The Missional Church and Leadership Formation Quotes

“Mission (if it is biblically informed and validated) means our committed participation as God's people, at God's invitation and command, in God's own mission within the history of God's world for the redemption of God's creation."4”
― Craig Van Gelder, The Missional Church and Leadership Formation: Helping Congregations Develop Leadership Capacity

“It focuses on the sending character of God: God is a missionary God who sent Jesus into the world, and through the sending of the Spirit by the Father and the Son, the church is sent into the world to participate in God's mission.”
― Craig Van Gelder, The Missional Church and Leadership Formation: Helping Congregations Develop Leadership Capacity