Missional Renaissance Part 2

In my last post I shared some quotes from the book Missional Renaissance. I have been blown away by the book and there is so much in it. So much that is so applicable to our situation as we plant Veritas in September of '09. Here are some quotes that hit me right in the face (in a good way)

"The program-driven church has produced a brand of Christianity that is despised, not just ignored, by people outside the church. Their antipathy for what we call Christianity exists for all the wrong reasons. Basically, it comes down to our failure to demonstrate the love of Jesus, passing by people not like us on the other side of the road on our way to building greater churches."

"There is no missional church without missional followers of Jesus."

"The clearest sign that a conversion from 'churchianity' (internally focused and church centric) to missional engagement has occurred shows up in the church budget."

"Consuming these monies for our own benefit with no community transformation to show for it, is an indictment of those who claim to follow the One who promised that he came to give abundant life to all people."

I will share some more from the book (the praxis of missional churches) later in the week.