Tag: missional
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Church is not Worship, Community, or Mission. It’s All Three
Rachel Young has a thoughtful article at the The Presbyterian Outlook's Outpost blog titled, Consumers, missionaries, or worshipers? She writes: … We use the language of buying and selling, of efficiency, of getting the best product for the best price, even as we think about our relationships, our work, our leisure, our church. We are…
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Want to be Missional? Equip Those in the Workplace
The High Calling: Want to be Missional? Equip Those in the Workplace I was recently invited to teach a session of a seminary class called “Pastoral Functions” at an extension of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. In this class, the pastors-in-training had been discussing such topics as Worship, Disciplemaking, Evangelism, Visitation, Funerals, Weddings, Pastoral Counseling, Children’s…
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Missional is the “coin of the realm” but we don’t all agree on its “value.” (PCUSA)
It Takes a Church: Missional is the “coin of the realm” but we don’t all agree on its “value.” Tod Bolsinger … And in essence I want to ask: Can we agree on these two points so that we may begin to move on to others that are in need of further consideration? • Mission…
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On Becoming Missional in the Twilight of Christendom
I'm in Snowbird, Utah, at the General Assembly Council meeting for the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A, all this week. Today we are having a joint meeting with the Middle Governing Body executives. We will explore what it means to be a missional church through various presentations and discussions. One of the resources we are looking at…
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On the Value of the Term “Emerging Church”
Faithmaps Blog (Stephen Shields): On the Value of the Term “Emerging Church” Andrew Jones asks: I ask this every year. This year, MOST people in my world say that the label “emerging church” or “emergent church” does not define or describe the kinds of ministries they are doing. That also means that many books on…
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The Chief End
Scot McKnight had an interesting post at Jesus Creed last Thursday called Is the chief end … missional? You are no doubt familiar with the first question of the Westminster Catechism: Q. 1. What is the chief end of man?A. Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him forever. (If you are…
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The Wrong Question
My Backyard (Wendy S. Bailey): The Wrong Question “How can we get more people to come to our church?” I am asked this question a lot…. The question isn’t how can we get people to come here, it’s how can we get our people to go there. We have to deploy our members into our…