You can do more with 12 disciples than with 1,200 religious consumers.
There's no such thing as an unsent Christian. You have already been SENT.
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.
The quest for heroic adventure then is a quest for the gospel, although it might not be seen that way by everyone.
If a can opener no longer has the capacity to open cans, what is it?
If we can embrace the adventure and risk and equip our churches to lay down their lives and abandon their inherent loss-aversion, who knows what innovation, what freshness, what new insights from the Spirit will emerge.