Category: missional community
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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 –…
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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?
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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…