Nomad, Christian Community, Mission and the Future of the Church.

Hello and welcome to Nomad podcast.

We are five friends living in Nottingham, exploring issues surrounding

community, mission and the future of the church. And this month, we're doing it in the company

of author and speaker and missional church practitioner, Alan Hirsch. I'll be chatting to him.

We'll be reflecting on some of the things that Alan has to say.

It's all here over the next 40 minutes or so on the Nomad podcast.

So this month I am delighted to welcome Alan Hirsch to the Nomad podcast,

a South African via Australia, who now resides in L.A.

Alan, it's great to speak to you.

Likewise, Nick.

Good to speak to you in your audience.

Alan, for people who might not know who you are, could you describe yourself, please?

That's always an interesting one. As you mentioned, I was born in South Africa. I raised there, left

there when I was about 21, 22. I've been around about 28 years in Australia.

Marriottesigil, currently living in LA, have been, and I see myself primarily as an activist of some sort and being involved as a

missional kind of activist or strategist in local settings. More than an author, I certainly write books, but I see that as a tool to get ideas out

and try to get the church activated in mission in various contexts in the West.

My passion really is about activating the church in the Western world, feeling very deeply that if we don't fundamentally

we calibrate ourselves, we're going to continue massive, long-term, trended decline.

And that's a serious issue.

We're looking forward to getting into some of the theology that you've expressed in some

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