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Resources

Understanding Missional is a short paper summarizing some of the main points covered in the resource documents listed below. In short, the term "missional" contains four main themes:
America is now a post-Christian nation, a mission field for the church.

  1. A missional church and a missional denomination have certain identifiable characteristics.
  2. A missional church is a sent church, not a sending church.
  3. A missional church contrasts with its surrounding community.

MISSIONAL-a working definitionwas prepared by the Long-Range Planning Committee of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church for the guidance of its congregations.

 This is a White Paper by the Long Range Planning Committee of the EPC, prepared in June 2006. Opening words:

The words of Jesus spoken to the church in Sardis may be stronger, even harder, than what we want to hear. Many of us in the EPC are quick to point out - and rightfully so - that we are among those Presbyterians who have reaffirmed our Biblical faith during an age of apostacy. Many of us care deeply about the Great Commission and its wide-ranging implications. We teach well, care for our flocks, and are engaged in missions, particularly among the Muslims.

... Until such time as a significant percentage of our churches are evangelistically effective (2/3 or more?), it would be hard for any of us to disagree that Jesus' diagnosis of the church in Sardis has application for us in the EPC - "...for I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of my God."


This is PDF file is entitled, Missional Church Primer for the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, prepared in Fall 2007. A quotation in the first paragraph states:

["Missional"] is used to describe everything from evangelism to reorganization. . . . In a very brief period of time a new form of language entered the common conversation of the church... At the same time, it is still not understood by the vast majority of people in either leadership or the pew. This is a stunning accomplishment: from obscurity to banality in eight short years.