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A Missional Church is defined as a biblically faithful, culturally appropriate, reproducing community of Christ-followers who abandon themselves and are sent by God into the harvest to fulfill His mission among all people. The following attributes help define or describe a missional church:

They are passionate about the Mission of God and see North America as a mission field
They are contextually appropriate
They are Biblically faithful
They seek intimacy with the Father through spiritual disciplines like worship, prayer and fasting
They enlist, equip and send believers to live “incarnationally” in the harvest
They value cooperation and collaboration with others to advance the Kingdom of God
They value life and community transformation
They are relationally connected to the unchurched and proclaim the gospel in word and deed
They value church planting as a means of fulfilling the Great Commission

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Observations from the Innovations Conference: Recently the Missional Network Team traveled to Dallas to attend the Leadership Network’s Innovative Conference. It was a great event with some ...

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07.10.09 - Marriage Bumps: Marriage Bumps By Kevin and Amy Colón   Cool River was supposed to be a church plant in South Florida, but God had something else in mind. After a year of preparation and fundraising, the plan was turned upside down. It’s funny, how God does that, isn’t it?    All Amy and I knew was there was a lack of peace, ...


07.10.09 - Strategic Learning Zones: Strategic Learning Zones By Joe Beckler   The defining moment for me, as a church planter, repeats itself almost weekly. I constantly meet people in my town who are living without the hope of Jesus Christ. They are not going to show up at a church service. For that matter, they don’t want to have anything to do with church; yet, God l...


06.26.09 - What is Twitter?: Twitter (www.twitter.com) is a social media tool that has attracted tremendous attention in recent months from the media, celebrities, and the general public. So, what is this Twitter thing that has Larry King, Ashton Kutcher, and Oprah Winfrey buzzing? More importantly, how can twitter help a church planter and his team reach their community for C...


04.30.09 - Spiritual Warfare and Church Planting:   Consider these scenarios from the world of church planting:    Scenario #1—God has called you to plant a church, and you have tried to be obedient in every way. The sacrifice has been heavy, but God has been good to you. Believers around the country are praying for you. On the outside, everything looks good. But on the ins...


03.17.09 - Contextualization: North America is a mission field. With that understanding has come a growing recognition that in order for the gospel to be communicated, for it to have meaning in the life of the hearer, it has to make sense within their culture and personal situation in life. It must be contextualized. Every believer, every missionary – every church –...


03.16.09 - Discipleship: Thinking Process Not Program: What is “discipleship” anyway? A local church family in our community branded their whole children's ministry area as a ship called the “Disciple Ship.” Pretty cool looking and well-thought-out and hokey-corny all at the same time. There are a lot of church families who still set aside a night a week for what used to be call...


03.13.09 - Don't Be That Couch: At the Catalyst One Day conference in Atlanta, Andy Stanley, founder of North Point Ministries, and Craig Groeschel, founder of LifeChurch.tv, addressed church leaders on the topic of gaining and sustaining spiritual momentum, both personally and corporately. (To read session overviews, click here.) The entire day seemed to always lead back to the ...


03.12.09 - Leading Your Family: “The one who brings ruin on his household will inherit the wind …” (Proverbs 11:29, HCSB).   I am so tired of hearing about church planters who have forfeited their families on restless endeavors of success and church growth. It usually starts with pure motives to plant a church for the disconnected and lost, but can easil...


03.11.09 - Sustainable Kingdom Impact Through Urban Church Planting:   One does not have to look hard to see the density and diversity of the sheer numbers of people in North America’s urban areas. Just fewer than 200 million people live in the 100 largest metropolitan areas in the United States, representing 65% of the country’s total population.[1] In Canada, 45% of the population lives in its ei...


03.06.09 - Hispanics: Our Growing Mission Field in North America: Southern Baptist Hispanic work has grown in the last decade. However, we are reaching a very small percentage of the Hispanic population. Millions of Hispanics are living without the direction, hope, and peace that can only be found in having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. They need churches that will teach them the truth of the gospel ...