What scares me is the statement, “believers that grow up in church don’t really stand a chance in the wild.”

If that is absolutely true, we’re in big trouble and I need to quit worrying about “transitioning” a traditional church from Institutional to Missional.

Of course, I don’t think it “absolutely” true, though I myself frequently find myself sticking to the rules of life and church culture that I grew up with, so there is some significance to the thought.

i particularly thought this was an insightful comment, “it’s a cruel and unnecessary act that strips a person of his ability to relate, understand, and survive in what was his natural environment.”

this is hirsch/cole language. the idea of “extracting” new believers to an institution rather than starting a church in their environment – in turn, redefining is one that the postmodern church is going to have to wrestle with…