Truth is narrow, but grace is wide.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.