Framework for Missional Christianity

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July 13, 2016

Powerful Potential

  (Welcome to the first in an eleven-part series from Alan Hirsch. Read part two here.) The current Christian church needs to reconnect, not with a trendy new movement, but with the power of the original one. One of my…

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July 20, 2016

2 Elements of a Missional Movement

  (Post two in an eleven-part series from Alan Hirsch. Read part three here.) It’s going to take both missional church plus missional disciples to make a missional movement. Let’s start this journey to what we call “missionality” with a big…

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July 27, 2016

Living the Message

  (Post three in an eleven-part series from Alan Hirsch. Read post four here.) You are the church before you do church. If we take Jesus at his word when he says, “As the Father has sent me, I am…

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August 3, 2016

Learning the Art Of Small

  (Post four in an eleven-part series from Alan Hirsch. Read post five here.) Every Christian is a missionary, and we are called to live out our commitment to Jesus’ lordship in every sphere and domain of life. The first movement…

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August 10, 2016

Our Neighborhoods Have Changed

  (Post five in an eleven-part series from Alan Hirsch. Read part six here.) Whether we like it or not, we live in a world that is culturally fragmented and fragmenting.  We are called to be a missional (move-out) people, and…

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August 17, 2016

Listen to the Culture’s Stories

  (Post six in an eleven-part series from Alan Hirsch. Read post seven here.) Don’t presume you really know what’s going on. A few years ago I ran and organized a conference called St. Paul Goes to the Movies. The idea…

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August 24, 2016

Joining God in His Mission

  (Post seven in an eleven-part series from Alan Hirsch. Read post eight here.) It is false to say that only Christians can experience God.  One of the most basic assumptions of the incarnational missionary is to assume God is already…

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August 31, 2016

The Sacred VS. the Secular

  (Post eight in an eleven-part series from Alan Hirsch. Read part nine here.) We live as if there is an insurmountable distance between the “sacred” and the “secular.” One of the important dimensions of incarnational mission is to break…

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September 7, 2016

Discipleship = An Invitation to Relationship

  (Post nine in an eleven-part series from Alan Hirsch. Read post ten here.) Stop being overly “spiritual,” using insider, religious language, to talk about God—it mostly alienates people. The reality is, to become a missional Christian, we begin by simply…

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September 14, 2016

Undercover Subversives

  (Post ten in an eleven-part series from Alan Hirsch. Read part eleven here.) The kingdom works covertly to undermine the way things are now and to initiate God’s rule in its place. Contrary to a narrow fundamentalist understanding of…

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September 21, 2016

Don’t Be A Lone Ranger

  (Enjoy this final post in Alan Hirsch's eleven-part series.) When the church gets its act together, it is the most potent force for the transformation of the world. One of the most profound ways to embody countercultural dissents against the…

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