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• Because we believe that somewhere in the nest of paradigms contained in the phrase "missional church" lies nothing less that the future viability of Western Christianity.

  Alan Hirsch

  Lying, Believe, Church

  Michael Frost, Alan Hirsch (2011). “The Faith of Leap (Shapevine): Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage”, p.155, Baker Books

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• If a can opener no longer has the capacity to open cans, what is it?

  Alan Hirsch

  Ministry, Capacity, Ifs

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• Whether [new Protestant church movements] place their emphasis on new worship styles, expressions of the Holy Spirit’s power, evangelism to seekers, or Bible teaching, these so-called new movements still operate out of the fallacious assumption that the church belongs firmly in the town square, that is, at the heart of Western culture. And if they begin with this mistaken belief about their position in Western society, all their church planting, all their reproduction will simply mirror this misapprehension.

  Alan Hirsch

  Teaching, Heart, Expression

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• Christianity is an adventure of the spirit or it is not Christianity.

  Alan Hirsch

  Adventure, Spirit, Christianity

  Michael Frost, Alan Hirsch (2011). “The Faith of Leap (Shapevine): Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage”, p.206, Baker Books

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• In a world that demands service we position ourselves as servants.

  Alan Hirsch

  World, Demand, Servant

  Alan Hirsch, Lance Ford (2011). “Right Here, Right Now (Shapevine): Everyday Mission for Everyday People”, p.125, Baker Books

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• Whether we like it or not, we are all on a journey, a Quest if you will, every day of our lives, and the path we must take is full of perils, and our destiny can never be predicted in advance.

  Alan Hirsch

  Journey, Destiny, Quests

  Michael Frost, Alan Hirsch (2011). “The Faith of Leap (Shapevine): Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage”, p.20, Baker Books

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• The kingdom of God is a crash-bang opera: the king is dramatic, demanding, and unavoidable.

  Alan Hirsch

  Kings, Bangs, Opera

  Michael Frost, Alan Hirsch (2011). “The Faith of Leap (Shapevine): Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage”, p.38, Baker Books

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• Currently, young Christians reach adulthood bored with church experience, and with little or no sense of their calling as missionaries.

  Alan Hirsch

  Christian, Bored, Church

  "The Faith of Leap: Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage (Shapevine)". Book by Alan Hirsch and Michael Frost, 2011.

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• Mission is the practical demonstration, whether by speech or by action, of the glorious lordship of Jesus.

  Alan Hirsch

  Jesus, Speech, Action

  Michael Frost, Alan Hirsch (2011). “The Faith of Leap (Shapevine): Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage”, p.164, Baker Books

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• This submission to the threshold of a cross is at the very root of our following Jesus; it changes the game completely.

  Alan Hirsch

  Jesus, Games, Roots

  Michael Frost, Alan Hirsch (2011). “The Faith of Leap (Shapevine): Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage”, p.80, Baker Books

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• Many church folk, in their self-conscious attempt to be overtly morally upright, emit all the wrong signals, thus messing with people's perception of the gospel.

  Alan Hirsch

  Self, People, Perception

  Michael Frost, Alan Hirsch (2011). “The Faith of Leap (Shapevine): Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage”, p.52, Baker Books

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• The ultimate solution to the problem of spiritual complacency is to create a systematically embedded culture of holy urgency.

  Alan Hirsch

  Spiritual, Culture, Complacency

  Michael Frost, Alan Hirsch (2011). “The Faith of Leap (Shapevine): Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage”, p.42, Baker Books

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• Truth is narrow, but grace is wide.

  Alan Hirsch

  Grace, Truth Is, Wide

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• It is vital to see ourselves as part of an ongoing journey started by our heroes in the Scriptures.

  Alan Hirsch

  Hero, Journey, Ongoing

  Michael Frost, Alan Hirsch (2011). “The Faith of Leap (Shapevine): Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage”, p.75, Baker Books

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• If we could be freed from our aversion to loss, our whole outlook on risk would change.

  Alan Hirsch

  Loss, Risk, Aversion

  Michael Frost, Alan Hirsch (2011). “The Faith of Leap (Shapevine): Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage”, p.136, Baker Books

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• The missional church is not a new trend or the latest new technique for reaching postmodern people.

  Alan Hirsch

  People, Church, Technique

  Michael Frost, Alan Hirsch (2011). “The Faith of Leap (Shapevine): Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage”, p.160, Baker Books

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• Those of us with too much invested in the way things are will never embrace the revolutionary cause required for wholesale change.

  Alan Hirsch

  Too Much, Way, Causes

  Michael Frost, Alan Hirsch (2011). “The Faith of Leap (Shapevine): Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage”, p.79, Baker Books

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• Nowadays we raise our children in a cocoon of domesticated security, far from any sense of risk or adventure.

  Alan Hirsch

  Children, Adventure, Risk

  Michael Frost, Alan Hirsch (2011). “The Faith of Leap (Shapevine): Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage”, p.141, Baker Books

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• In order to develop a pioneering missional spirit, a capacity for genuine ecclesial innovation, let along engender daring discipleship, we are going to need the capacity to take a courageous stand when and where necessary.

  Alan Hirsch

  Order, Innovation, Needs

  Michael Frost, Alan Hirsch (2011). “The Faith of Leap (Shapevine): Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage”, p.96, Baker Books

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• A missional church is a church that must live the dialectic. It must stay in the journey.

  Alan Hirsch

  Journey, Church, Missional Church

  Alan Hirsch, Tim Catchim (2012). “The Permanent Revolution: Apostolic Imagination and Practice for the 21st Century Church”, p.169, John Wiley & Sons

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• Interestingly, it's as though the gospel story of Jesus is the archetypal heroic journey, the embodiment of the very adventure that all people in every epoch have desired.

  Alan Hirsch

  Jesus, Adventure, Journey

  Michael Frost, Alan Hirsch (2011). “The Faith of Leap (Shapevine): Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage”, p.110, Baker Books

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• Building community for its own sake is like attending a cancer support group without having cancer.

  Alan Hirsch

  Cancer, Support, Community

  Michael Frost, Alan Hirsch (2011). “The Faith of Leap (Shapevine): Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage”, p.117, Baker Books

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• The fact is that if Jesus's future kingdom is secure, those who trust in its coming will enact it now.

  Alan Hirsch

  Jesus, Kingdoms, Facts

  Michael Frost, Alan Hirsch (2011). “The Faith of Leap (Shapevine): Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage”, p.181, Baker Books

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• Think of mission like the paddles of a defibrillator applied to the chest of a dying church.

  Alan Hirsch

  Thinking, Dying, Church

  Michael Frost, Alan Hirsch (2011). “The Faith of Leap (Shapevine): Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage”, p.178, Baker Books

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• If we are going to make the change from community to communitas, and not just end up with an unsustainable adrenaline-junkie culture, we must have a sophisticated process to form people into adventurer-disciples.

  Alan Hirsch

  People, Community, Culture

  Michael Frost, Alan Hirsch (2011). “The Faith of Leap (Shapevine): Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage”, p.72, Baker Books

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