The second practical reason to embrace Simple Churches is that they are relationally founded and based. Everything transpires in the context of relationship. Referencing the importance of relationship, Leonard Sweet states: Relationships and interrelatedness are as primary in the spiritual realm as they are in the physical world. In theology, what is important are...
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Missional Exploration: Joining God in the Neighborhoods of Life
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Practical Reason Two for Simple Church
WHAT IS MISSIONAL - A Short Answer
"Jesus told us to go into all the world and be his ambassadors, but many churches today have inadvertently changed the "go and be" command to a "come and see" appeal. We have grown attached to buildings, programs, staff and a wide variety of goods and services designed to attract and entertain people.
"Missional is a helpful term used to describe what happens when you and I replace the "come to us" invitations with a "go to them" life. A life where "the way of Jesus" informs and radically transforms our existence to one wholly focused on sacrificially living for him and others and where we adopt a missionary stance in relation to our culture. It speaks of the very nature of the Jesus follower."
---Rick Meigs http://friendofmissional.com
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