Core Values of a Missional Church
So I’ve been playing around with what the Core Values of a missional church might be. To see some examples of core values from other churches, check these out here, here, here, and here.
This is what I’ve come up with so far…
The Core Values of a Missional Church are:
- To be relevant to the culture in which we live today,
- To be incarnational in our approach to ministry within our culture and community,
- To be open to being transformed by Christ from a religious organization into a living organism willing to be creative and to make adjustments in order to reach out to our community, and
- To place a greater value on people than on programs, on love than on practices, on innovation than on tradition, and on faith than on fear.
I’d be curious to hear what any of you think about this. Feel free to be as critical as you’d like.
What do you agree with? What do you disagree with? What sounds trite or overused? What isn’t clear? What’s too long? What’s too short? What questions are raised for you?
13 Jun 2007 markus
Markus Watson
Thanks for the link.
Very cool to see what you’re thinking up and I read a bit of your bio, cool move to SD. I look forward to reading more.
I also think there is a passion for changing our understanding of Kingdom to be something lived into this world and the world to come is a by-product of the life here and now.