From ‘The Radical Reformission’, by Mark Driscoll (Zondervan 2004).
The vision: ‘reformission evangelism’ highlights a desire to return to Jesus in our mission. Jesus has called us to love our Lord in the gospel, love our brother in the church, and love our neighbour in the culture. Neglecting one of these aspects has disastrous effects for mission:
Gospel + Culture – Church = Parachurch
Culture + Church – Gospel = Liberalism
Church + Gospel – Culture = Fundamentalism
So, we need to correctly understand each of these key ingredients.
Understanding the gospel:
1. Reformission is hindered by being married to morality. Would you go to a gay bar to build friendships in your community? Often we care most about appearing a good person before people, and this affects how we get involved in culture. Instead, get close to Jesus: “the way to avoid sin is not to avoid sinners, but to stick close to Jesus”.
