11 Practices of Missional Spirituality

Last updated on: October 8, 2012 at 12:30 pm by Steve Knight

11 Practices of Missional Spirituality 2012-10-08T00:52:33-03:00 Steve Knight

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Thanks to Scot McKnight for summarizing these 11 practices laid out in the book Missional Spirituality: Embodying God’s Love from the Inside Out by Len Hjalmarson and Roger Helland:

Practicing union with Christ: abiding in Christ is what discipleship is all about. Focus on John 15:1-17.
Practicing obedience: “the spiritual life is the surrendered life.”
Practicing humility.
Practicing missio reading and prayer. Not just prayer that fosters intimacy but prayer that fosters love for others, the Jesus Creed.
Practicing worship. The problem is defective views of God; we need an expansive sense of God’s grandeur and majesty and glory.
Practicing enchantment. Attentiveness to God’s handiwork.
Practicing Christ-mindedness.
Practicing faith-thinking. This is about theological reflection to learn to think our way into the goodness and glory of God and what God is doing in this world. Theological imagination can be developed.
Practicing gratitude.
Then a series on “From all your strength”: practicing treasure-talents-time, loving God from our treasure, loving God from our talents, and loving God from our time.
Practicing loving your neighbor: by practicing presence, by practicing refuge, and by practicing hospitality.

Would you add any others to this list?

Previous Post

October 8, 2012

Missional Monday: Sentralized September, Lance Ford Books, The Feast Feeds Missional Imagination

Next Post

October 12, 2012 Missional Thinkers Weigh in on Politics and the Bible

Browse Our Archives

Select a Category Books Definitions Events Funding Funny History Mainline denominations Missional Mondays Networks Offers Startups Tech Theology Video Youth-Young Adult Ministry

Select a Month January 2014 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 June 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012

TAKE THE

Religious Wisdom Quiz

Which city did the Philistines give David as a base during his exile?

Select your answer to see how you score.

Bethlehem Gibeah Hebron Ziklag