Is the purpose of small group communities merely community?Here is a discussion that asks some essential questions about why small groups exist and if they go far enough in accomplishing the tasks that we are called to accomplish as Christ's body. The conversation talks about transitioning from small groups to missional communities. Granted, we have several small groups in our church that, functionally speaking, are missional in nature.
Notice "missional" doesn't necessarily mean "doing lots of stuff". It means that a community has a sense that they are being called to enter into God's mission for the world. They are asking, "what is God up to in the lives of those in our neighborhood, and how can we join Him"?
Check it out and you'll get the gist of what's being said.
3 comments:
Ben Drown
said...
I hear you. I believe what is being said. I think we are going that way, but do not have "missional leaders" yet. Lord, deliver us from our fear of change and transform us into a missional Church!
I think it's the only way to go. In the past couple of years our small group has reached out into the community to help some individuals and families any way we could. When we started our study in November I asked the group to keep their eyes and ears open for someone we could serve. Talk to you soon. Dennis Waystedt
3 comments:
I hear you. I believe what is being said. I think we are going that way, but do not have "missional leaders" yet. Lord, deliver us from our fear of change and transform us into a
missional Church!
Amen! Amen!
I think it's the only way to go. In the past couple of years our small group has reached out into the community to help some individuals and families any way we could. When we started our study in November I asked the group to keep their eyes and ears open for someone we could serve. Talk to you soon.
Dennis Waystedt
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