10 Practices of a Missional Jesus (via Root 48)

My friend, Brian Hofmeister, recently posted this list of Jesus’ missional practices on his blog, Root 48. He drew the list from Ed Stetzer and Thom Rainer’s book, Transformational Church: Creating a New Scorecard for Congregations. With all the talk of what it means to be missional, I found Brian’s list from the book to be a refreshing look at Jesus’ actual practices of mission.You can visit the Transformation Church web-site here.

What do you think this means for our life as the church?

1. Jesus Invested in People because He Believed in People (entrusted responsibility and anticipate transformation)
2. Jesus Saw Long and Far (prayed for generations down the road)
3. Jesus Sent People Away on Mission (two waves of sending in pairs)
4. Jesus Grieved Over the City (broken of Jerusalem’s unresponsiveness)
5. Jesus Lead a Balanced Life (engaged mission, then restored in retreat)
6. Jesus Embraced Other Cultures (Samaritans and Gentiles)
7. Jesus Gave Up His Will (followed the Father’s lead)
8. Jesus Surround Himself with Lost People, and they Enjoyed Him (friend of sinners; extending grace to failures)
9. Jesus’ Harvest Vision was Leveraged by Prayer (prayed as much as he did)
10. Jesus Felt the Needs of People (wept for Lazarus)