Mike Breen

“We have become human “doings” rather than human “beings.”

— Mike Breen

“If you make disciples, you always get the church. But if you make a church, you rarely get disciples.”

— 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…

— Mike Breen

“Many faith communities have become little more than gatherings of isolated individuals, while the number of online communities continues to grow.”

— 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…

— Mike Breen

“The goal is not to run a program called “Missional Community.” The goal is to learn how to function as an extended…

— Mike Breen

“Effective discipleship builds the church, not the other way around. We need to understand the church as the effect of discipleship and…

— Mike Breen

“Our commission is to compassionately reach out to those around us, invite them to join us in community, share the story of…

— 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…

— Mike Breen

“And so the world fell under the influence of one who hated God, hated his creation and in particular hated that part…

— Mike Breen

“MCs center their rhythms on growing in relationship with God (UP), with one another (IN), and with those they are reaching out…

— Mike Breen

“We may wonder if there is any purpose in the “broken” times of our life, times when we have suffered failure, loss…

— Mike Breen

“We often use the following questions (a “Passion Audit”) to help MC leaders determine where God is calling them. What are your…

— 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.…

— 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.…

— Mike Breen

“we should focus on people who don’t know Jesus yet, but Jesus himself gave us the model for doing that: Disciple people.”

— Mike Breen

“We don’t have A “missional” problem. We Have A discipleship Problem.”

— Mike Breen

“The leader of an MC needs to be a disciple-maker, not merely an event-organizer.”

— Mike Breen

“IF WE KNOW WHO GOD HAS MADE US TO BE, WE CAN STOP TRYING TO BE SOMEONE WE ARE NOT AND LET…

— Mike Breen

“We don’t want people to understand forgiveness or prayer or mission or justice only intellectually. We want people who can forgive, who…

— Mike Breen

“A Missional Community is a group of approximately 20 to 40 people who are seeking to reach a particular neighborhood or network…

— Mike Breen

“Scripture really seems to be getting at something here, something about orienting our lives around becoming lifelong learners of Jesus. It is…

— Mike Breen

“For many churches, as they seek to create comfortable environments in the form of worship services or small groups, have lost their…

— Mike Breen

“If you make disciples, you always get the church. But if you make a church, you rarely get disciples. A gifted discipler…

— Mike Breen