[I use ‘missional’] to describe the wholesale and thorough reorientation of the church around mission, a mission that includes evangelism but more: a mission that is anchored in alerting people to the rule of God through Christ and which can never be reduced to the recruitment of new attendees at our meetings; a mission that hopes in the ongoing work of God to redeem all things and set everything right in accordance with his will; a mission that by its very nature must be lived out incarnationally, in close proximity to those to whom we’ve been sent; a mission that is cross shadowed and calls its followers to the disciplines of sacrifice, service, love and grace; and a mission that delights in beauty, flavour, joy and friendship, that lifts us up and fills us with the same fullness of life we see in Jesus.
– Michael Frost, The Road to Missional: Journey to the Center of the Church. This concluding paragraph indicates why, despite the current overuse of the word “missional,” Micahel Frost will continue to use it.About me
Mining missional material (and other interesting things) from the web.
