{"product_id":"the-sending-church-defined","title":"The Sending Church Defined","description":"\u003cp\u003ePurpose-driven church. Simple church. Organic church. Missional church. Deep church. Radical church. Transformational church. Total church. Sticky church. Tribal church. Mission-shaped church. Center church. Vertical church. Everyday church. Deliberate church. Gospel-centered church. Do we really need one more  church? Yes! says the collective of churches who consider themselves part of a growing movement called sending church. It has proven itself as a term that is here to stay  but the meaning of it has been sadly mistaken. Many churches who call themselves sending churches are actually far from it. Some who are familiar with the term consider it just another missional trend. Others  upon first encounter think it speaks only to missiology. Sending church desperately needs clarity.Thats precisely what this book is for. It began with a gathering of sending churches who sought to answer the question  What is a sending church? They came up with a lengthy definition  and we then took almost a year to flesh out that definition one word at a time according to Scripture and scholarship. The goal was not just clarity  but to send a timely word to churches about reclaiming their birthright as the leaders in the Great Commission. After all  \"A Sending Church is a local community of Christ-followers who have made a covenant together to be prayerful  deliberate  and proactive in developing  commissioning  and sending their own members both locally and globally  often in partnership with other churches or agencies  and continuing to encourage  support  and advocate for them while making disciples cross-culturally.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44984451891253,"sku":"ByrdShop_0996184708","price":26.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780996184700.jpg?v=1770834032","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-sending-church-defined","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}