001: The Crisis and Invitation in Western Christianity
Conversations on Movemental Christianity launches with a foundational question: What if the church was never meant to be an institution to attend, but a movement to join?
In this first episode, the 100Movements team — Alan Hirsch, Rich Robinson, Lindsey Harwood, and Brian Johnson — set the stage for the series Shifting the Tracks from Institutional to Movemental Christianity. Together, they name the crisis facing the Western church and unpack the invitation to reimagine the church as a decentralized Jesus movement.
From declining participation and cultural irrelevance to the beauty and limits of existing forms, they wrestle with how to return to the radical simplicity of Jesus’ design. You’ll hear perspectives from Australia, the UK, rural America, and on-the-ground microchurch networks in Kansas City. Along the way, the conversation explores:
The Crisis – Why the prevailing, institutional form of church is struggling across the West.
The Invitation – How rediscovering the original DNA of the church can activate every follower of Jesus on mission.
Global Perspective – What the U.S. can learn from Europe, Australia, and vice versa.
From Sunday to Everyday – Moving beyond a gathered-only model to a life-on-life, scattered expression of the Kingdom.
Proof of Concept – Stories from movements and networks embodying these shifts today.
Whether you’re leading a network, planting microchurches, serving in a traditional congregation, or simply sensing there must be more, this episode invites you into a bigger story — one that could shift the tracks of history.
Listen now and discover:
Why “more of the same” isn’t the answer.
How the early church and modern movements thrived without institutional structures.
The kind of everyday discipleship that multiplies.
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