tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6949629946811250058.post2396878852967080581..comments2023-12-26T03:07:42.703+00:00Comments on Nah Then: mission mission mission yada yada yadaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6949629946811250058.post-68470552191751676102008-11-03T18:52:00.000+00:002008-11-03T18:52:00.000+00:00I like that way of thinking about Mission - I'll k...I like that way of thinking about Mission - I'll keep it in mindAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6949629946811250058.post-39107575671992282008-11-03T17:03:00.000+00:002008-11-03T17:03:00.000+00:00CraigJust a rule of thumb, but I find it helpful t...Craig<BR/><BR/>Just a rule of thumb, but I find it helpful to think of mission in terms of BEING (who we are, how we are), DOING (the stuff we get up to in God's world in Christ's name toward the reign of God) and SAYING (articulating why we are as we are and why we do what we do). <BR/><BR/>Emphasising any one (or two) of these at the expense of others tends to lead to malformed mission. <BR/><BR/>If pressed, I think like you, I reckon that BEING has (theo)logical priority here but truly faithful witness requires all three.Glen Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01893819289223413110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6949629946811250058.post-68402751412732780422008-11-03T16:10:00.000+00:002008-11-03T16:10:00.000+00:00When pondering such things - and wondering about t...When pondering such things - and wondering about the mission priorities of my own churches - I find myself continually returning, or being reminded of Acts 2, "They devoted themselves to the apostles teaching and fellowship; to the breaking of bread and the prayers.... And day by day the Lord added top their number those who were being saved" and the message seems for me to be that if we concentrate on being authentic churches, then the mission will happen - of course there is the danger that everything becomes inward focused & fellowship becomes social club - but if the focus remains on the things of God then we will naturally be looking outwards and sharing our story and be seen to be different enough that people want to join in.<BR/><BR/>And, in any case, if the spiritual life of the church is shallow - all the mission projects/fads/programmes/resources in the world will soon flounder.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com