I was visiting my in-law's church and up on the wall was some sort of motivational mission statement that said "Engage, Equip, Extend" I understand the church is designed to equip and it should extend but I had to think about the engage one.
I finally understood it in a missional context where we should "engage" our mission. When I looked around me however and what I saw was a very churched culture and it didn't feel like this example of "church" was set at engaging their mission but rather it was set at engaging people used to church. What does it really mean take to engage our mission and is it something we should be seeking? At what point do we cast off the "church we do" to engage our mission?
I finally understood it in a missional context where we should "engage" our mission. When I looked around me however and what I saw was a very churched culture and it didn't feel like this example of "church" was set at engaging their mission but rather it was set at engaging people used to church. What does it really mean take to engage our mission and is it something we should be seeking? At what point do we cast off the "church we do" to engage our mission?