If It’s Not Missional, It’s Not Church

“When God set about his great project of world redemption in the wake of Genesis 12, he chose to do so not by whisking individuals off to heaven, but by calling into existence a community of blessing. Starting with one man and his barren wife, then miraculously transforming them into a large family within several generations, then into a nation called Israel, and then, through Christ, into a multinational community of believers from every nation–all through the story God has been moulding a people for himself. But also a people for others. ‘Through you … all nations.’” Read more