Tag: mc-vs

A small group is roughly twelve people meeting weekly to connect, study, and pray, and success is usually measured by attendance at the event. That is the limit of it: small groups attempt community and mission outside the normal routines of life. A missional community is a network of relationships with a common mission rather…

Community groups tend to make community the destination, and once the friendships are established that is where they stay. They die out when circumstances change, because they lack the imperative of mission. In John 17 Jesus says the purpose of Christian unity is that the world would know the Father sent him, so community has…

A missional community is not a bible study, but a missional community studies the bible. The difference is expectation. People come to a bible study to consume something and come to a missional community to contribute something, which is what 1 Corinthians 14:26 describes. Learning is the aim of one and obedience is the aim…