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

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.

Our preferences for stability and security blind us to the opportunities for adventure when they present themselves.

When there is no possibility of retreat, we will find the innovation that only the liminal situation can bring. In short, we find the faith of leap.

Mission is the practical demonstration, whether by speech or by action, of the glorious lordship of Jesus.

When the church is in mission, it is the true church. The church itself is not only a product of that mission but is obligated and destined to extend it by whatever means possible. The mission of God flows directly through every believer and every community of faith that adheres to Jesus. To obstruct this is to block God's purposes in and through his people.

The ultimate solution to the problem of spiritual complacency is to create a systematically embedded culture of holy urgency.