Categories: All - love - mission - jesus - truth

by John Goering 17 years ago

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Missional Community

Missional Community

Missional Community

Community, not building

Love MUST bethe distinguishingmark
Without love, allelse is meaningless
Give love ratherthan expect it
"I love the Father"
"As I have loved you"
"Church" would continuewithout a building

Contextualize the Truth

Incarnation / Translation
Hold to the Truth,not to your expressionof the Truth
Expression of the truth differs
Truth remains

How do we live this out?

Multiply
Deepen
Invite
Care

"Make disciples"

NOT "us" vs. "them"
NOT: "Get people saved" (reductionism)
Help people to become more like Jesus

Our knowledgeof our Missionflows from ourknowledge ofChrist Himself

What did Jesus want?
What was important to Jesus?
Why did Jesus come?
How did Jesus live?
Who is Jesus?
Man
God

Saturate culture

Parable of wheat and taresMatthew 13:24-30
Parable of yeastLuke 13:20
NOT: create counter-culture

The Mission"As the Father sent me,so I am sending you."John 20:21 (John 17:18,2 Corinthians 5:18-21)

Great Commission fits under this.
authority
therefore also responsibility
identity
therefore purpose