Pastoral or Missional?

The Pastoral model: People come to the church to receive religious goods and services, and the pastor is present to engage and meet their spiritual or religious needs in every way.

The Missional Model: Ministry in and for the context in which people have an ever greater variety of religious options. A congregation must become a place where members learn to function like cross-cultural missionaries rather than be a gathering place where people come to receive religious goods and services.

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