The Missional Church

I heard someone say not to long ago that the phrase "Missional Church" was an oxymoron. I have to agree. If the church has to think about what it's mission is, it has already missed the point. If our mission is not what Jesus was about in Luke 4:18 then our efforts are in vain-"...preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners, and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor." I don't think he was only talking about these exact kinds of people. I think his vision was much bigger-one of restoration and redemption of an entire people. This must be the church's mission-to restore things (here is the important part) HERE ON EARTH as it is Heaven. To show people how God intended for creation, relationships, marriages, justice, grace, and forgiveness to work (the list could go on). The church doesn't have a mission, the mission has a church.