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What we are doing in St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri, to shift from Americanized Christianity (western influence) to New Testament priorities and paradigm is has more to do with a kingdom focus than the Missionary Church. This new attempt is blessed and support by the Midwest Missionary Church district.
While we make incarnational disciple multipliers and ministry in the world the main thing even more important than gathering on Sunday (we still gather but differently in our St. Louis pilot) we are not trying to build our own denomination first. We will make disciples who make disciples and God will birth new Missionary Churches but that is not the primary goal.
What is our goal? Our goal is the kingdom. We will help anyone fulfill the mission of God. If some choose the Missionary Church as a denomination that allows out of the box ministry to connect with or another ministry or affiliation we care not. What we do care about is reaching and discipling lost people to reproduce other Christ followers.
I'll say it again because I know you may be shocked! Pick yourself up off the floor and listen again! We care more about lost people than the advancement of the Midwest district or Missionary Church. It's more about people finding Jesus Christ and being discipled than it is to build our denomination. We know God will bless us because we put what He wants more than ourselves. We will even drop some non-essentials that hold us back when necessary. Who cares who gets the credit if people are redeemed from an eternity without Jesus!
That is the position of leadership in the Missionary Church, I promise. And, I can prove it.
2 Comments:
How would you define what a disciple is, and what discipleship is?
You are the second person to ask since yesterday so I posted my answer.
Your questions are so great the answers deserve a special post.
Great job once again.
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