What does it mean to be a missional church? This article defines first what is it to be missional, and then the challenges facing the church. Based on Colossians 4:2-6, 1 Peter 2:9-11, and 1 Peter 3:13-16, it gives principles for missions, and characteristics of a missional church.

A church that is adapting and reformulating everything it did in worship, discipleship, community, and service in order to be engaged with the society around it is a missional church.