Being Missional, Becoming Missional

“Much has been written recently about the church’s missional identity and calling. This book makes a significant contribution to that conversation. Cho’s study distinctively focuses on how God’s people become missional. Cho shows convincingly that the church’s missional conversion flows out of a transforming relationship with the triune God. Although primarily a biblical-theological study, this book teems with real-life implications for how God continues to shape our missional vocation today.”


—Dean Flemming, Professor of New Testament and Missions, MidAmerica Nazarene University





“The church does not exist to serve its members. The church consists of the followers of Jesus who together exist to participate in God’s mission of reconciling all peoples to God. . . . This clear, readable, and insightful work adds an essential element to the ongoing conversation of the past thirty years regarding the missional church. The thesis of this Evangelical Missiological Society monograph is that the church’s encounter with the triune God transforms the church to participate in its missionary vocation, and as the church participates in God’s mission, it encounters anew the triune God. This is a must-read for Christian church and mission leaders everywhere in the world. . . . This work should be translated at least into Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Chinese, and Swahili.”


—Charles Van Engen, Arthur F. Glasser Senior Professor emeritus of Biblical Theology of Mission, Fuller Theological Seminary