Missional vs. Attractional

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Permalink Reply by Steve Hollinghurst on January 14, 2010 at 7:05pm

Bet
the subject has come up in the UK on the Share site which is designed to be a place such things happen. have a look and see if there is anything helpful. http://www.sharetheguide.org in part i adressed some fo this in the following post
http://www.sharetheguide.org/blog/archive/2009/02/23/the-language-o...
but there is a lot more there by others. explore the blog pages as well as the main pages.

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Permalink Reply by Bet Hannon on January 14, 2010 at 8:03pm

Thanks, Steve!

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Permalink Reply by Jason Winton on January 16, 2010 at 10:52am

Check out David Fitch (http://www.reclaimingthemission.com/). He has written some of the best compare and contrast pieces I've come across. His latest post is titled, "8 Things You Should Notice At a Missional Sunday Gathering" and he put up a recap of posts for 2009 (which include quite a few missional vs. attractional posts): http://www.reclaimingthemission.com/top-ten-posts-2009-merry-christ...

Lastly, he did a video with Ed Stetzer discussing whether mega church can be missional: http://vimeo.com/2750000. It has three parts. I think the 2nd installment is best.

Okeydoke...that seems like enough, eh?

Jason

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Permalink Reply by Bet Hannon on January 16, 2010 at 2:26pm

Thanks, Jason!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Shirley Ostrander on January 20, 2010 at 12:12pm

I found this: http://jonathanbrink.com/2009/05/04/missionalattractional-debate/

I like the idea that they should be two aspects of the same church and not an either/or debate.

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Permalink Reply by James Henley on February 3, 2010 at 4:48am

Have you seen the new Mission Church: Simple video? Think that explains very simply the difference in approach between missional and attractional.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arxfLK_sd68

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Permalink Reply by Bet Hannon on February 3, 2010 at 2:55pm

Cool! Like both of these posts. I especially like the humor of the video.

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Permalink Reply by Jamie Arpin-Ricci on February 9, 2010 at 12:23pm

This takes a different approach, but I thought you might find it interesting:

http://www.missional.ca/2010/02/attractional-church/

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Permalink Reply by Bet Hannon on February 9, 2010 at 3:14pm

Great post! I do like moving away from the either/or aspect that seems so modern, and the emphasis on the "best" of attraction as good hospitality. Thanks, Jamie!

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