Church leadership developer, Reggie McNeal, says the rise of the missional church movement is the single largest development in Christianity since the Reformation. McNeal says it comes down to people who get it, and those who don’t. Listed below are the shifts each person needs to make to join the missional movement. Are you ready?

1. A shift from internal to external – This is a shift from a church-centric to a Kingdom-centric view of the world.

“We think in North America that the church is the destination. It is not. It’s the Kingdom.” “The church is a connector to help people get where they want to go—which is abundant life. When we confuse that, we miss what Jesus meant.”

“So much of our evangelism strategies focus on turning people into church people. All we do is end up taking people away from the places where they can be salt and life to others.”/

“There’s a reason for the church, but it is to bless people. Don’t have an evangelism strategy, have a blessing strategy.”

2. A shift from program-driven to people development – The days of templating people’s spiritual experiences are over./

“We believe if we keep people busy, they’ll be disciples, but we are wearing them out. People are not waking up hoping they can spend more time in church.”

“Ask people, ‘What would you like to see God do in your life in the next 6 to 12 months?’”

3. A shift from church-based leadership to apostolic-era leadership.

“It’s A.D. 30 all over again. All the old gods are dead.”

“In A.D. 30, you look for God in the world. God is breaking in on people’s lives.”