Missional Community

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Missional Community

Community, not building

Love MUST bethe distinguishingmark

Without love, allelse is meaningless

Give love ratherthan expect it

"I love the Father"

"As I have loved you"

"Church" would continuewithout a building

Contextualize the Truth

Incarnation / Translation

Hold to the Truth,not to your expressionof the Truth

Expression of the truth differs

Truth remains

How do we live this out?

Multiply

Deepen

Invite

Care

"Make disciples"

NOT "us" vs. "them"

NOT: "Get people saved" (reductionism)

Help people to become more like Jesus

Our knowledgeof our Missionflows from ourknowledge ofChrist Himself

What did Jesus want?

What was important to Jesus?

Why did Jesus come?

How did Jesus live?

Who is Jesus?

Man

God

Saturate culture

Parable of wheat and taresMatthew 13:24-30

Parable of yeastLuke 13:20

NOT: create counter-culture

The Mission"As the Father sent me,so I am sending you."John 20:21 (John 17:18,2 Corinthians 5:18-21)

Great Commission fits under this.

authority

therefore also responsibility

identity

therefore purpose