missional Archives » Mike Frost https://mikefrost.net/tag/missional/ AUTHOR | SPEAKER | MISSIOLOGIST | AGITATOR Wed, 06 Jul 2022 00:16:09 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://i0.wp.com/mikefrost.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cropped-MF.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 missional Archives » Mike Frost https://mikefrost.net/tag/missional/ 32 32 116298986 The Micro-Shift That Could Be a Gear Changer for Your Church https://mikefrost.net/the-micro-shift-that-could-be-a-gear-changer-for-your-church/ https://mikefrost.net/the-micro-shift-that-could-be-a-gear-changer-for-your-church/#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2022 22:04:39 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=32124 In the Nicene Creed, Christians declare our belief in the four key attributes of the church when we say, “[We believe] in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church.” They are recited in the liturgies of the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, the Assyrian Church of the East, the Moravian Church, […]

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]]> https://mikefrost.net/the-micro-shift-that-could-be-a-gear-changer-for-your-church/feed/ 8 32124 How do you find Jesus in the neighborhood? https://mikefrost.net/how-do-you-find-jesus-in-the-neighborhood/ https://mikefrost.net/how-do-you-find-jesus-in-the-neighborhood/#comments Wed, 19 Feb 2020 11:39:49 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=29355 It’s becoming more common these days for people to talk about finding out what God is doing in your neighborhood and joining God in that work. A few years ago, Alan Roxburgh wrote a book called Missional, which had the subtitle, Joining God in the neighborhood. He said, “What is God up to in our […]

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]]> https://mikefrost.net/how-do-you-find-jesus-in-the-neighborhood/feed/ 5 29355 New kinds of churches really are the hope of the future https://mikefrost.net/new-kinds-of-churches-really-are-the-hope-of-the-future/ https://mikefrost.net/new-kinds-of-churches-really-are-the-hope-of-the-future/#comments Tue, 08 Oct 2019 19:32:03 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=29074 This week I came across two news stories from different Anglican dioceses on opposite sides of the world, one of which heartened me greatly. DECLINE IN SYDNEY The first story wasn’t the one that heartened me. It was from the Diocese of Sydney entitled “Behind the decline in Church attendance”, and in it, Anglican priest, […]

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]]> https://mikefrost.net/new-kinds-of-churches-really-are-the-hope-of-the-future/feed/ 45 29074 Listening deeply to your city https://mikefrost.net/listening-deeply-city/ https://mikefrost.net/listening-deeply-city/#respond Thu, 16 Feb 2017 00:24:18 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=26652 In my previous post I encouraged Christian leaders to consider ways they could listen deeply to the yearnings, desires, hopes and disappointments of their community. My reason for encouraging such deep listening is that I believe all mission is contextual. All mission. We’ve been buying ministry ideas off the shelf for too long, dishing up […]

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]]> https://mikefrost.net/listening-deeply-city/feed/ 0 26652 What if you could listen to your neighborhood like scientists listen to trees? https://mikefrost.net/listen-neighborhood-like-scientists-listen-trees/ https://mikefrost.net/listen-neighborhood-like-scientists-listen-trees/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2017 04:35:30 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=26643 Take a walk through a forest and it seems the trees stand still like silent sentinels . A tree is the ultimate individualist, right? Each one appears totally independent of the others. That is, until you realize that trees talk to each other. Yep. They talk to each other. Underground! Suzanne Simard of the University […]

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