missional community
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Missional Community Practices – The Family Meal
If obedience means acting like a family, the question is what families actually do, and families share life around a meal. So we asked leaders to host a meal rather than prepare a lesson, which frees…
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Missional Community Practices – Different Kinds of Gatherings
We build different kinds of gatherings because the aim is obedience rather than information transfer. Practices without the gospel underneath them produce self-righteousness or self-loathing, so this post answers how rather than why.
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Missional Community Practices
Missional communities at The Austin Stone gather three ways: as a family over a meal, as disciples in a Life Transformation Group, and as missionaries in a third place. Here is the overview, with a story…
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What is a Missional Community? – More Than a Bible Study
A missional community is not just a bible study, a fellowship group, a social action club, a support group, or a weekly meeting. Over time it includes all of those things, but underneath it is a…
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What is a Missional Community? – Pocket of People
A pocket of people answers who the community exists for. A neighbor is anyone you cannot avoid, or anyone whose needs you have the resources to meet, which may be the people next door, the people…
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What is a Missional Community? – On Mission with God
On mission with God means participating in what God has always been doing, establishing his kingdom and making disciples. That works out two ways in every community. We demonstrate the gospel tangibly by meeting the real…
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What is a Missional Community? – Definition
Over the next two weeks, I’ll be unpacking how we define missional communities at The Austin Stone. See the previous posts here: Part 1 – Other’s Definitions of Missional Community Part 2 – A Vision for…
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What is a Missional Community? – Vision
Over the next two weeks, I’ll be unpacking how we define missional communities at The Austin Stone. —– Like many churches, The Austin Stone has a very clear vision of what we believe God has called…
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What is a Missional Community? – Other Definitions
When others interact with an idea, it provides clarity on your own thinking. Below are some ways that other movements around the country would define missional communities. I have learned from each one of them: Jeff…
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What is a Missional Community?
In a previous series, I worked through the primary reasons we pursue missional communities at The Austin Stone. Whether you’re new to the idea of missional communities, or have been implementing them for a long time, I’d…
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A Pragmatic Reason for Missional Communities
Although there are a number of reasons why we have chosen to implement missional communities at The Austin Stone, there are a few critical reasons I want to highlight in this series of posts. First was a…
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A Philosophical Reason for Missional Communities
Although there are a number of reasons why we have chosen to implement missional communities at The Austin Stone, there are a few critical reasons I want to highlight in this series of posts. First was…