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The Mission: Training Converts in the Way - Missional (Proverbs 22:6)

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The Jesuits in The Mission train new believers in the way they should go—not just doctrine but lifestyle, community, mission. Missional theology extends Proverbs 22:6 to discipleship: train new believers; form communities; the training will endure. "The way he should go" includes missional living—generosity, hospitality, witness. The mission communities were trained in alternative life; that training preserved them. Train disciples in the mission way; early formation shapes lifetime trajectory. Discipleship is spiritual parenting.

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