1. Biblical foundations for missional church
C T Samuel

2. MISSION IS A KEY BIBLICAL AND THEOLOGICAL CONCEPT

3. MISSION IS PRIMARILY THE ACTIVITY OF GOD AND ONLY SECONDARILY AN ACTIVITY OF THE CHURCH.

5. Christian mission needs to be set into a wider context than the Church

6. Human engagement in mission is at best joining the prior activity of God

7. Mission necessarily requires the Church to be interested in more than making new Christians

8. God has a broader mission than making new disciples
God has a broader mission than making new disciples. God is interested in the redemption of the entire cosmos

10. MISSION IS A KEY BIBLICAL AND THEOLOGICAL CONCEPT

11. The inherent problem in the Pauline corpus is that they are for the most part instructions for how not to be

13. 5 MISSIONAL FEATURES 1. Missional Church has tangible faith 2
5 MISSIONAL FEATURES Missional Church has tangible faith 2. Missional Church is infused by Love

14. 3. Missional Church pursues costly discipleship 4
3. Missional Church pursues costly discipleship 4. Mission cannot be disentangled from holiness 5. Missional Church is founded on eschatological hope

15. MISSIONAL CHURCH HAS TANGIBLE FAITH

16. A missional church is not merely able to speak persuasively about propositional truths of the gospel; their words are supported by deeds that can stand the test of time

18. MISSIONAL CHURCH IS INFUSED BY LOVE

19. It is difficult to overestimate how significant love is for mission
It is difficult to overestimate how significant love is for mission. It is not enough to engage in mission because we love God. We are also to love the people we engage in mission

22. MISSIONAL CHURCH PURSUES COSTLY DISCIPLESHIP

24. MISSION CANNOT BE DISENTANGLED FROM HOLINESS

27. MISSIONAL CHURCH IS FOUNDED ON ESCHATOLOGICAL HOPE