Book Review: Confessions of a Reformission Rev

I’m a bit behind the learning curve, but I have just recently developed an interest in the preaching and writing of Mark Driscoll. He is the pastor of the HUGE Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Washington. As a pastor and missionary he embodies everything he writes and preaches about by impacting the culture of one of the least-churched cities in the United States.

In Confessions of a Reformission Rev., which I believe is his second, Driscoll recounts many of the stories of planting and growing a missional church. The principles and lessons that he has learned and shares are applicable not only to a mega-church to postmoderns, but to any church interested in reaching their community for Christ. Mars Hill’s commitment to reaching the lost should stir the hearts of every Christian.

On page 32, Dricoll writes, “Without a clear definition of what a missional church community is and does, tragically, community will become the mission of the church.” Ultimately, this begs the question of every Christian…Will I be more concerned with the sense of community within my own church or with the mission of my church to reach the community around me? Christ has commanded us to love one another, bue he has also given us a clear directive to go…

I heartily reccommend Driscoll’s book as a fire-starter for reformission in your own life and ministry, but it is also a great introduction into the ins and outs of the Emergen Church Movement from which Driscoll has worked to distance himself.