Missional Church Made Simple
This is a helpful introduction to the difference between missional and attractional models of being the Church. However, this understanding of missional church is a tad individualistic. The Church should be doing mission as a community, locked arm-in-arm, and living everyday lives together with Gospel intentionality. One of the pitfalls of the missional model is the over-reaction against Christian community, where we see individuals leaving to become vigilante missionaries and eschewing all meaningful ties to the local church. Mission without community is not mission at all.
i think the dichotomy between missional and attractional can be taken too far. for sure, the church must be on a mission outside her walls, but a loving, worshipping, life-changing community of Jesus is attractive as well. it’s a both/and