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A missional church is a church that defines itself, and organizes its life around its real purpose as an agent of God’s mission to the world. In other words, the church’s true and authentic organizing principle is mission. Therefore when the church is in mission, it is the true church. The church itself is not only a product of that mission but is

William Carey, a young cobbler turned linguist, published what became the manifesto of modern Western Protestant missions: “An Enquiry into the Obligation of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathen.” He

the modern definition of a Para-church - “a faith based ministry or organization that carries out its mission usually independent of local church oversight” - is an un-Biblical concept.