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Rescue Station - This is an analogy to the church today
Attractional Church Model - This describes the attractional church model
that most churches are using today
Missional Church Model - This describes the model I believe we need so that
we can truly express the love of Christ to our present day culture
Christendom - A description of what Christendom is.
Missional Message - A Sermon on being missional and incarnational
The Missional Christian - Help and direction for the individual Christian who
wants to be missional
Fear Factor - Discusses the tension between protecting the church and
reaching out to others
Grace Factor - Discusses sin and holiness from a Wesleyan perspective
Welcoming Church - full title is: Are You a Welcoming Church. Discusses
what a welcoming church looks like.
Missional Resources and Links: - This has recommended books and
references for being missional
GLBT Resources and Links: - This has a short list of references that I
believe a conservative Christianity would be comfortable reading to gain a
better understanding of homosexuality.
Guidelines for Ministering - This is a quick list of guidelines and principles
for ministering to all people, including those of different orientation or gender
identity. This is a work in progress
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Welcome to my Missional Church page.
(This page is a subpage of my main website: Coming Out for Christians found
here)
What is a missional church? What does it mean to be missional?
Missional really means to be like Christ and to be an ambassador for Him. We
are to do that not just in church but everywhere we go. Being missional
involves breaking out of our old mind-set and ways of thinking and seeking to
move with God as he directs us. Our old mindset is to create programs at
church in the hopes that we will attract people to church (an attractional model).
The new mindset is to go where the people are (a missional model) and to
understand culturally their way of thinking so that you can better relate the
gospel to them. I am not talking instant evangelism here but rather genuine
concern and friendship. Paul alludes to this missional model when he states: I
have become all things to all men that I might save some (I Cor 9:22).
Any change of model requires a change of thinking. This is a challenge in and of
itself. As I explore this model with you please realize that I am not pushing for
an either/or model. In other words, I am not saying that we must completely
discard what we have now. I am presenting a model in addition to what we
already have. There are some people that will always need the attractional
model of church as a spiritual anchor. However the attractional model in and of
itself is not the best equipped for reaching out into our communities. Thus we
will explore the missional model.
Much of this website is devoted to reaching out to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender persons. This is not to say that these folks are not Christian. I
dialog with gay and lesbian Christians on line every day. They can be Christians
just as much as people of different race or nationality can be Christians. So my
reaching out to those who are lgbt is one part of Christ’s call to reach out to all
peoples.
Some may ask: Why reach out to other people groups? Why reach out to the
lgbt community?
The answer is the gospel. We are called to go into all the world and be a
witness for Christ, making disciples everywhere we go.
(This page is a subpage of my main website: Coming Out for Christians found
here)
What is a missional church? What does it mean to be missional?
Missional really means to be like Christ and to be an ambassador for Him. We
are to do that not just in church but everywhere we go. Being missional
involves breaking out of our old mind-set and ways of thinking and seeking to
move with God as he directs us. Our old mindset is to create programs at
church in the hopes that we will attract people to church (an attractional model).
The new mindset is to go where the people are (a missional model) and to
understand culturally their way of thinking so that you can better relate the
gospel to them. I am not talking instant evangelism here but rather genuine
concern and friendship. Paul alludes to this missional model when he states: I
have become all things to all men that I might save some (I Cor 9:22).
Any change of model requires a change of thinking. This is a challenge in and of
itself. As I explore this model with you please realize that I am not pushing for
an either/or model. In other words, I am not saying that we must completely
discard what we have now. I am presenting a model in addition to what we
already have. There are some people that will always need the attractional
model of church as a spiritual anchor. However the attractional model in and of
itself is not the best equipped for reaching out into our communities. Thus we
will explore the missional model.
Much of this website is devoted to reaching out to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender persons. This is not to say that these folks are not Christian. I
dialog with gay and lesbian Christians on line every day. They can be Christians
just as much as people of different race or nationality can be Christians. So my
reaching out to those who are lgbt is one part of Christ’s call to reach out to all
peoples.
Some may ask: Why reach out to other people groups? Why reach out to the
lgbt community?
The answer is the gospel. We are called to go into all the world and be a
witness for Christ, making disciples everywhere we go.
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