Introducing the Missional Church

Missional kirke-bevægelsen er vet at være meget kendt, men der stilles stadigen række spørgsmål til den. Hvad er en missional kirke helt præcist? Hvordan udvikler en kirke sig i missional retning? Er missional kirke bare endnu et kirkeligt modefænomen? Det der disse spørgsmål, som M. Scott Bren og AlanJ. Roxburgh forsøger at besvare i deres nye bog "Introducing the Missional Church: What It Is, Why It Matters, How to Become One", der udkommer i denne måned. Citat fra bogen: "The early church stayed in Jerusalem before persecution forced them to move out and spread the Word.It wasn’t a plan or strategy. It was the Spirit breaking their boundaries. We aren’t promoting persecution, but we want the churches to be aware that the Spirit is always shaping something greater than we can imagine. There is nothing wrong with attracting people to church but that shouldn’t be the goal. God is at work to redeem creation and God invites us to join that mission. Instead of asking ‘How do we attract people to what we are doing,’ we should ask ‘what is God up to in this neighborhood?’ and join those things.Læs mere.