A retreatist spirituality is not a spirituality that can, or will, transform the world in Jesus's name.

Mission is the practical demonstration, whether by speech or by action, of the glorious lordship of Jesus.

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

When 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.

Currently, young Christians reach adulthood bored with church experience, and with little or no sense of their calling as missionaries.

You cannot sell a Christendom approach to a post-Christian world. They are anti-Christian.

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.