Members RSS Robot Posted May 16, 2018 Members Share Posted May 16, 2018 The following is excerpted from our free eBook What Is the Emerging Church? A softcover book edition is also available. Read the pdf now . The emerging church uses the term “missional” rather than “missionary.” Missional is trying to build the kingdom of God in the world. Dan Kimball says the term “missional” means that “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,” and, “we serve our communities, and that we build relationships with people in them, rather than seeing them as evangelistic targets” ( They Like Jesus , p. 20). Missional is building close relationships with the unsaved but not for the gospel’s sake. Mars Hill Church in Seattle used to operate... Read More View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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