Missional Church Quotes

• Being Missional means actually doing mission right where you are. Missional means adopting the posture of a missionary, learning and adapting to the culture around you while remaining Biblically sound.

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  Ed Stetzer

  Mean   Sound   Missionary  

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• Because we believe that somewhere in the nest of paradigms contained in the phrase "missional church" lies nothing less that the future viability of Western Christianity.

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  Alan Hirsch

  Lying   Believe   Church  

  Michael Frost, Alan Hirsch (2011). “The Faith of Leap (Shapevine): Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage”, p.155, Baker Books

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• The Missional church always thinks of the long haul rather than the quick fix

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  Michael Frost

  Thinking   Long   Church  

  Michael Frost, Alan Hirsch (2013). “The Shaping of Things to Come: Innovation and Mission for the 21st-Century Church”, p.22, Baker Books

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• Mission [is] understood as being derived from the very nature of God. It [is] thus put in the context of the Trinity, not of ecclesiology or soteriology. The classical doctrine of the missio dei as God the Father sending the Son, and God the Father and the Son sending the Spirit [is] expanded to include yet another “movement”: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit sending the church into the world.

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  David Bosch

  Father   Son   Church  

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• A missional church is a church that must live the dialectic. It must stay in the journey.

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  Alan Hirsch

  Journey   Church   Missional Church  

  Alan Hirsch, Tim Catchim (2012). “The Permanent Revolution: Apostolic Imagination and Practice for the 21st Century Church”, p.169, John Wiley & Sons

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• In missional churches, the baby birds have been pushed out of the nest and are learning to fly for themselves.

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  Alan Hirsch

  Baby   Bird   Church  

  Michael Frost, Alan Hirsch (2011). “The Faith of Leap (Shapevine): Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage”, p.193, Baker Books

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• Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations

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  Oswald Chambers

  Bible   Baptism   Ecumenism  

  Oswald Chambers (2015). “So Send I You / Workmen Of God: Recognizing and Answering God's Call to Service”, p.137, Discovery House

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• The missional church is not a new trend or the latest new technique for reaching postmodern people.

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  Alan Hirsch

  People   Church   Technique  

  Michael Frost, Alan Hirsch (2011). “The Faith of Leap (Shapevine): Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage”, p.160, Baker Books

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