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Missional: Joining God in the Neighborhood is unavailable, but you can change that!

The missional church movement is a sign that we increasingly feel the call to impact our communities, which is a good thing. But, says Alan J. Roxburgh, these conversations still prioritize church success over mission—i.e., how can being missional grow my church? But to focus on such questions misses the point. Missional calls you to reenter your neighborhood and community to discover what the...

right start in life. It is full of stories that invite us into the drama of where God is moving creation. Christians are invited to embody this drama.11 Christopher Lash uses a helpful word to capture what this kind of Christian life is about. The word he uses is performance. Here’s the way he illustrates what this means. To experience a Beethoven symphony or Shakespearean tragedy, it’s not sufficient—if we are to enter the drama of the music or the play—merely to read notes
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