The ultimate solution to the problem of spiritual complacency is to create a systematically embedded culture of holy urgency.
Alan HirschMission is the practical demonstration, whether by speech or by action, of the glorious lordship of Jesus.
Alan HirschIn missional churches, the baby birds have been pushed out of the nest and are learning to fly for themselves.
Alan HirschCurrently, young Christians reach adulthood bored with church experience, and with little or no sense of their calling as missionaries.
Alan HirschWhen 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.
Alan Hirsch