The church does not do mission, it is mission. By its very calling and nature, it exists as God’s ‘sent’ people (missio = sending). Its worship, its proclamation, its life as a distinctive community, and its concrete demonstration of God’s love in acts of prophetic and sacrificial service are all witness to the good news whose [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Missional Theology for a Missional Church
Posted: 27th October 2008 by Brad Brisco in Missional, Theology1
As His community [the church] points beyond itself. At bottom it can never consider its own security, let alone its appearance. As His community it is always free from itself . . . . Its mission is not additional to its being. It is, as it is sent and active in its mission. It builds up [...]
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If you are not familiar with Jonathan Dodson’s blog Church Planting Novice then you need to be. Jonathan consistently offers up practical resources for missional church planting as he journeys through the planting of Austin City Life. Some of my favorite in the past couple of months include: Where to Office: Church or Home? Why [...]
Sacred Rhythm & Missional Order
Posted: 19th October 2008 by Brad Brisco in Missional, Missional OrderComments Off
I shared a few weeks ago that my friends Georges Boujakly, Paul Hill and I had been working on a Missional Order site that we hoped would help foster missional thought and practice through the engagement of three “common commitments” that include “sacred rhythm,” “continuous formation,” and “participation in the Missio Dei.” Because we beleive [...]
What keeps us from a life of such faith is that we have become very good at assessing and minimizing risk. Our culture is all about risk management. We want to hedge our finances against future market downturns, and we have home insurance, life insurance, car insurance, fire insurance, flood insurance, and earthquake insurance. Athletes [...]
I have found Darrell Guder to be one of the most important voices in the missional conversation. In an excellent essay titled “The Challenges of Evangelization in America: Theological Ambiguities” Guder emphasizes the fact that mission is the definitive task of the church. Furthermore, Guder believes that any attempt to reclaim the missional calling of [...]
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Here is an article by Joy Skjegstad from the Alban Institue that serves as a simple reminder that knowledge of the community should define the mission of the local church in a given context. Another way to say it is that good missiology should influence our ecclesiology, not the other way around.
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My friend Georges Boujakly reminds us from Celtic Daily Prayer that hurry isn’t helpful for anyone. Hurry is an unpleasant thing in itself, but also very unpleasant for whoever is around it. Some people came into my room and rushed in an rushed out and even when they were there they were not there–they were [...]
Here is a missional take on Mayer’s “Waiting For The World To Change.” (ht: Doug Resler)