Missional People

In Gospel and Method Part 1, we exposed an unhealthy preoccupation with methods in church growth debates. To a degree, this debate ignores what is most critical in church planting: our understanding, articulation, and embodiment of the historic gospel of Jesus Christ. Varieties of methods, from organic house church to attractional megachurch, have been used by [...]

Missional is a new trend that seminarians and pastors came up with in order to sell books.
Missional means that you water down the gospel.
Missional means that you wear jeans with holes in them and get a tattoo.
Missional is a trendy word that basically means “evangelism”.
Missional means that you don’t take people to Scripture.
Missional is more [...]

Method: Attractional or Organic?
Dan Kimball of Vintage Faith Church and They Like Jesus But Not the Church fame recently resurfaced the attractional-versus-incarnational debate in an article called “Missional Misgivings.” In this article, he suggests that very few missional churches are actually growing or reaching the lost, and that what we need is more attractional megachurches. Neil [...]

Eat with Non-Christians
We all eat three meals a day. Why not make a habit of sharing one of those meals with a non-Christian or with a family of non-Christians? Go to lunch with a co-worker, not by yourself. Invite the neighbors over for family dinner. If it’s too much work to cook a big dinner, [...]

What should be the main focus of mission in the Christian faith? Social Justice or Evangelism? Well, it depends on who you talk to.   These are two pieces of God’s mission that seem to have been split apart in our history. 
We have seen conservative wings of Christianity stick primarily to evangelism and liberal wings [...]

The birth of a child is such an amazing thing… we just had our first.  All the intricate details involved in bringing a life into this world are absolutely mind-boggling.  The fact that this is how we are all brought into this world is particularly amazing.  My wife and I experienced this state of awe [...]

We will break down our understanding of missional into three categories: what, why, how.
WHAT? WHAT IS MISSIONAL?  The word “missional” is not found anywhere in Scripture, so it’s important for us to define it according to Scripture.

o      Mathew 28:19 “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father [...]

The idea of missional living can be overwhelming at times. Don’t worry, its normal to feel overwhelmed, and to be honest, it should worry us if we don’t feel overwhelmed. Redeeming relationships, living on mission, and investing into eternity is a weighty calling.  In fact, it is hard to know where to even start!
What steps [...]

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 [...]