My friend Mike Schlittler, a pastor who I worked with at a large UM church in town said this during a staff meeting and it stuck with me. This is my memory of his quote.
"John Wesley said the world is my parish, but we have made the parish our world."
Very wise words I think.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
Friend of Missional - What is a Missional Church?
Friend of Missional - What is a Missional Church?: "Description of a Missional Church
* A missional church is a collection of missional believers acting in concert together in fulfillment of the missio dei.1
* A missional church is one where people are exploring and rediscovering what it means to be Jesus' sent people as their identity and vocation.
* A missional church is faith communities willing and ready to be Christ's people in their own situation and place.
* A missional church knows that they must be a cross-cultural missionary (contextual) people and adopt a missionary stance in relation to their community.
* A missional church will be engaged with the culture (in the world) without being absorbed by the culture (not of the world). They will become intentionally indigenous.
* A missional church understands that God is already present in the culture where it finds itself. Therefore, a missional church doesn't view its purpose as bringing God into the culture or taking individuals out of the culture to a sacred space.
* A missional church is about more than just being contextual, it is also about the nature of the church and how it relates to God.
* A missional church is about being -- being conformed to the image of God.
* A missional church will seek to plant all types of missional communities.
* A missional church is"
* A missional church is a collection of missional believers acting in concert together in fulfillment of the missio dei.1
* A missional church is one where people are exploring and rediscovering what it means to be Jesus' sent people as their identity and vocation.
* A missional church is faith communities willing and ready to be Christ's people in their own situation and place.
* A missional church knows that they must be a cross-cultural missionary (contextual) people and adopt a missionary stance in relation to their community.
* A missional church will be engaged with the culture (in the world) without being absorbed by the culture (not of the world). They will become intentionally indigenous.
* A missional church understands that God is already present in the culture where it finds itself. Therefore, a missional church doesn't view its purpose as bringing God into the culture or taking individuals out of the culture to a sacred space.
* A missional church is about more than just being contextual, it is also about the nature of the church and how it relates to God.
* A missional church is about being -- being conformed to the image of God.
* A missional church will seek to plant all types of missional communities.
* A missional church is"
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
