If you have ever watched Star Trek, than perhaps, you remember the episode with the Tribbles. These Tribbles multiplied profusely. Why? Because they were born pregnant and here is the similarity I would like to make with Missional Communities.
Missional Communities must be BORN pregnant and ready to reproduce -- MULTIPLY. (says Neil Cole).
When you BIRTH a missional community the expectation is multiplication – anything less leads to death.
Here is a little secret -- it is easier to multiple groups of two, three, twelve. It is more difficult to multiple your gathering or worship service of 40, 50, 150. The beauty of missional community is this: It is a simple organism!
What you aime for you will hit. Target missional living and you will get communitas (which is better than community). If you just aime for community, you will possibly miss missional living.
The gravitational pull --for most churches in America -– is the holy huddle. HUDDLES (not communitas) of community singing kumbaya and growing old together. Comfort and community can lead to the death of a reproducing community.
Sometimes, missional communities can become too old to reproduce because of this gravitational pull.
Multiply everything you do. Let your missional communities be born pregnant.
What do you think? Where do you agree or disagree with what has been written?
Go therefore and MULTIPLY......
In fact, come to Portland OR and live missionally with us. Come live here and sow the gospel. Come live here "born pregnant" ready to multiply communitas into a gathered, called out people of God in a 20-minute community. sendportland gcr namb sbc
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