What Does a Missional Community Look Like?

"You could actually have a Bible study and be unfaithful to Scripture. So often Bible studies stop [the church]; they don't actually create the church or lead to effective and healthy church. They often think that the goal of the church is the study of the Bible instead of becoming a healthy family on mission . . . We study the Bible and we then come to believe that we should be sharing the Gospel, making disciples, multiplying out and expanding to the point that we reach the nations . . .We shift our thinking about what it means to be the church; that you're always being sent."

We seldom hear or say such things. Possibly because such truth never even enters our minds. Possibly because they are so radical in their inescapable and very personal implications. Possibly also because we are not prepared to take our hypocrisies to the level of blatant profession with obviously no intention of acting on it.

Jeff Vanderstelt does say such things and often. Here's a sample but listen at your own risk:

http://www.desiringgod.org/blog/posts/what-does-a-missional-community-look-like

Jeff Vanderstelt is a pastor at Soma Communities, an Acts 29 church in Tacoma, WA. He coaches and trains church planters, serves on the Board of Acts 29, and leads the Soma movement in vision and teaching.