Dan Kimball’s Missional Misgivings
Great post from Dan Kimball, of Vintage Faith Church, on the ultimate goal of seeing disciples made and how it may be attractional, and not missional, churches doing it.
There are so many who don’t understand the joy of Kingdom living here on earth and the future joy of eternal life. This joy motivates me missionally, but I also cannot forget the horrors of hell. This creates a sense of urgency in me that pushes me past missional theory to see what God is actually doing in churches—large and small, attractional and missional. Where are disciples actually being grown? What is actually working? I hope there are examples of fruitful missional churches that I haven’t encountered yet.
I hope my perception based on my interaction with the missional movement is wrong. But for now, I would rather be part of a Christ-centered megachurch full of programs where people are coming to know Jesus as Savior, than part of a church of any size where they are not.