imagining how the church can reorient around mission

A Missional Ecclesiology [In Brief]

In an attempt to describe a missional ecclesiology in brief, I am reminded of one of the most
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  influential theologians of the last century, Karl Barth.  He reintroduced the classic doctrine of missio Dei, this idea in scripture where you have God the Father sending the Son, and God the Father and the Son sending the Spirit, and then the Father, Son and Spirit sending the church into the world for the sake of the world.

via jrwoodward.net

A good blog by my friend JR Woodward. It tracks nicely with some of what I have been writing about movement. Take a read!

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  2. Rob,
    John G. Flett, a graduate of Princeton Seminary, has a new book out on Barth and the missio dei. It’s called “The Witness of God: The Trinity, Missio Dei, Karl Barth, and the Nature of Christian Community.” I have not read it yet, but from what I have heard–it’s first rate.