Twin Lakes Session #5 – Jonathan Leeman on What is the Missional Church?

Jonathan Leeman, one of the pastors at Capital Hill Baptist in Washington, D.C., came to Twin Lakes to speak about the Missional Church. Tracing the history of the word and concept of what it means to be missional, Leeman suggests that it reaches back to the 1940’s and 50’s when the church growth movement began. The Roman Catholic Church picked up on the term. This shows how far reaching the word, as an ideology, has.

Leslie Newbigin was writing on the topic in the 50’s and 60’s as an Anglican missionary to India. Newbigin set into motion a critical reevaluation of why we do what we do. He suggested that we have moved into post-modernity and we need to rethink what we do in missions.

The content of the rest of Jonathan’s message can be found in an article published at 9 Marks. You can read it here . Audio to come.