Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou Mike! This is what my soul has been yearning to hear, as I grapple with the internal disjunct in my 2-fold roles, between ministering within a traditional context, at the same time as ministering in a completely new context as a pioneer/church planter. Thankyou for helping me to articulate what I have intuitively known – that we have forgotten what it is to see ourselves as ‘sent people’. Your words have lifted me today!

I agree with David. The missional conversation is rooted in a belief in the universal reign of the triune God and our responsibility to alert others to it by word and deed in every aspect of our lives. To achieve this magnificent task we need a different kind of disciple. I agree the movement will fail if we don’t disciple people well, but I think the paradigm comes before the practice. Giving people a vision of God’s mission that transcends mere recruitment and contributes to the restoration and renewal of all things is primary.

Bobby,
Pretty sure discipleship follows mission… we follow Christ as Father, Son and Spirit sent Him into the world. God’s very essence is mission; obviously becoming and making disciples is important, but it follows a recognition of ourselves as God’s people sent into the world.
Dave

Awesome.

Most of the missional movement is not focused on disciple making and therefore it to will fail. it is Jesus’ style disciple making, not the missional movement that is the only viable future. Saying that the missional movement will affect worship and discipleship shows a minimalistic view on discipleship that will not do …