Current Denominations Fail at Connecting with Missional Churches? A New Book from Allelon Publishing, edited by Len Hjalmarson & Brent Toderash, is survey of some of the latest and emerging churches across Canada. The book has been delayed and delayed but I finally snuck a copy out of the hands of one of the contributors. [...]

Attractional Churches = Extractional Churches This equation is not a unique idea to me but rather was mentioned by Alan Hirsch during a recent conference. Missional heads have used the term 'attractional' to describe the majority of churches and their operations to 'attract' people into their buildings with programs and 'outreach' events. The saying goes, [...]

The final installment of a five part series on the nature of the 'Missional Church v Attractional church'. We still have Damien Lee for most of the call, and then some closing remarks. This five part series is an excellent resource for those trying to figure out and learn the language in the whole 'missional [...]