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.
Michael Frost on Missional Church
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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.
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
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.
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!