While I do agree wholeheartedly with the premise of a missional paradigm, as with any movement we must be aware that too far east is most definitely west. While God is calling us into relationship with our communities and while we as the church have always been called to live the Gospel there must be [...]
Posts Tagged ‘missional church’
12 Jan
JESUS REVISITED
I’m absolutely amazed to find that there’s a book called “ReJesus”. Only recently at our local fellowship in Barbados “Break Free”, we did a study over a few Sundays entitled “Jesus Revisited”. The premise for these study sessions was to bring us into a closer awareness of who Jesus really is and was (in terms [...]
2 Jan
They’re Still Waiting
We’ve just come through the very harried and exciting Christmas season; a time when Christians for sure should reflect on the single event that altered history for all time; God’s entrance into the human sphere and into human experience in the form of a man; the putting aside of His majesty, glory and royalty to [...]
1 Nov
HOW TO BE A MISSIONARY (without getting on a plane)
When I was growing up there was a plethora of stories about missionaries who sacrificed the comforts of home and sometimes family (a la the water toilet & other amenities) in order to give of their lives on the known and unknown “mission fields” of the world. These fields were usually found in Africa, the [...]
23 Oct
TOWARDS AN UNDERSTANDING OF MISSIONAL LIVING
Traditionally the Christian sub-culture has focused on removing the Christian (albeit kicking and screaming) from the wicked influence of the world. This is done in order to harness and use his/her talent to enable said church to be more attractive to the world outside from which it seeks to draw others. All this is done [...]
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