I’m a big fan of “mission”

I think a lot of churches have it backwards by expecting non-christians, non-religious, religious haters, apathetic people, people of other faiths to come to their church to hear a message about Jesus.

What has resulted is an attractional model in the Church today, which instead of being God-pleasers only, we resort to being Man-pleasers and compromise the Grace and Truth of the Gospel.

I love Alan Hirsch’s book “The Forgotten Ways” because he really examines this “seeker sensitive model” well and also shares how Jesus calls us to live out mission in the church.

Go to where non-christians are and reach them on their turf! I know it’s a radical idea, but if only we as the church embodied this more.

Listen to what Alan Hirsch says about this and being “missional”:
http://blog.christianitytoday.com/outofur/archives/2008/06/audio_ur_alan_h.html