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I N I T I A T I V E S M I S S I O N A L

iMissional.org encompasses initiatives focusing on facilitating missional transformation in the life of the church in the world.

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What Makes a Church Missional?

This is an interesting question because almost everyone is getting on the missional bandwagon nowadays. I recently read an article published by the Baptist General Conference where they are thinking about a missional name change in order to focus on the missional side of what they are doing. This is a classic misunderstanding of what missional means. It is not a mere descriptor of what we have traditionally called "missions," rather it describes how a church sees itself as having no agenda of its own but rather identifies itself as participating with God as sign, foretaste, and instrument of God's redemptive mission on earth. Missional is not just something we do, missional describes all that we are. So in light of this misunderstanding, an article by J. Todd Billings from Western Seminary in Holland, MI presents some needed understanding of what makes a church missional. Here's the link to his article: "What Makes a Church Missional," by J. Todd Billings

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What Does iMissional Do?

Resources -- providing a Missional Reader of helpful articles on missional themes, as well as listings of helpful books, web sites, and other resources for engaging a missional perspective. Also, a weekly column entitled Missional Matters is meant to be a primer on understanding our call to be a missional people

Seminars and Retreats -- providing various seminars and spiritual retreat experiences to help pastors, church leaders, and congregations further explore what it means to live as God's missional people

sacred space -- a third place missional community focusing on exploring life in the way of Jesus in cultural settings which are integrated in the community in which we live

Catalyst -- a idea for developing a 2-year in context missional experience to help shape a new generation of young people to think and live missionally

Global and Local Projects -- focusing on giving financial support to persons and communities in Third World contexts for the betterment of their worlds.

Research and Writing -- through collaborative groups exploring various issues to advance missional thinking