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The question concerning the definition of the word “Missional” has bounced around the internet and coffe shops for a couple of years. It is becoming a buzz word. The SBC has picked up the word and begun using it in some publications - identifying SBC work as “MISSIONAL.”

I think that definitions are good. We need to have a common ground before we can have meaningful discussions. I also think that verbal definitions are only hints at the depth of a word.

Another slice of the pie that makes up a word’s definition is a good example. It is not everything, as far as definitions go, but it helps us with context. This is why preachers use illustrations in their sermons. Well, hopefully, that’s why they use them.

Today, at the Baptist Press website, I found a good example of a missional mindset. The woman to whom I refer is not a hip young leader. She is not missional because Bobby Welch, the “Baptize a Million” Campaign or the FAITH program made her missional. This is NOT a statement against FAITH Sunday Schools or Bobby or the Baptism emphasis, either. Faith is a program that became a vehicle for some of her evangelism. However, I say she is an example of a missional mind because her passion to reach the lost went far beyond the evangelism and visitation program of her church. “Missional” is who she is that drives the evangelism she does.

Read about Nell Kearly.

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