Missional???

To be Missional- In order to understand our function in this community we must explore what it means to be “missional.” While this term is very popular in recent church planting trends it can often be misunderstood and used as a trump card to justify any unconventional method used to gather/reach unbelievers. To be missional means to take on the stance of a missionary in your culture and context with the intention of serving and loving them in a way that opens the opportunity to not only speak the gospel but also to show it by actions. It means building relationships with unbelievers in order to discover the cultural barriers that may be keeping them from understanding the gospel. Many people are resistant to the message of Christ simply because the church has built fences around the gospel that are not biblical and have refused to speak the language of the people we are supposed to be reaching. We must identify the barriers and presuppositions of our target in order to speak and act in a way that is biblical, contextual and understandable to the hearers.

-A missionary approach filters through the cultures presuppositions and possible barriers while refusing to create a culture that is inaccessible and hard for unbelievers to engage in. We can and must remain biblically faithful to the message of our desperate need of Jesus and our need to repent and believe in Christ in response to His love for us. We can and must do this in a way that is relevant and easily comprehended by the culture.

What do you think it means to be "missional?" 

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