10 Tips for Missional Community Leaders
1. Know God
* Cultivate a steady devotional and prayer life.
* Participate in gospel-centered accountability, like a Fight Club.
* Serve with the strength God supplies (2 Peter 4:11).
2. Know Your People
* Pastor your Missional Community. Don’t just lead discussions.
* Take notice when somebody disappears and make sure they are loved well.
3. Know Your Neighborhood
* Know the culture and relate to it well.
* Know your neighbors and invite them into your community.
4. Don’t Go Alone
* Share leadership by appointing leaders for hosting, meals, prayer, and mission.
* Participate in monthly leaders’ meetings.
* Participate in monthly coaching meetings.
5. Say Who You Are (And Who You Aren’t) Every Week
* Graciously deconstruct the small group/Bible study/social group approach and reconstruct your Missional Community.
* Reaffirm your Missional Community practices each week.
6. Get Out of the Living Room
* Be on mission every month as a community.
* Celebrate life and good culture.
7. Live the Missionally
* Read and apply the 8 ways to be missional.
* Live out loud. Let gospel talk be ordinary talk, not obnoxious but genuine.
8. Eat, Laugh, Pray, and Serve Together
* A healthy group does all four.
9. Share Your Stories
* In the living room.
* On the blog.
* In social media. Use Twitter or Facebook to facilitate community (not replace it).
10. Come to Serve (Not Just Be Served) on Sundays
* Missional community doesn’t stop on Sundays.
* Always be the church.
