About
Philosophy
We don’t believe that missional ministry is tied to a specific form of church. You can be into “mega church, house church, multi-site church, emerging, traditional, or cell model.” It doesn’t matter. They can all be ineffective and sterile, or they can be faithful and fruitful in engaging the world with a tangible presence of the Gospel.
The difference lies not in our programming, presentation, or how we choose to gather. The difference is how we “go” and the habits of those who go with us.
Being “missional” means being incarnational instead of attractional. We are not trying to attract non-believers, but instead engage them. If we are incarnational, then people will follow us and the Church will grow.
Background
Founders and co-leaders of Missio, Hugh Halter and Matt Smay are missional leaders and church planters who desire to see the birth of incarnational communities of mission worldwide. Much of their story can be found in The Tangible Kingdom, which hit bookshelves in Spring of 2008 and provides an innovative model for creating thriving grass-roots faith communities. Their most recent publication is The Tangible Kingdom Primer, which is an eight week guide on incarnational communities for existing church groups and new missional communies. In late April, Matt and Hugh’s next book will be released - AND: The Gathered and Scattered Church.
Co-Director of Missio and lead architect of Adullam, a congregational network of incarnational communities in Denver, Colorado. Hugh’s passion is two-fold. He desires to create church where it doesn’t exist, and he seeks to help those in the church understand how to keep saints together in mission while deeply connecting spiritual sojourners into our journey with Christ.
Co-Director of both Missio and Adullam, and director of the MCAP, Matt specializes in coaching church planters, developing training systems, and helping existing congregations move back towards mission. Along with his wife Maren and two daughters, Matt is locally devoted to forming a movement of missional communities in the Denver area.
Affiliation
Missio is committed to the empowerment and growth of Christian leaders regardless of denomination, para-church group, seminary, or local church affiliations.
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