Missional-Life

“… what struck me about my friend’ story is that women much like this prostitute fled towards Jesus, not away from him.  The worse a person felt about herself, the more likely she saw Jesus as a refuge.  Has the church lost that gift?  Evidently the down-and-out, who flocked to Jesus when he lived on earth, no longer feel welcome among his followers.  What has happened?”

(Quotations from “What’s so amazing about grace, Philip Yancy, 1997, pg. 11)

“Run, John, run the law commands

But gives us neither feet nor hands,

Far better news the gospel brings:

It bids us fly and gives us wings.”

“But I do not account my life of any value nor precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.” (Eph 20:24, ESV)

John Piper at his best!

I’m spending today writing some notes for the Small Group Training Conference that I’m speaking at on Saturday. I have two sessions:

1. Growing a healthy small group
2. Leading from first principles

Here’s a succinct definition of missional church:

“To be missional means that the individual members and the body as a whole understand and follow their calling from God to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ fervently to as many people as the Holy Spirit would lead. It means that we are engaged in personal relationships with the lost on purpose in order to show them the love of Christ and how He sacrificed His Son to die for our sins so that we could escape the condemnation already placed upon us as a sinner by birth.” Scott Thomas

As you may be aware the family and I are in the process of moving to Nene Family Church (Peterborough). As a way of keeping people up to date with of our news and prayer requests Lorna and I have set up a facebook group. You can join the group by clicking here…

Over recent months a guy from my church has been developing a new website for the church. I would really welcome any feedback on our first beta version of the site.

please visit: http://ccc.attleborough-alive.co.uk

Please note that the following areas still need development:

1. The middle section of the home page where there is currently the facebook and podcasting icons DON”T work

2. The ‘Team’ page is still only partly constructed

3. The ‘Youth’ page still needs populating

4. The ‘Church’ page still needs populating

We would really value any comments, ideas, or ways we can improve the site.

From the 10th August I will be on holiday for two weeks. As a result there will be no posts on missional-life.com

Happy Holidays!