept that is worth spending some time in self reflection over. What is it that we are to “be?” One may quickly recognize that “to be” is an active verb, meaning there is no place for passivity [...]

My name is Sameer and I am a guitarist for a rock band called Flyleaf. Personally and as a band we are often asked the question… “are you a Christian band?” To be clear on the front end, everyone in the band is a Christian. We all love God and strive to live and perceive [...]

People are taught the church exists to go, get, gather, and focus on keeping the people you gather, however, scripture teaches the church is to go, get, scatter (John: “sent me”-30+, Acts 1, Romans 1, Epistles) and our focus is to be sent and send out (missional communities). Below is a list of characteristics of [...]

If we are going to be missional people functioning as a missional church, then we have to understand the relational world. There are not many issues God is more passionate about than our relational world …especially moving people from isolation to community. Deep, authentic, Christ-centered relationships don’t just happen …it takes time and effort to develop them. [...]

On their website Focus on the Family states their vision as, “Redeeming families, communities, and societies worldwide through Christ.” They state their guiding principles as evangelism, marriage, children, etc., however, it is possible they might be hindering the gospel more than redeeming culture through Christ.
Simply stated, they are calling culture to focus on the family. [...]

To truly be missional people who are actively engaging others with the gospel, we should probably know what the gospel is. Here is a brief synopsis…
In its simplest form, the gospel is the good news that Jesus Christ died for our sins, was buried, and was raised on the third day (1 Corinthians 15:3-5). But… [...]