Missional

by Roxburgh, Alan J.

• ISBN13: 9780801072314
• ISBN10: 080107231X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-03-01
• Publisher: Baker Pub Group

Summary

The burgeoning missional church movement is a sign that believers are increasingly feeling the call to impact their communities, which is a good thing. But, says Alan J. Roxburgh, these conversations still prioritize church success over mission--how can being missional grow my church? But to focus on such questions misses the point.In Missional, Roxburgh calls Christians to reenter their neighborhoods and communities to discover what the Spirit is doing there--to start with God's mission. He then encourages readers to shape their local churches around that mission. With inspiring true stories and a solid biblical base, Missional is a book that will change lives and communities as its message is lived out.

Author Biography

Alan J. Roxburgh is president of the Missional Network (formally Roxburgh Missional Network), an international group of practitioners and academics committed to partnering with and calling forth missional churches and mission-shaped leaders. He is the author or coauthor of several books, including Introducing the Missional Church. Roxburgh and his wife, Jane, live in Canada. He can be reached at his website, alanroxburgh.net.

Table of Contents

Series Preface	p. 9
Introduction: Welcome to an Unthinkable World	p. 11
The Cul-de-sac of Old Questions: Why We Have to Stop: Thinking about the Church
Coral Reefs, Garage Sales, and Other Mind-Blowing Disturbances: Grappling with a New World	p. 19
A Parable of Three Friends: Coming to a Right Understanding of Newbigin	p. 31
How It All Came to Be: A Brief History of the Missional Conversation	p. 49
Intermezzo: The Language House	p. 57
The Language House of Luke-Acts: A Narrative for Shaping Our Time of Missional Formation
Finding God in the Concrete: Locating Our Stories in the Here and Now	p. 65
Texts That Propose a World: Discovering a Different Way to Enter Scripture	p. 75
Shifting Worlds: The Need for a New Text	p. 85
The Context and Crisis: The Shattered Hopes of Luke's Readers	p. 93
The Boundary-Breaking Spirit: Seeing Luke-Acts through a Language House Lens	p. 103
The Strange New Ways of Gods: Sending the Seventy-a Guide for Our Times	p. 115
A New Set of Practices: Themes of Luke 10	p. 133
Peace, Healing, and the Kingdom of God: Living Out a Subversive Proclamation	p. 149
A New Language House
Rules for Radicals: The Contours of a Method	p. 165
Beginning the Journey: Some Practical Steps	p. 179
Notes	p. 191
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