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e earth is 49 6 god s mission determined jesus mission in jesus the radically theocentric nature of biblical mission is most clearly focused and modeled in the obedience of jesus even to death the mission of god reached its climax for god was reconciling the world to himself in christ 2 cor 5 19 pg 66 the church with a mission as luke 24 45 47 indicates jesus entrusted to the church a mission that is directly rooted in his own identity passion and victory as the crucified and risen messiah pg 66 the church s mission flows from the identity of god and his christ pg 66 mission then in biblical terms while it inescapably involves us in planning and action is not primarily a matter of our activity or our initiative mission from the point of view of our human endeavor means the committed participation of god s people in the purposes of god for the redemption of the whole creation the mission is god s the marvel is that god invites us to join him mission arises from the heart of god himself and is communicated from his heart to ours mission is the global outreach of the global people of a global god putting these perspectives together a missional hermeneutic means that we seek to read any part of the bible in the light of god s purpose for his whole creation including the redemption of humanity and the creation of the new heavens and new earth god s purpose for human life in general on the planet and of all the bible teaches about human culture relationships ethics and behavior god s historical election of israel their identity and role in relation to the nations and the demands he made on their worship social ethics and total value system the centrality of jesus of nazareth his messianic identity and mission in relation to israel and the nations his cross and resurrection god s calling of the church the community of believing jews and gentiles who constitute the extended people of the abraham covenant to be the agent of god s blessing to the nations in the name and for the glory of the lord jesus christ leave a comment posted in hermeneutics the mission of god tags christopher wright the mission of god posted by michaelhanegan october 26 2008 karl barth on the sent church as his community the church points beyond itself at bottom it can never consider its own security let alone its appearance as his community it is always free from itself its mission is not additional to its being it is as it is sent and active in its mission it builds up itself for the sake of its mission and in relation to it karl barth church dogmatics iv 1 thanks to brad brisco for the great quote and photo the more i hear and read from barth the more i think that his church dogmatics will hold some serious gems for the missional conversation leave a comment posted in church dogmatics ecclesiology tags ecclesiology karl barth missional church posted by michaelhanegan october 25 2008 insights from culture making by andy crouch in the book culture making recovering our creative calling by andy crouch the relationship of christianity and the church to the culture crouch by the way is critical of generalizations like the culture throughout this book i am only about 1 3 of the way into the book but already have garnered some gems worth sharing crouch gives five questions for diagnosing culture crouch is unwilling to allow the culture to be made only of abstract concepts and opinions he will make a distinction between worldview and culture as well he narrows his definition by making us examine cultural artifacts or tangible things that are created becuase of through and in response to the already established culture the five questions are as follows what does this cultural artifact assume about the way the world is what does this cultural artifact assume about the way the world should be what does this cultural artifact make possible what does this cultural artifact made impossible or at least very difficult what new forms of culture are created in response to this artifact in the following chapters of the opening section here are some of the statements that are made the only way to change culture is create more of it pg 67 culture is what we make of the world we start not with a blank slate but with all the richly encultured world that previous generations have handed to us the more each of us knows about our cultural domain the more likely we are to create something new and worthwhile we cannot make culture without culture and this means that creation begins with cultivation taking care of the good things that culture has already handed to us the first responsibility of culture makers is not to make something new but to become fluent in the cultural tradition to which we are responsible before we can be culture makers we must be culture keepers we can only create where we have learned to cultivate so underneath almost every act of culture making we find countless small acts of culture keeping cultural creativity requires cultural maturity then they will be prepared to both conserve culture at its best and change it for the better by offering the world something new pgs 73 77 is crouch onto something here i would say so in that case what does it mean for the missional church to create new culture from in the midst of an existing culture in what way does the church live within culture create new culture from within their cultural context and still remain faithful to the gospel and their identity as the missionary people of god i m hoping crouch will give us some answers to questions like these more on this as the book continues in the mean time make it a point to pick this book up this will be an important title for a missional church that wishes to do more than critique or copy its culture but instead to improve it through being the instrument of god s reconciliation in all things 1 comment posted in contextualization culture culture making tags andy crouch change contextualization culture culture making posted by rogueminister october 25 2008 unity and mission i am a member of the churches of christ i have been for many years now i went to harding and lipscomb i worked as both a youth minister and a preacher in the church of christ i currently attend the southside church of christ in lexington ky i have been attending and working for a church of christ bible camp for eleven years the point is that i have been part this fellowship for about half of my short life and i am thankful for this upbringing and heritage i am grateful for the great men and women of god who have showed me jesus with their lives i am indebted for the great teaching and preaching that has shaped my thinking i am obliged to the many friends that have made in our fellowship over the years especially those whom i met at carolina bible camp now i must confess that i have wanted to leave the fellowship of the churches of christ on several occasions or maybe better put there was a few year period where i was determined to leave or at least take a long hiatus from the church of christ brotherhood why would i want to do that if i have so many things to be thankful for in my history in this alliance it boils down to two things one i believe in church unity two i believe in regular intentional outreach i wasn t finding either of these things instead i was finding a body part that was cut off from the rest of the body and congregations that were living by a motto of come to us now if you think i am only going to blast the church then keep reading and you ll find out that is hardly my intent i have long longed for loving and edifying church unity among all of those who claim christ as lord and god it was and i emphasize was my experience that our fellowship was one of the primary reasons that unity wasn t being realized i am currently going to a wesleyan methodist seminary two things have been confirmed for me in my short time here first i disagree with a lot of things that are being taught second and more importantly though i am spending time with people who truly are filled with god s spirit and dedicated to preaching the gospel of christ in love i tell you these things to get to this things are changing before my wife and i spent a year in china we were attending a church of christ in the nashville area this church was leading the way in the community for unity and outreach they were praying for other congregations in the area as these groups had needs they were teaming with other churches for worship and outreach they were determined to be open to god s spirit leading as they moved to being more like the body of christ that we are all called to be i heard a story about an interdenominational conference i believe it was promise keepers one of the speakers was a well known church of christ preacher and he spoke on church unity two pastors from a charismatic denomination were talking directly after the sermon and one said to the other with a chuckle leave it to god to use a church of christ preacher to bring a message about unity again things are changing if we are ever going to be a truly effective and authentic missional church i think we are going to have to be unified with all brothers and sisters who live under the lordship of king jesus it matters little if we agree on each doctrinal issue that will inevitably come up it matters significantly if we come together in the name of our crucified and risen king and collectively take up our crosses to follow his lead boldly declaring the lordship of jesus in our lives we do this trusting the world will indeed see us and know that we are all christians by the way we love one another if we want to be missional it seems to me that we must first be unified things are changing do you want to take part if so then what does that look like how do we strive for unity in diversity what issues might come up justin aka rogueminister 4 comments posted in ecclesiology ministry tags church unity mission posted by tim spivey october 24 2008 missional profile at the cross mesquite tx one of the great blessings of my recent years in ministry has been getting to know and participate in serving with at the cross in mesquite texas their ministry as an illustration of what can happen when christians really view themselves as a sent people they are celebrating the 1 year anniversary of their founding click here for a video profile of this outstanding missional church leave a comment posted in ecclesiology ministry posted by nick gill october 24 2008 hospitality and the mission of god i d like to borrow a question from a great believer of the earliest days of the jesus movement and ask what hinders us from becoming missional what lies at the heart of our need for transformation in this post christian post modern post denominational world might i suggest something as simple and as radical as hospitality i love the potential for renewal that almighty god offers us through the missional conversation i can see many ways that the missional conversation and the restoration plea can work together within our religious tribe encouraging the holy spirit to burst forth in our communities with beautiful expressions of new life so what is hindering us walls high thick walls we ve built for ourselves walls of tradition walls of hermeneutics walls behind which we gather and worship and over which we lob tracts at a world that no longer notices or remembers us we live in a scary world where so many facets of life are clearly beyond our control economies careen madly in the wake of demonic greed the unborn are sacrificed at the altar of the american dream radical islam lurks in the shadows so we can t take nail clippers or shaving cream on an airplane anymore in such a world we crave security and many of us will accept it wherever we can find it people huddle together in cloistered communities in bars tattoo parlors starbucks political parties social clubs and churches in a world where truth has moved on and violence and manipulation are the ways of power we find security in places and people that share our stories and we avoid those who look and sound different security is precious to us and walls promise security hospitality as a christian discipline takes the emmaus road narrative and the judgment story of matthew 25 as paradigmatic for our daily lives we welcome the stranger in the name of christ yes but more than that we welcome the stranger because he is christ to us hospitality is the active resistance of prejudice suspicion anxiety and jealousy by the sharing of table the embracing of strangers and the protecting of people who travel life s roads alone hospitality is not just about sharing lives it is about saving lives and that puts it front and center in the mission of god behind our walls we can only love our friends and relations the hebrew writer compels us to follow king jesus outside the camp to offer ourselves to the strangers around us without demanding anything from them i m new to the missional conversation brothers and sisters but i hope i m here to stay i desperately want to move outside the camp with the heart of the good samaritan from whose example we get the word hospital i want to remember that everyone i meet young and old no matter how long i ve known them is a broken image of god whose only hope is for me to welcome them offer them solace and safety and embrace them into the mission of god in his love nick leave a comment posted in uncategorized posted by michaelhanegan october 24 2008 churches of christ and the missional conversation in an earlier post i asked the question what do churches of christ have to give to the missional conversation here is my initial response 1 congregational autonomy while this doesn t necessarily appear to be the case sometimes especially when a congregation sees its role in the kingdom to bash critique a congregation on an issue upon which they disagree the reality of congregational autonomy allows us to do a couple of things that are significant and either extremely difficult or impossible to do in a denominational structure a selective partnership and collaboration we are able to learn from work with and be aided by any congregation or group that we determine necessary b the ability to discern the contextual calling of our context while our fellowship may be well known for planting carbon copies of southern rural churches throughout the world our autonomy allows us to become a congregation that is truly at home in the culture without giving in to its distortions and reductions of the gospel c permission to transition as autonomous congregations we have to authority to determine when and how to embark on this journey i have been reading a series of posts i will try to find the link this week of a pastor in a denomination pcusa if i m not mistaken who is struggling with how to become missional in his denomination his struggle comes from the fact that official documents and structures 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