In missional churches, the baby birds have been pushed out of the nest and are learning to fly for themselves.

Real leaders ask hard questions and knock people out of their comfort zones and then manage the resulting distress.

Go among the people. Don't assume you know what church looks like.

Christianity is an adventure of the spirit or it is not Christianity.

It is vital to see ourselves as part of an ongoing journey started by our heroes in the Scriptures.

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.

We have to assume now that all mission is cross-cultural.