Missional People

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 [...]

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… [...]

The Formula for Self-Improvement is easy and you don’t have to read every self-help book to figure it out. I sure haven’t read them all, as a matter of fact, I haven’t read any. Why waste my time? Based on interviews with the authors and book reviews, you get a clear picture of what they’re [...]