I heard a comment last night from a seasoned pastor (30 years)/ now missionary, that I haven’t even considered before: [paraphrase] “When Christian schools were started in the 70′s, they were about segregation. They took the ‘light’ out of the public schools.” This intrigu...

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Becoming Missional: Missional – Can Be any Size Good points! What is being missional? Is this something that is a legit form of obedience that we as fundamentalists should be looking into? Or do we already do this? As a whole, does fundamentalism strive for a missional mentality in all that it does? Or ...

Be sure to read the previous post before this one. In short, I reject the reactionary position that the church is to be summarized solely as missional. Mission is an essential part of the church, but it is only one of many essential parts. God is love, but it is wrong to say that love is God. Similarly, the...

Be sure to read the previous post before reading this one. “Our focus needs to change from just ministering to those within our midst to those that are outside our doors.” I think I understand the idea behind this sentence, and I agree that Christians need to express genuine love and compassion for tho...

A student in my class began a discussion on “Missional Ministry” with this post. I am going to post a reply to this post and then my reply to that reply. For many churches when we talk about missions or missions it is a program of the church. We have a missions committee and we have missions c...

Becoming Missional Here is a blog for those in favor of “missional” ministry.

What is a Missional Community Here is some more reading for you! More stuff from my class that I am trying to get my mind around. Click on the link above A missional community is a group of Jesus’ apprentices who so trust his brilliance and mastery of life, that they learn from him how to be like him for th...