The church is not sent on a mission by God, rather God is on a mission and the church is called to join him. This is an important distinction, as much of what the church is about is trying to do stuff for God instead of letting Him do stuff through us.
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Missional activist Alan Hirsch says, "A missional theology is not content with mission being a church-based work. Rather, it applies to the whole of life of every believer. Every disciple is to be an agent of the kingdom of God, and every disciple is to carry the mission of God into every sphere of life. We are all missionaries sent into a non-Christian culture."
A missional community is a spiritual family (community) with the Spirit of Christ in their midst, called out to join Him on His mission to the ends of the Earth. When people encounter Jesus, alive and present as King, they get a taste of God's Kingdom on Earth as it is in heaven. One cannot have the God of the Scriptures and not have His mission. Because a missional community is a spiritual family, by necessity it must be a smaller group.
Source: ChurchLeaders.com
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