Missional Church Made Simple

// February 4th, 2010 // Doctrine, Life

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.

Some good books for follow up:

Simple Church: Returning to God’s Process for Making Disciples

Missional Renaissance: Changing the Scorecard for the Church

One Response to “Missional Church Made Simple”

jonathan alexander says:

February 4, 2010 at 1:20 pm

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