Leading Missional Communities

Leading Missional Communities

Missional Communities (MCs) are a hot topic right now in the church, and many are excited about the potential of MCs to be a vehicle that allows the church to better live out its mission in the world. But if we embrace and implement MCs merely as a new program, they wonâ€™t live up to their potential and weâ€™ll be on to the next hot topic in a few months. MCs are helpful only if we use them as a vehicle that allows us to point ourselves towards a
much deeper issue: how we can learn to live our everyday lives as extended families on mission.

We call this reality oikos (â€œhouseholdâ€ in Greek), and thatâ€™s actually what this book is about. Think of it like this: an MC is a great vehicle, but vehicles are supposed to take you somewhere. The destination the vehicle of MC takes us to is oikos. We believe oikos is something the Spirit of God is doing in this time to restore the churchâ€™s ability to function fruitfully in discipleship and mission the way the early church did, publicly living out this is the make-or-break issue for the Western church. We simply will not see Godâ€™s dream for
the world come true unless we learn how to function as extended families on mission. And MCs are a great vehicle that helps jump-start that culture-shifting process.We began using MCs over 25 years ago, and have seen both breakthrough and failure. Thisthe Western world in leading, growing, and multiplying MCs.

The great thing is that it isnâ€™t actually that complicated, and God will give us the power to do it. This isnâ€™t a task reserved for church leaders, pastors, or expertsâ€”itâ€™s for everyone! The goal is to learn how to function as an extended family on mission. We really believe this is something everyone can learn to do, and this book is about making the first step in that direction.
Country USA
Manufacturer 3DM
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-09-10
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	3DM
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2013-09-10
Format	Kindle eBook

Leading Missional Communities

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