David Fairchild (pastor at Kaleo in San Diego & Acts 29 leader) wrote the following post entitled “Transformissional Church.”
http://www.pastorfairchild.com/2007-06/23/a-transformissional-church/

This is great stuff that is very relevant to the DNA of Sojourn Church. Don’t miss the full post. Here are some excerpts:

*In relation to God’s Word, Kaleo seeks to be a Gospel-centered church.
*In relation to God’s world, Kaleo seeks to be a missional church.
*In relation to God’s church (ourselves), Kaleo seeks to be a grace-renewal church.

A Gospel-Centered Church is committed to:
-Reading the whole Bible as the Gospel (Luke 24 hermeneutic)
-Viewing the world, the church, and ourselves through the lens of the Gospel

A Missional Church is committed to:
-Living in mission “for” the city in which God has sovereignly placed us
-Learning to speak the language of our culture to make the Gospel as clear as possible
-Listening to people and their ’stories’

A Grace-Renewal Church is committed to:
-Becoming “new” people, not just “nice” people
-Solving all problems (personal, familial, church, social) with the Gospel
-Learning how the Gospel changes us and others (transformation vs. reformation)
-Loving others through the Gospel
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David Thew
Sojourn Pastor
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