Church: It's All About 'Mission'

Ed Stetzer's new book, The Missional Church, is a profound call to the New Testament 21st Century church to "get back to the main thing," that is, to become missional.

“Christian leaders are beginning to understand that the church must not rework its programs; it must rediscover its mission. In short, it must become missional," says Stetzer.

That's the message I share when I speak to pastors and missions leaders when presenting the Acts 1:8 Challenge. That is, it's on longer about "missions," rather the "mission" of the church.

Our churches must be about transformational change that ultimately creates disciples. A church that's not actively doing that isn't fulfilling Christ's call for the church to take the gospel to Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and the uttermost parts of the earth (Acts 1:8).

As Stetzer states, “As the church rediscovers its missional nature, it will acquire a renewed passion to be a people on mission.”