Missional Church Archives

Missional Church Part 1

Posted on May 23rd, 2009 by Tim Birdwell

“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 [...]

Characteristics of a Missional Church

Posted on May 23rd, 2009 by Michael Dennis

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 [...]

Missional Community

Posted on May 23rd, 2009 by Tim Birdwell

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. [...]