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Relational Mission: A way of life
WHAT WOULD THE CHURCH BE LIKE IF ...
Everyone committed to pray together, and everyone committed to share the gospel together? It was marked by deep, genuine and lasting friendships, and was a place marked by love for a broken world? It equipped the next generation and gave itself to starting more churches, just like this one? It didn't stand apart from others, but worked in partnership with other churches for the sake of the mission? It made a diligent ongoing attempt to build on New Testament values, combining word and Spirit, relationship and mission? Mike Betts is convinced that this should not just be a dream, but instead the reality for every local church. By forging relationship and mission together, familiar ideas find new power and fresh hope for the future of the church.
Putting these things together, though, is not a course or a programme, but instead values that embed themselves deep in your soul.
Everyone committed to pray together, and everyone committed to share the gospel together? It was marked by deep, genuine and lasting friendships, and was a place marked by love for a broken world? It equipped the next generation and gave itself to starting more churches, just like this one? It didn't stand apart from others, but worked in partnership with other churches for the sake of the mission? It made a diligent ongoing attempt to build on New Testament values, combining word and Spirit, relationship and mission? Mike Betts is convinced that this should not just be a dream, but instead the reality for every local church. By forging relationship and mission together, familiar ideas find new power and fresh hope for the future of the church.
Putting these things together, though, is not a course or a programme, but instead values that embed themselves deep in your soul.
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94 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 1, 2016
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June 9, 2016
Bitter sweet. Having picked it up at a recent conference Mike was speaking at, these words form an expanded version (albeit slightly, as it's a short book) to what was said.
Sweet because it's talking about everything we long for in church life.
Bitter because, through simple (unremarkable) obedience we find ourselves in a nation where this type of church life is (so far) not realised.
Sweet because it's talking about everything we long for in church life.
Bitter because, through simple (unremarkable) obedience we find ourselves in a nation where this type of church life is (so far) not realised.
July 13, 2017
A basic book on what Relational Mission is all about.
January 3, 2021
This is a great book; easy to read, pragmatic and engaging, I came away feeling positive and encouraged would totally recommend!
January 7, 2024
Having grown up part of the Relational Mission family of churches I can say with confidence that everything this book stands by is reflected in the day-to-day life of its many congregations.
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