The theological support for this distinctive has been fully covered in previous posts. The church is the extension of the missio Dei. As Jesus was God in flesh, the church is to be the presence of Christ Jesus on earth. The mission of Jesus is now the mission of the Church. Peter Wagner points out [...]
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04/25/2007
A Missional Church is Incarnational
04/16/2007
Aim Before You Shoot!
I love to hunt. I began hunting as a boy in Southeast Missouri. Turkey hunting is my absolute favorite. For me there is nothing like getting up before the sun rises, silently making your way through the dark woods, getting in a strategic position, and then hearing those gobblers as the sun begins to poke over [...]
03/13/2007
Why Be Missional?
Various studies reveal that America is increasingly becoming an unchurched mission field. The percentage of people who identified themselves as Christians has dropped 9 percent from 1990 to 2001.[1] Furthermore, George Barna has reported that, “Since 1991, the adult population in the United States has grown by 15%. During that same period, the number [...]
03/08/2007
A Missional Church
My desire is to transform our church to become a fellowship of disciples that has fully embraced the mission given to us by our Lord to reach our community with his gospel. The Bible record is consistent and clear in its recording of the fact that Christ Jesus taught his followers that they also were [...]
02/16/2007
The Mission of the Church
There is much talk about the mission of the church and why it exists. There are probably few pastors that could not name Rick Warren’s 5 purposes of the church.[1] Churches and its leaders struggle to hammer out mission, vision, and purpose statements. In all of the effort and desire to formulate nice, neat [...]
01/11/2007
Don’t Label Me! I Will Do that Myself; Thank You So Very Much!
While I sit here at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, attempting to get some writing completed, I just read a tremendous editorial in the
Louisville paper, written by the Rev. John Yates the rector and Os Guiness a parishioner of The Falls Church. This church is one of several
Virginia churches that voted last month to sever ties [...]
01/08/2007
Missio Dei Part 1: The Church, Intentionally on Mission
This past week and all this week I am sitting in the library at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; attempting to get a big portion of writing done for my doctoral program. I have been completely away from the blogs. I am going to post some of the work I have been doing.
Recovering Our Mission
“For God [...]
