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Discover a whole new way of following Jesus. It has recently become acceptable, and even fashionable, to refer to one’s church as “missional.” But many churches misunderstand the concept, thinking of “going missional” as simply being a necessary add-on to church-as-usual. This domestication of what is actually a very bold paradigm shift makes missional nothing more than one more trick to see...

is an expression of the love of God, its chief purpose is for creating a platform for evangelism to occur. Some more progressive evangelicals have been willing to move into Position 5. John Stott and the Lausanne movement would represent this position, acknowledging that evangelism and social action are both elements of the larger mission of the church, but they would want to reaffirm the priority of evangelistic ministry over social action.8 I would like to suggest the more distinctly missional
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