Tag archive for ‘mission’

Mission and ecclesiology: Cart before the horse?

Mission and ecclesiology: Cart before the horse?

D.B. Hamill notes that unless we agree on what the Church’s mission is, we won’t agree on what “missional” purpose and action look like. 
 
 

Missional Church Made Simple

Missional Church Made Simple

A 2-minute video that explains, in simple terms, what we’re talking about when we say “missional” church.
 
 
 

The Church as the Liberated Zone

The Church as the Liberated Zone

Father Daniel Syosyev, the recently murdered Moscow missionary priest, said something very interesting in an interview shortly before his death. He was explaining why Christians should go to Church on Sunday, and his explanation reveals something of what the Church is.

John 1 should blow your mind

John 1 should blow your mind

This passage is often called the “prologue of John.” Some scholars once theorized that this section was a Hymn inserted based on the uniqueness of certain terms (logos and grace in the prologue that appear nowhere else in the Book). This idea doesn’t take into account much of the significance of this passage to the whole. The prologue in John sets the stage for the rest of the book. It shows the areas of focus John takes in Gospel…