A Process of the Missional Place of Worship
Missional living is definitely a popular saying that is all over the place these days. The fact that we are obligated to label churches, missional, has forever been somewhat weird to me. I ask you, shouldnt all bodies of Christ be missional in their very nature? it should be expected from a church, at its very core, want to introduce their culture and community with the message of Jesus as a missionary would in a another country? Isnt that what the places of worship is commanded to do in the last challenge from Jesus in Matthew 28:19? Our own city deserves this brand of church. Church in Austin is slowly transitioning to what Jesus instructed in the Gospels.
The messiah gives the command in Acts 1:8 saying, “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Acts 1:8 personifies this topic as, right before Jesus Christ rises to Heaven, He directs the disciples on a exploration that would initiate right in their local community. He begins with their local place of Jerusalem, and then enlarges the call to the far parts of the globe.
As Christians, we are not urged to privacy, but to be missional followers of Jesus who are anxiously going out and going to areas right where they are with the good news. We have seen this throughout history: God moved Abraham on a mission to leave his country and his people and go to the city that God would show him (Gen. 12:1), God motivated Moses on a journey to save an enslaved people and lead them to joy (Exodus 3:8-10), God motivated Jesus on a journey to globe to bring back all things to Himself through the crucifixion (Colossians 1:20). And now God is sending people on a journey to engage homes, cities, ethnicities, and even nations with the story of Christ(Matt. 28:19 Mark 6:7 Luke 10:1 John 20:21 Acts 1:8). If we resist this motivation and continue to perceive the bodies of Christ like a closed off country club ” requesting that people resolve their performance, pay their fees, and visit to our building God will continue His story without us.
