Alan Roxburgh is a leader in the missional church movement. He is not only a practitioner, coach, and conference leader but he is also an engaging writer on the subject. In Introducing the Missional Church: What It Is, Why It Matters, How to Become One , he has joined colleague Scott Boren to provide a simple primer on the missional church for readers new to the subject. Roxburgh and Boren address three primary concepts in the book. First, what does it mean to have a missional imagination, asking a different set of questions as one seeks to grapple with the current state of the church? Second, what are the key theological considerations of the missional conversation? Third, how can a congregation embark on the journey of becoming missional? The first section provides a good introduction to the shift in paradigms necessary to understand the need for a missional church. Using many biblical and historical examples, the authors help us t...
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