William F. Stapleton

This 5th installment in the “Being Missional” series builds upon Romans 12:5 “and we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.” The community of believers as we found them in the early church, and as we must become in postmodern America, is a transformational community. By that, we mean that it is composed of people whose lives have been transformed by Christ, that it involves people who continue the transformation of lifestyle through obedience to Christ, and also that the presence of the community in the world transforms the world around it. The structure and practice of the Christian community are in view in this session.

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This little series of talks is aimed, in a roundabout way, at helping us all have some common metaphors, examples and stories that will provide us with a common framework for understanding what we mean when we say “Missional.”

Part 3 continues the discussion on what it means to be missional, looking at the elements that make up church with a view to sharpening our focus. The church needs leaders, everyone knows. But how do we get transformational leaders if all we do is look at those faithful few who are still happy with the status-quo in the church? We need to look outside the box, perhaps even outside the circle of people we like, and who agree with us, to find the leaders who can carry the church into the next generation.

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This little series of talks is aimed, in a roundabout way, at helping us all have some common metaphors, examples and stories that will provide us with a common framework for understanding what we mean when we say “Missional.”

Part 2 continues the discussion on what it means to be missional, looking at the elements that make up church with a view to sharpening our focus. The church really just consists of people, so before we look at better structures for leadership and better church management, better buildings and physical plant, etc. we’d best begin by building better Christian people who intentionally live a missional lifestyle.

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