Michael Frost on Missional Church
Posted by Brad BriscoOct 10
Thanks to Rick Meigs at Blind Beggar and Andy at not yet finished for the heads up on this video of Michael Frost at the Presbyterian Global Fellowship Conference in Houston. Frost argues that for a church to be missional means that mission must be the organizing principle of the church, and when you “step into” a missional paradigm there will be a fundamental shift in how you see God, the church and the world.
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Comment by Rick Meigs on October 10, 2007 at 7:21 am
This is just one of the best talks on what the missional paradigm is and means that I’ve heard. Great stuff. Glad you picked it up.
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Comment by Very Rev.Deji Okegbile on November 14, 2007 at 5:23 am
Frost, bless u.you really open my understanding to a research l am doing on Next Methodism in Nigeria. l will be glad to have a chat with you please.
Thanks.
Very Rev.Deji Okegbile, Cliff College, Calver,UK
Comment by Revd P. Ch. Onyekwere on June 13, 2008 at 2:24 pm
Do please keep up the good work. Resources for missions need assembling, harnessing and marshaling. This should be one of the successful efforts. Let the joy of the Lord continue to be your strength. By this niche fulfill your co-mission.
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[...] besten Fall geschehen würde, könnte man als “missional” bezeichnen – hier sei einfach auf Michael Frost verwiesen, der kann das weit besser erklären als [...]
Comment by Denise Charles on April 7, 2009 at 7:58 am
The idea of being missional resonates so much with my spirit. A lot of what is now being touted as Missional is simply there in the word of God; it is not some post-modern invention of the 21st Century. I think that the fact that we are living now in a post-Christian culture has made us re-evaluate our past perspectives on Church as something that we “do” or as a place where we “go”. This forces us to look inward and upward; fortunately God is faithful and has begun in His own way to create a feeling of dissatisfaction with the structures emerged through traditional Christendom. We are now in a place where we can more clearly see that Church is who we are and like our saviour, master and God, we are sent to participate in the work of God in the earth. We are called to the world and not to our selves, so I appreciate al that Michael Frost and others like him are saying. In Barbados in the Caribbean where I live, God too is awakening his people to this reality, Many of us, particularly those who have been in Church all our lives have grown tired of the consumerist focus of church and the creation of a Christian sub-culture which has not been successful in really changing our communities. Personally, my family and I have become more motivated to live incarnationally among the people of our villages and communities whom we aim to serve. Be encouraged and keep the good work up!
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[...] Frost wirbt u.a. damit, dass diese Linie theologisch gut vertretbar (und vielleicht die einzig richtige) ist und dass sich auf diesem Weg vieles wesentlich besser leben lässt als beim herkömmlichen Gemeindebau (z.B.: bevor man sich in die Ufo-Szene wagt, könnte es sein, dass man wesentlich lebendiger um Gottes Hilfe bittet, als wenn man brav und fromm in einem herkömmlichen Gottesdienst hockt. Oder: wenn man mit einem Ufo-Fan über Gott & die Welt gesprochen hat, könnte es sein, dass man Gott auf viel intensivere Weise dafür lobt und dankt, als wenn man das Lobpreisprogramm in einem Gottesdienst runterrasselt – sprich: die üblichen frommen Praktiken werden plötzlich mit Leben gefüllt). [...]