Why a prophetic identity shapes the way Adventists plant churches

The missionary identity of the Seventh-day Adventist Church: three convictions from Revelation 10, 12, and 14 that a core group must hold before a new church holds its first service, and the four practices that keep a movement moving

Introduction The transition from a maintenance culture to a missional culture is among the most consequential, and most difficult, shifts a faith community can undertake. It touches not merely the church's programs or strategies, but its deepest assumptions about identity, purpose, and engagement with the world. A maintenance culture asks, "How do we sustain what we have?" A missional culture asks, "How do we faithfully participate in what God is doing?" The distance between