Missional Living Suggestions
Face-to-face
In a world that goes at the speed of lightning, drive throughs are very convenient ways to save time, but not great ways to really connect with people.
- How about taking a couple extra minutes out of your day to actually go into your restaurant of choice and order from the counter and connect with a person, face-to-face? Here are some suggestions:
- Ask them what their name is and thank them for their service by using their name.
- Tip. No really, tip! And be generous!
- Fill out a comment card commending his/her service or tell the manager on duty about the quality of the service that you received.
We would love to hear stories of how this suggestion worked for you and if you have other ideas! Share them with !
Why?
We desire to be a community (collectively and individually) known for being missional. The missional church philosophy begins with the idea that it is God who is on mission for His own purposes and it is the church's mission to become enlisted in that purpose in the world. David Bosch writes, "The term mission presupposes a sender, a person or persons sent by the sender, those to who one is sent, and an assignment." (David J. Bosch, Transforming Mission, pg. 1) Verses from the Bible such as John 20:21 become the tool for the missional church. Again Jesus said, "Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you."
Jesus Christ embodied that mission and sent us. The Holy Spirit empowers that mission, the church is the instrument of that mission, and the culture is the context of that mission.
So, we desire to be all about being highly tuned into what God desires for the church. We believe that we are called to train missionaries to GO into our culture and be the gospel to their spheres of influence. Therefore Missio Dei Church doesn't shape their programs around Consumeristic Christian needs, but around ministries designed to proclaim the gospel to the non-believer. This is not done as a program but a lifestyle.
