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Thought Leader Briefing: What is Missional and Why does it matter?

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The Missional Church: What is missional and why does it matter? Ed Stetzer, President, Lifeway Research

Evangelicals are renowned for buzz words and fads. Labels are used widely and indiscriminately until hardly anyone is sure of what they mean. That is the most common push back about the word missional. Ed Stetzer, author, church planter, President of Lifeway Research, and blogger extraordinaire has written widely on this topic; he’ll explain what missional means and why it should matter to you.

Published by Missio Nexus, . Last updated 4 Sep 2016.

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