“Christianity is concerned with the unfolding of the Kingdom of God in this world, not the longevity of organizations.” — Alan Hirsch Copy Share Image
“If we're going to impact our world in the name of Jesus, it will be because people like you and me took action in the power of the Spirit. Ever since the mission and ministry of Jesus, God has never stopped calling for a movement of "Little Jesuses" to follow him into the world and unleash the remarkable redemptive genius… — Alan Hirsch Copy Share
A missional theology...appl ies to the whole of life of every believer. Every disciple is to be an agent of the kingdom of God, and every disciple is to carry the mission of God into every sphere of life. We are all missionaries sent into a non-Christian culture. — Alan Hirsch Copy Share
Unless the church is equipping believers to embrace the values and vision of the kingdom of God and turn away from the… — Alan Hirsch Copy Share Image
The kingdom of God is a crash-bang opera: the king is dramatic, demanding, and unavoidable. — Alan Hirsch Copy Share Image
If we are going to make the change from community to communitas, and not just end up with an unsustainable adrenaline-junkie culture, we must… — Alan Hirsch Copy Share Image
Because we believe that somewhere in the nest of paradigms contained in the phrase "missional church" lies nothing less that the future viability of… — Alan Hirsch Copy Share Image
A retreatist spirituality is not a spirituality that can, or will, transform the world in Jesus's name. — Alan Hirsch Copy Share Image
“I have come to believe that the major threat to the viability of our faith is that of consumerism. This” — Alan Hirsch Copy Share Image
The fact is that if Jesus's future kingdom is secure, those who trust in its coming will enact it now. — Alan Hirsch Copy Share Image
Those of us with too much invested in the way things are will never embrace the revolutionary cause required for wholesale change. — Alan Hirsch Copy Share Image
“All apostolic ministry in some sense involves this return to the founding message as well as purpose. The missional task that follows is to reinterpret it radically into various contexts. To use the words of leadership gurus Jim Collins and Jerry Porras, the key to dynamic entrepreneurialism is to “preserve the core and stimulate progress.”15 Thus, there is both a… — Alan Hirsch Copy Share
Every Christian is a sent one. There is no such thing as an unsent Christian. — Alan Hirsch Copy Share Image
Heroes are important not only because they symbolize what we believe to be important, but because they also convey universal truths about personal self-discovery… — Alan Hirsch Copy Share Image
There's no such thing as an unsent Christian. You have already been SENT. — Alan Hirsch Copy Share Image