Ray Jones is the Coordinator for Evangelism for the Presbyterian Church (USA). He has served the church as a pastor for twenty-five years. He has a heart for helping people grow in the love of God in Jesus Christ. This growth always includes our words and deeds. He is married and has two grown daughters. He has experienced training and education at Furman University, Columbia Theological Seminary, the church, and through living in the world.
Mike Breen, a pastor and author, has been part of starting hundreds of churches. Not long ago he wrote that he believes the missional movement will fail in North American because we are like a car without an engine. He writes that the missional church has become the beautiful, shiny new car that everyone is talking about right now. But no matter how beautiful or shiny the vehicle, without the engine, it won't go anywhere.
The engine of the church is discipleship. If we make disciples, we will get the church. But if we try to build the church, we …