Thursday, March 15, 2007

Missional???

The church does not exist for itself. It is not intended to be a holy huddle of believers who have an inward focus. In our love and service to others we are not only to be Jesus to people, but we also need to see Jesus in them; sometimes we are to love in the name of Christ and sometimes we are to love Christ. Scripture mentions that as we go about our lives we are to be making Christ followers. There does not need to be any special emphasis placed on doing this, it should be a natural outcome of our faith. Living missionally is not about going on mission for God, but about being the mission of God.