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Slipstream Podcast 4 - Michael Frost |
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Michael Frost is a missional church leader from Australia, well known around the world as an inspiring and provocative speaker on how to face the challenge of our times, the future of the church and what direction it should be taking.
Author of Exiles: Living missionally in a post-Christian culture and co-author (with Alan Hirsch) of The Shaping of Things to Come Innovation and Mission for the 21st Century Church, Michael provides us with an interesting take on what it means to be a missional church and gives advice for the next generation of church leaders.
Michael Frost is touring the UK between 3-11 October. For more details click here
Here's a taster from the podcast interview:
What is the one thing you would say to the next generation of Christian leaders?
“If I had to just say one thing it would be to re-discover in scripture God’s great missional plot that begins at the very moment of creation and runs like a thread right through the whole of scripture, culminating in the person of Jesus and then continuing to unravel even to this day.
If we rediscover that one continuous story, that missional plot, missional story, and rediscover the idea that God’s people are always people that are acting up, who are always subverting the status quo and never satisfied with the world, we discover something important about who we are as the people of God rather than members of some institution within western culture.
And it is then that we might re-discover our much more prophetic and apostolic calling.”
Michael recommends reading A Reader's Guide to Transforming Mission by Stan Nussbaum - available to buy from Amazon
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Exiles - Third Places by Michael Frost | |
 | An extract from Michael Frost's book Exiles - living missionally in a post-modern culture. In this book, Michael presents a biblical, Christian worldview for the emergent Church - people who are not at home in the traditional church or the secular world. As exiles of both, they must create their own worldview that integrates their Christian beliefs with the contemporary world. Exiles seeks to integrate all aspects of life and decision-making and to develop the characteristics of a Christian life lived intentionally within emerging (postmodern) culture. |
Total Church - an extract from the book by Tim Chester and Steve Timmis | |
 | There are two key principles that should shape the way we ‘do church’: gospel and community. What we do is always defined by the gospel and the context is always our belonging in the church. Our identity as Christians is defined by the gospel and the community. Read ... Total Church - an extract from the book by Tim Chester and Steve Timmis |
Mend the Gap - Jason Gardner | |
 | In this article, Jason summarises the message of his book, Mend the Gap (IVP) and how he has explored what it is that causes the rift between the generations before moving on to addressing the successes and shortcomings of the church in its attempts to reach young people. He includes practical pointers as to how the Church can move forward and ultimately how it can help empower young people to realise their role in helping establishing God’s kingdom rule on earth. Read ... Mend the Gap - Jason Gardner |
