The Missional Quest: Becoming a Church of the Long Run (Forge Partnership Books)

When Christ Calls People, He Invites Them On A Journey - A Journey Taken Together In Community. We Have Reached A Point In History, However, When We Think Of The Church As A Fixed Place Where Isolated Individuals Show Up, Consume A Christian Message, Drink Some Coffee, And Get On With Their Lives. The Times Demand, And The Gospel Proclaims, That We Recover Our Identity As A Church That Is A People On A Quest For The Kingdom Of Heaven, Formed Intimately By A Loving God And Called Onto A Long Journey For The Sake Of Our Neighbors And Our World. In The Missional Quest You’ll Learn How To Take Your Church On A Long Run, And How To Sustain Yourselves And One Another Along The Way, Through The Power Of God For The Sake Of The World. The Starting Line : Where The Missional Journey Begins -- Stop And Go : Rhythms Of Inner Formation -- Ad 30 All Over Again : Emphasizing Missionary Formation -- Won't You Be My Neighbor? : Knowing And Loving The Ones We Live Among -- Home, Work And God's Mission : Engaging Your First And Second Places -- Where Everybody Knows Your Name : The Importance Of Third Places -- Launching Pads : Small Groups Becoming Missional Communities -- Follow The Follower : Developing A Missional Leadership Approach -- Have A Great Trip : What Matters In The Long Run -- Appendix : Sending Passages In John's Gospel. Lance Ford & Brad Brisco. Includes Bibliographical (pages 203-207) References.