At the heart of being missional is the understanding that the ekklesia has received from the Lord a mandate to be a sent people to carry the gospel of redemption to the world. The church is sent by Christ and is empowered and led by the Holy Spirit to carry out God’s mission. In order… [Read more…]
May 17, 2007
A MISSIONAL CHURCH IS CONTEXTUAL Churches can be biblically faithful to God’s mission and at the same time work to relate to people in culture. Unfortunately there is a segment of Christianity that interprets attempts to become relevant as a compromise of the gospel. Basically what these people have done in their minds is to… [Read more…]
May 8, 2007
The incarnational aspect of our Lord’s ministry went beyond the theological truth that Christ was literally God in flesh. Jesus came as God in flesh to be with people. He told his disciples that his mission was to seek and to save that which was lost. Jesus did not camp in the temple in Jerusalem… [Read more…]
April 25, 2007
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… [Read more…]
April 16, 2007
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… [Read more…]
April 12, 2007
We have observed that a missional church is rooted in the understanding that it is an assembly of Christ-followers who are loved by God the Father, redeemed and sent by God the Son, and regenerated and empowered by God the Holy Spirit to continue the missio Dei on Earth, for the glory of God. Now… [Read more…]
March 25, 2007
Some may think that the entire missional conversation is much to do about nothing. You might wonder if the difference between being missional and being evangelistic is just a matter of semantics. The biggest difference of a missional church is seen in the ongoing work of the leaders of the missional church to… [Read more…]
March 22, 2007
The term missional is an adjective that describes the fact that a church totally aligns itself with the missio Dei ( the mission of God). Christ Jesus prayed to the Father, “As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world,” (John 17.18). This truth reveals that the church… [Read more…]
March 13, 2007
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… [Read more…]
March 8, 2007
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… [Read more…]
Timothy Cowin
June 14, 2007
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