Because we believe that somewhere in the nest of paradigms contained in the phrase "missional church" lies nothing less that the future viability of Western Christianity.

You cannot sell a Christendom approach to a post-Christian world. They are anti-Christian.

There is no doubt that to walk with Jesus means to walk on the wilder side of life.

But herein lies the rub: Christianity has been on a long-term trend of decline in every Western cultural context that we can identify.

Put simply, the church finds itself in a post-Christendom era, and it had better do some serious reflection or face increasing decline and eventual irrelevance.

The safety-obsessed church lacks the inner dynamic to foster profound missional impact in our time.

But the standard churchy spirituality doesn't require any real action, courage, or sacrifice from its attendees.