We will have to take risks, to chance failure, to be willing to walk away from the familiar paths that have brought us to this point.
Alan HirschIn missional churches, the baby birds have been pushed out of the nest and are learning to fly for themselves.
Alan HirschThe ultimate solution to the problem of spiritual complacency is to create a systematically embedded culture of holy urgency.
Alan HirschBeing the church that Jesus intended means that we must participate in Godโs eternal purposes for his world. Renewal means more than reinventing ourselves; it means rediscovering the primal power of the Spirit and the gospel already present in the life of the churchโreconnecting with this purpose and recovering the forgotten ways. This purpose and potential have always been there, but individuals and communities have largely lost touch with them.
Alan Hirsch