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When we use the term attractional, it is an attempt to describe how we conceive of our church in relation to our culture. In other words, it describes our missionary stance or the expectations we have about the role church plays in our contexts. (Via Saturate)
I am working with our congregation on mission. (To be honest, I think I’m always working with the congregation on mission.) But at this time we’re focussing quite a bit of energy into it. We are trying to see how God is at work in the world and then join along. In the past this …
This is from Alan Hirsch: The mission of the whole people of God (MPOG),… involves activating the whole people of God and empowering every believer to be active agents of God’s kingdom in every sphere of life. Everyone in this movement, and not just the so-called religious professionals, must be activated and thus play a vital …
I grew up in New York. I spent three years in North Carolina. I moved to Indiana when I was 15 or so. I’ve lived in Alaska longer than I’ve lived anywhere else. Each of those states has a pretty unique culture surrounding it. Each place was different. There was a different way of speaking. …
Let me say it this way. If God is a missionary God, then we must become a missionary people. If the way that God engages the world is incarnation, then we ourselves must become an incarnational people. Incarnationality ought to be part of who we are. Let me say it another way. Our theology, our …