{"id":4683,"date":"2011-05-09T09:30:49","date_gmt":"2011-05-09T13:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?p=4683"},"modified":"2013-05-31T18:38:10","modified_gmt":"2013-06-01T02:38:10","slug":"traditional-church-toward-missional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/traditional-church-toward-missional\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Ways to move Traditional Church toward Missional"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"RedeemingGod image 4684\" href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/traditional-church-toward-missional\/missional-church-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4684\" title=\"missional-church\" src=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/missional-church-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"missional\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/missional-church-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/missional-church-618x463.jpg 618w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/missional-church.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>I am a Guest Blogger over at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alanknox.net\/2011\/05\/guest-blogger-five-ways-to-move-traditional-church-toward-missional\/\">Blog of Alan Knox today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I am writing on five ways your church can move from traditional to missional. If you are in a traditional church, and have a desire to become more missions-focused in your community, leading your people to go into the community rather than calling the community to &#8220;come to church&#8221; these suggestions might be for you.<\/p>\n<p>Head on over to the blog of Alan Knox to comment and interact with the post. And while you are there, you really should follow him on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/alan_knox\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds2.feedburner.com\/assembling\">subscribe to his posts<\/a>. 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