--- title: "2 Extended family Quotes By Mike Breen" description: "2 Extended family quotes by Mike Breen. Plus more from Mike Breen and more Extended family sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/214/mike-breen-24543_extended-family_five-signs-of-oikos-another-pattern-we-v_862577.jpg" --- > [“FIVE SIGNS OF OIKOS Another pattern we’ve seen is that MCs that really become extended families on mission have several common elements. We call these the Five Signs of oikos. These five markers give us an indication that we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-breen/five-signs-of-oikos-another-pattern-we-ve-seen-is-that-mcs-that/) [Mike Breen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-breen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/214/mike-breen-24543_extended-family_five-signs-of-oikos-another-pattern-we-v_862577.jpg) > [“The goal is not to run a program called “Missional Community.” The goal is to learn how to function as an extended family on mission.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-breen/the-goal-is-not-to-run-a-program-called-missional-community-the-goal/) [Mike Breen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-breen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aec/mike-breen-24543_extended-family_the-goal-is-not-to-run-a-program-called_873306.jpg) ## Other authors on Extended family - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-kurt-vonnegut-58049.jpg) Kurt Vonnegut 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/extended-family/kurt-vonnegut/) ## More by Mike Breen > [“And so the world fell under the influence of one who hated God, hated his creation and in particular hated that part of creation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-breen/and-so-the-world-fell-under-the-influence-of-one-who-hated-god-hated/) [Mike Breen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-breen/) > [“We have become human “doings” rather than human “beings.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-breen/we-have-become-human-doings-rather-than-human-beings/) [Mike Breen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-breen/) > [“We may wonder if there is any purpose in the “broken” times of our life, times when we have suffered failure, loss or disappointment.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-breen/we-may-wonder-if-there-is-any-purpose-in-the-broken-times-of-our-life/) [Mike Breen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-breen/) > [“Prayer was as fundamental an element in the life of Jesus as breathing. He inhaled his Father’s presence so he could exhale his Father’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-breen/prayer-was-as-fundamental-an-element-in-the-life-of-jesus-as/) [Mike Breen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-breen/) > [“What we see from Jesus is that success isn’t thousands of people and an ever-expanding church. Success is obedience to what the Father asks.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-breen/what-we-see-from-jesus-is-that-success-isn-t-thousands-of-people-and/) [Mike Breen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-breen/) > [“FIVE SIGNS OF OIKOS Another pattern we’ve seen is that MCs that really become extended families on mission have several common elements. We call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-breen/five-signs-of-oikos-another-pattern-we-ve-seen-is-that-mcs-that/) [Mike Breen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-breen/) > [“The goal is not to run a program called “Missional Community.” The goal is to learn how to function as an extended family on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-breen/the-goal-is-not-to-run-a-program-called-missional-community-the-goal/) [Mike Breen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-breen/) > [“MCs center their rhythms on growing in relationship with God (UP), with one another (IN), and with those they are reaching out to (OUT).…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-breen/mcs-center-their-rhythms-on-growing-in-relationship-with-god-up-with/) [Mike Breen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-breen/) > [“Discipleship isn’t a random assortment of facts and propositions and behaviors, discipleship is something that is you to the core and is completely incarnated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-breen/discipleship-isn-t-a-random-assortment-of-facts-and-propositions-and/) [Mike Breen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-breen/) > [“Many faith communities have become little more than gatherings of isolated individuals, while the number of online communities continues to grow.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-breen/many-faith-communities-have-become-little-more-than-gatherings-of/) [Mike Breen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-breen/) > [“Effective discipleship builds the church, not the other way around. We need to understand the church as the effect of discipleship and not the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-breen/effective-discipleship-builds-the-church-not-the-other-way-around-we/) [Mike Breen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-breen/) > [“We often use the following questions (a “Passion Audit”) to help MC leaders determine where God is calling them. What are your heart’s desires?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-breen/we-often-use-the-following-questions-a-passion-audit-to-help-mc/) [Mike Breen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-breen/) > [“As we know it today, discipleship is mostly about that first kind of learning: the classroom experience. And really, that’s about it. We learn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-breen/as-we-know-it-today-discipleship-is-mostly-about-that-first-kind-of/) [Mike Breen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-breen/) > [“Our commission is to compassionately reach out to those around us, invite them to join us in community, share the story of the gospel,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-breen/our-commission-is-to-compassionately-reach-out-to-those-around-us/) [Mike Breen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-breen/) > [“If you make disciples, you always get the church. But if you make a church, you rarely get disciples.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-breen/if-you-make-disciples-you-always-get-the-church-but-if-you-make-a/) [Mike Breen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-breen/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/extended-family/mike-breen/#itemlist", "name": "2 Extended family Quotes By Mike Breen", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“FIVE SIGNS OF OIKOS Another pattern we’ve seen is that MCs that really become extended families on mission have several common elements. We call these the Five Signs of oikos. These five markers give us an indication that we are functioning well together as an extended family on mission. 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