Currently, young Christians reach adulthood bored with church experience, and with little or no sense of their calling as missionaries.
Alan HirschOur preferences for stability and security blind us to the opportunities for adventure when they present themselves.
Alan HirschHeroes are important not only because they symbolize what we believe to be important, but because they also convey universal truths about personal self-discovery and self-transcendence, one's role in society, and the relation between the two.
Alan HirschBeing the church that Jesus intended means that we must participate in Godโs eternal purposes for his world. Renewal means more than reinventing ourselves; it means rediscovering the primal power of the Spirit and the gospel already present in the life of the churchโreconnecting with this purpose and recovering the forgotten ways. This purpose and potential have always been there, but individuals and communities have largely lost touch with them.
Alan Hirsch