Week 5 - A Missional Conversation

Here are 6 tough questions form the streets...

Do these people have a point that we understand? How would Jesus have us to respond to today's world where we live?

What is your response to:

• Missional definition - people of God partnering with Him in His redemptive mission in the world.
• Shift from "for" to "with" the community
• The growing number of unaffiliated (1:6) and our need to learn how to engage them as "sent" people.
• 80,000 turning to Christ worldwide - fastest growing religion.
• Church is more of a "movement" - no specific church in NT but referred as the church in the community.
• People are less attracted to the church service but are more attracted to the service of the church.
• Cross-Domain synergy to address amjor issues. ( working with government, schools, etc.)
• The real affinity is in the "mission".
• The American church is being ushered back into the "streets" again, like the first 3 centuries.
• Missional as a program approach vs. "who we are" or our idenity.
• Valuing what we measure.
• Shifting our behavior to celebrate how we are serving "all aspects of our broken world" in a way that God brings people to himself.