Category: missional community

  • Reasons for Missional Community

    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 an upcoming series of posts: A Theological Reason – The Community Apologetic A Philosophical Reason – Discipleship in a Consumer Culture A Pragmatic Reason –…

  • 2012 Verge Talk – Who is the Missionary?

    At Verge this year, I referred to the video above from Verge 2012 as the reason why we are pursuing missional communities. It’s a simple argument for the need for new forms to engage our cities with the gospel. What do you think needs to change about how we gather as the church?

  • An Overview of Missional Communities

    A missional community is a community of Christians, on mission with God in obedience to the Holy Spirit, who demonstrate tangibly and declare creatively the gospel of Jesus Christ to a pocket of people. Last fall, my friend Jon Dansby and I wrote a few short articles to recast some vision to our church about…