The Meaning of Missional: A Beginner’s Guide to Missional Living and the Missional Church

by Dick Wiedenheft, Mike Breen (Foreword)

Confusion abounds regarding what it means to be missional. Is it about social action? An emphasis on outreach? Being organic instead of program-driven? This book provides succinct, clearly written, and biblical answers. With the theological insight of a scholar and the warm personal illustrations of a pastor, Dick Wiedenheft shares insights and experiences gained over his own fifteen-year missional journey.

•What does missional mean?
•Why is it important?
•How will it change my life or my church?
•What are some simple ways to begin?

After reading this book, you will know what it means to be missional, why becoming missional is so important, and what practical steps you can take to begin.

116 pages, Paperback

Published September 17, 2018

About the author

Dick Wiedenheft is a pastor and a certified coach and frontier leader with the 3DM Missional Discipleship movement. He holds a DMin in Discipleship and Mission from Northern Seminary, and has also served as an overseas missionary and worked to address urban hunger (in Washington, DC). He lives with his wife and four children in Westchester County, New York.

Reviews

[Chrys Jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read on being missional. Excellent ideas and purpose behind the book. The book flowed well and I loved how it balanced experiential knowledge of being missional with biblical teaching on the topic of spreading God's kingdom. I definitely have a lot to ponder and take away from this book. While there are times that being "missional" is overstated, it doesn't take away from the quality of the book. In fact, it has removed my skepticism about the "missional movement". The writer and the people he is describing are churches that are radically committed to the Great Commission and the gospel. Being missional isn't just doing outreach and service projects, nor is it just throwing out canned evangelistic scripts. It's a lifestyle.

[Terence · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dick achieves his goal of creating an easy to read introductory book on missional. Although I believe that this trend has caught much attention is some areas of the country, I hadn't heard of it before hearing about it from Dick. That said, it makes sense.

The story of the Bible is one in which God sent His Son on a rescue mission and that changes everything. Not only our purpose in life but it inspires hope and joy.

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