What is the “missional impulse”? In I Know a Man Who Lives in a Bus: The Mission of God in Living Color, Dr. Stephen Johnson shares the story of his own journey with the people of Buffalo Gap, including a particular friend who lives on a county road in an old school bus. Through this story, Dr. Johnson will explore how the missional impulse is a crucial way of being and knowing, calling for a generation of Christians sent into the world to give to and receive from the other the hospitality of God.
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MUSICAL GUESTS – Bluegrass music during Spotlight this week provided by Arley’s of Buffalo Gap, with 14 years of professional experience in Nashville. For information on lessons or a wide range of stringed instruments, call Arley’s at 325-692-7923.
Required Reading
- Lisa M. Hess, “Being Missional,” The Clergy Journal (July/August 2006), 18-19.
- Gospel of Luke, chapter 10, verses 1-12.
- Stephen Johnson, “Don, Dispatches from the Trail’s End.”
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BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Stephen Johnson is associate professor of ministry and Director of Contextual Education in the Graduate School of Theology. He works with churches across North America interested in re-discovering their life in the mission of God.