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Heroes are important not only because they symbolize what we believe to be important, but because they also convey universal truths about personal self-discovery and self-transcendence, one's role in society, and the relation between the two.

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In short, apostolic movement involves a radical community of disciples, centered on the lordship of Jesus, empowered by the Spirit, built squarely on a fivefold ministry, organized around mission where everyone (not just professionals) is considered an empowered agent, and tends to be decentralized in organizational structure.

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Because we believe that somewhere in the nest of paradigms contained in the phrase "missional church" lies nothing less that the future viability of Western Christianity.

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Our preferences for stability and security blind us to the opportunities for adventure when they present themselves.

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But herein lies the rub: Christianity has been on a long-term trend of decline in every Western cultural context that we can identify.

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We have to assume now that all mission is cross-cultural.

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But the standard churchy spirituality doesn't require any real action, courage, or sacrifice from its attendees.

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Many church folk, in their self-conscious attempt to be overtly morally upright, emit all the wrong signals, thus messing with people's perception of the gospel.

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It is vital to see ourselves as part of an ongoing journey started by our heroes in the Scriptures.

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Every Christian is a sent one. There is no such thing as an unsent Christian.

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Go among the people. Don't assume you know what church looks like.

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Worship that is in some way divorced from mission is counterfeit worship

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You cannot sell a Christendom approach to a post-Christian world. They are anti-Christian.

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Christianity is an adventure of the spirit or it is not Christianity.

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You plant the gospel. You don't plant churches.

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This submission to the threshold of a cross is at the very root of our following Jesus; it changes the game completely.

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We will have to take risks, to chance failure, to be willing to walk away from the familiar paths that have brought us to this point.

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Being the church that Jesus intended means that we must participate in God’s eternal purposes for his world. Renewal means more than reinventing ourselves; it means rediscovering the primal power of the Spirit and the gospel already present in the life of the church—reconnecting with this purpose and recovering the forgotten ways. This purpose and potential have always been there, but individuals and communities have largely lost touch with them.

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There is no doubt that to walk with Jesus means to walk on the wilder side of life.

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The appetite for adventure and risk is not exclusive to young Christians. In face, it seems to be a fundamental yearning, knitted into the fabric of the human soul.

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