{"id":6404,"date":"2009-12-16T00:05:35","date_gmt":"2009-12-16T05:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/jesuscreed\/2009\/12\/16\/the-three-central-missional-conversations\/"},"modified":"2009-12-16T00:05:35","modified_gmt":"2009-12-16T05:05:35","slug":"the-three-central-missional-conversations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2009\/12\/16\/the-three-central-missional-conversations\/","title":{"rendered":"The Three Central Missional Conversations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"Missional.jpg\"<\/span>Alan Roxburgh and M. Scott Boren are onto something: in their new book called Introducing the Missional Church: What It Is, Why It Matters, How to Become One (Allelon Missional Series)<\/a>\"\"\u00a0,\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0contend there are three central issues and questions and topics at the center of the missional theology of the Church:<\/p>\n

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First, understanding that the West is now the mission field.<\/div>\n
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Second, rethinking the gospel itself in terms of what God\u2019s dream is and what God is doing in this world instead of the gospel that satisfies my needs and meets my issues.<\/div>\n
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Third, recasting the church itself as sign, witness and foretaste of God\u2019s dream for this world. The church must become a contrast<\/b> society<\/b> if it is to become missional.<\/div>\n
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I would add a fourth: this is all home-brewed, that is, it all occurs in the crucible of the local. Missional people have to develop one major gift: the gift of listening to the culture and to the place \u2014 in your specific neighborhood.<\/div>\n

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Perhaps one of the most important elements of this missional vision is the place that is given to the Spirit of God to reshape and reframe what the local church is.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Finally, this book then focuses on elements involved in shifting to a missional church:<\/div>\n
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1. Awareness<\/div>\n
2. Understanding<\/div>\n
3. Evaluation<\/div>\n
4. Experimentation<\/div>\n
5. Commitment<\/div>\n
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Would you like examples of missional churches?<\/b> I don\u2019t recall that Roxburgh and Boren mentioned this book, and I don\u2019t have it in front of me right now \u2014 I\u2019m writing this last paragraph in a different setting a few days after I wrote the post above \u2014 but I really like Ronald Sider\u2019s book; it influenced my perception of the meaning of \u201cmissional\u201d a few years back and it helped me see the central question was about listening to the community and shaping ministry by the community: Churches That Make a Difference: Reaching Your Community with Good News and Good Works<\/a>\"\"
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