Incarnational Quotes

“If Christianity was only about finding a group of people to live life with who shared openly their search for God and allowed anyone regardless of behavior to seek too and who collectively lived by faith to make the world a little more like Heaven would you be interested ’ ‘Hell yes ’ was his reply. He continued ‘Are there churches like that”
― Hugh Halter & Matt Smay, The Tangible Kingdom: Creating Incarnational Community

“If you want to help people we have to dive into people wade into the sea of humanity.”
― Hugh Halter & Matt Smay

“Focus on relationships in your communities and God will come up spiritual conversations will emerge and real needs will come to light.”
― Matt Smay

“The worst mistake has been that Christians have tried to make their church programs or worship services their third place place other than their home or workplace where they can relax and be in good company on a regular basis . The key is that third places need to be in public zones.”- What if more Christians spent their regular “church” time in places where they could meet others and begin relationships with them What might happen”
― Hugh Halter & Matt Smay

“As I speak for many in the budding new missional church world I have to share that I no longer judge the faithful fervent work of so many pastors who have pastored well but who struggle to find their place in this new world. They deserve to be honored instead of belittled. Without their legacy we would have nothing to build upon.”
― Hugh Halter & Matt Smay

“Jesus displaced himself that we might know him. This is incarnational ministry, and it's the life we're called to.”
― Alia Joy, Glorious Weakness: Discovering God in All We Lack

“The character of Jesus can only be ultimately known experientially through the indwelling of His Spirit in union with us."


~"The character of Jesus can only be ultimately known experientially through the indwelling of His Spirit in union with us."


~R. Alan Woods [2013]”
― R. Alan Woods, The Journey Is the Destination: A Book of Quotes With Commentaries

“We are incarnations of our creator”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“If the logos had become part of history in this man Jesus, then two dualisms which were fundamental to classical thought were no longer tenable. One was the dualism between the "sensible" and the "intelligible," or--as we might say--between the material and the mental or spiritual.”
― Lesslie Newbigin, Proper Confidence: Faith, Doubt, and Certainty in Christian Discipleship

“There are substantial issues that remain, however, related to direction, hierarchy, and paternalism in missional mentalities. The heart and the willingness behind going are to be applauded. Jesus modeled an incarnational gospel and contextual approaches are to be valued over attractional models like those found in the megachurch movement. Concerns abound, though, in the shadow of the colonial legacy. How does one reclaim or reform a concept that has been so thoroughly corrupted and has taken on so much baggage? Is repentance enough? Can the form actually be redeemed and repurposed?”
― Randy Woodley, Decolonizing Evangelicalism: An 11:59 p.m. Conversation