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

The missional church is not a new trend or the latest new technique for reaching postmodern people.

The fact is that if Jesus's future kingdom is secure, those who trust in its coming will enact it now.

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

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

In short, apostolic movement involves a radical community of disciples, centered on the lordship of Jesus, empowered by the Spirit, built squarely on a fivefold ministry, organized around mission where everyone (not just professionals) is considered an empowered agent, and tends to be decentralized in organizational structure.

Unless the church is equipping believers to embrace the values and vision of the kingdom of God and turn away from the materialism, consumerism, greed, and power of the present age, it not only abandons its biblical mandate, it is rendered missionally ineffective.