{"id":2709,"date":"2013-04-15T12:29:06","date_gmt":"2013-04-15T17:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/emergentvillage\/?p=2709"},"modified":"2013-04-15T12:29:06","modified_gmt":"2013-04-15T17:29:06","slug":"is-missional-a-redefinition-of-evangelical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/emergentvillage\/2013\/04\/is-missional-a-redefinition-of-evangelical\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Missional a redefinition of Evangelical?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Something I have been pondering suggests a potential pitfall for missional dialogs that repeat the pattern established by Evangelicals and their predecessors. As demonstrated by my friend Steve Knight and his networks, I believe this is a faulty assumption, but I am concerned about the direction the missional conversation might take.<\/p>\n

Is Missional another way to place the primary mode of Christian expression a \u2018bring them in for Jesus\u2019 end that Evangelicals have established?<\/p>\n

Or put differently,<\/p>\n

Is the goal of Christian expression the gathering of individuals to intellectual, confessional or behavioral assent to normative statements established by a Christian majority?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I\u2019m concerned about both equally. I believe Christianity, like Judaism before it, is more about doing the teachings of Jesus more than a collecting of adherents. The onus is on the actual deeds performed in the former as opposed to consensus in the latter.<\/p>\n

So Emergent folks, what do you have to tweak in my noggin?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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