Maybe Methodists Are Not So Missional After All

June 9, 2013 By Steve Knight

I’ve written before about some exciting missional things happening in the United Methodist Church. Wes Magruder, who is a part of one of those “fresh expressions” in Methodist circles, the Missional Wisdom Foundation, recently wrote this about his denomination: “Whatever we United Methodists are, we are not yet truly missional. Everything that happened at Annual Conference this week presupposed and presumed that the attractional church is the preeminent and ultimate expression of Christian community. … “Missional means sent. “A missional... Read more

April Is Officially Missional Church Conference Month

April 1, 2013 By Steve Knight

This is no April Fool’s joke: Just about wherever you live in the U.S., there’s a missional church conference near you this month! (more…) Read more

TransFORM Southwest Is Happening April 5-6 in Fort Worth, Texas

March 7, 2013 By Steve Knight

I’m grateful to Brian McLaren for putting out the invitation on his blog yesterday to TransFORM Southwest: Have you ever thought about starting a new faith community? Or … linking up with others who are doing innovative things in local congregations? You should know about the TransFORM Network. TransFORM Southwest will gather April 5-6 in Fort Worth. (more…) Read more

Is This The Link Between Mission and Liturgy/Worship?

March 3, 2013 By Steve Knight

From Catholic missiologist John C. Sivalon in his book God’s Mission and Postmodern Culture: (more…) Read more

Who ISN’T Missional?

February 20, 2013 By Steve Knight

Tony Jones has a great reflection on his blog today about labels such as “neo-Reformed,” “Emergent,” and “missional.” (more…) Read more

A New Metric for Missional Engagement: Love

February 14, 2013 By Steve Knight

Jonathan Larson penned the musical Rent in 1994. One of the play’s theme songs is “Seasons of Love.” Of course, it’s Valentine’s Day today, so someone posted this video, and I was struck by the message of this song all over again (more…) Read more

How Is Fasting for Lent Missional?

February 14, 2013 By Steve Knight

Thomas Turner is inviting you to sign up for his email newsletter in exchange for a PDF download of his 2013 Everyday Liturgy Lenten Guide. I did it! It’s a resource worth checking out and having on hand. Also, Chris Smith from the Slow Church blog has a great article (more…) Read more

Get Out The Front Door!

December 26, 2012 By Steve Knight

The Urbana (traditional) missions conference starts tomorrow in St. Louis, but several months ago, Dave Zimmerman, editor at InterVarsity Press, wrote an excellent article reflecting on calling and the interesting turn of a phrase from an Urbana promo video. (more…) Read more

Reading the Bible Slowly in Missional Community

December 13, 2012 By Steve Knight

In this new “Postmodern Negro” video for Sogo Media, Anthony Smith talks about the experience of his missional community in Salisbury, NC, called Mission House and something they’re calling “Bible Lab,” (more…) Read more

Who Wants to Spend 4 Hours Watching Reggie McNeal Talk About the Missional Church?

December 4, 2012 By Steve Knight

I do! And probably a lot more of you out there, as well. Well, we’re in luck, because the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church recently hosted Reggie McNeal for a seminar on his book Missional Renaissance: Changing the Scorecard of the Church. The almost four-hour presentation was recorded on video and is available to view on the NCCUMC website (or right here, see below), but only through the end of January 2013. (more…) Read more