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Sunday, November 1, 2009
Incarnational Living ::: This is a great post on what it looks like for us to be missional
* Being missional means that the church sees itself as being missionaries, rather than having a missions department, and that we see ourselves as missionaries right where we live
* Being missional means that we see ourselves as representatives of Jesus “sent” into our communities, and that the church aligns everything it does with the missio dei (mission of God)
* Being missional means we see the church not as a place we go only on Sundays, but as something we are throughout the week
* Being missional means that we understand we don’t “bring Jesus” to people but that we realize Jesus is active in culture and we join him in what he is doing
* Being missional means we are very much in the world and engaged in culture but are not conforming to the world
* Being missional means we serve our communities, and that we build relationships with the people in them, rather than seeing them as evangelistic targets
* Being missional means being all the more dependent on Jesus and the Spirit through prayer, the Scriptures, and each other in community
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