Are You "Missional"?

This term has become very popular in some evangelical circles. Ed Stetzer, a major leader in the "missional" movement and now head of "The Center for Missional Research" at NAMB, is slated to give one of only two or three key messages at the Southern Baptist Convention this week. The Pastor's Conference website has a link on its homepage to certain events at the Covention especially geared towards "missional" pastors. So I was wondering, would any of you guys describe yourself as "missional"?

Of course, this word is notoriously difficult to define. The Resurgence, a group of missional leaders, unpacks the term with these four points in their statement of beliefs:

1. We believe that churches and Christians should be faithful to the content of unchanging Biblical doctrine (Jude 3).

2. We believe that churches and Christians should continually reform their ministry methods to most effectively reach the changing cultures(s) to which they are sent by God as missionaries (1 Corinthians 9:19-23).

3. We believe that Christians and churches exist for the redemption of both people and cultures in an effort to have everyone and everything subject to God.

4. We believe that the continual planting of new churches is part of God's plan to reach new peoples, new cultures, and new subcultures.

So, working with their four points as a definition of "missional", would you fit in?

I'm particularly interested in what you guys think about points 2 and 4.

JN