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This phrase comes from the 1978 "Jonestown massacre" in which most members of the Peoples Temple cult, blindly following their leader Jim Jones, committed suicide by drinking cyanide-laced Kool-Aid.
Osborne: A Contrarian's Guide to Knowing God
Schlossberg: Idols For Destruction
Laurie
Tuesday March 3rd 2009 at 11:32 pmWhat are we supposed to “Get over”?
Byron
Wednesday March 4th 2009 at 7:50 amThe term “missional” has become a bit overused, probably, and some seem to use it to set themselves apart, maybe. I think it’s those folks whom the thing is tweaking.
Laurie
Wednesday March 4th 2009 at 9:46 amAh, the current catch phrase. A new moniker to freshen up a ministry and make it sound trendy and cool.
Reminds me of a dear man who made his own beef jerky to sell at church. He began calling it the “Beef Jerky Ministry”. It was hard to hear that with a straight face.
Don
Wednesday March 4th 2009 at 11:58 amI’d love it if we could get over using catch phrases to validate our relevance. Maybe that’s what the “Out of Ur” guys were going for.
Byron
Wednesday March 4th 2009 at 5:59 pmMethinks it is.
Bob Robinson
Thursday March 5th 2009 at 1:24 pmWell, maybe we need to understand what “missional” means and what it does not mean.
What does “Missional” mean? Is it just a buzzword for any church’s or person’s mission, or does this word intend more than that?
As Alan Hirsch recently wrote in Leadership, “There are consequences when the meanings of words become confused… This is why I am concerned about the confusion surrounding the meaning of the word missional… A missional theology is not content with mission being a church-based work. Rather, it applies to the whole life of every believer. Every disciple is to be an agent of the kingdom of God, and every disciple is to carry the mission of God into every sphere of life. We are all missionaries sent into a non-Christian culture… Missional represents a significant shift in the way we think about the church. As the people of a missionary God, we ought to engage the world the same way he does—by going out rather than just reaching out. To obstruct this movement is to block God’s purposes in and through his people. When the church is in mission, it is the true church.”
Byron
Thursday March 5th 2009 at 4:03 pmTruth is, it’s a fine term, though it’s become a bit of a catchphrase. I just thought the picture was cool.