“I want to start a Missional Community, but I don’t know what the mission should be…”

People who desire to love their community in the name of Jesus in the context of a Missional Community often voice this concern. Sometimes the desire to start a Missional Community shows up before direction towards a mission does.

If that’s you right now, this list may help. 

78 Missional Community Missions:

This list is complied from real life examples of Missional Communities* (some from Mill City), and things God cares about in our city that a Missional Community could respond to:

This list is by no means exhaustive, 78 is an arbitrary number, and I hope you can contribute to the list by commenting.

Also, its extremely important to note many missional communities may be neighborhood focused. This list focues on “network” based missions for Missional Communities. So this list is mostly for people discerning a mission that is not a neighborhood.

A Missional Community’s mission could be loving (or advocating for)… 

1. Victims of domestic violence
2. Kids in foster care
3. Prisoners
4. The Ballet community
5. The arts community
6. Social enterprise
7. People experiencing homelessness
8. The neighborhood around you
9. Victims of human trafficking
10. Men or Women caught in sexual addiction
11. Empowering communities in developing countries
12. Intercultural relationships
13. Improv comedy! Not kidding
14. Video gamer community
15. Micro brew community
16. Environmental issues
17. Clean water in developing countries
18. Transitional housing for people experiencing homelessness
19. Job training
20. Purposeful work
21. Business world
22. Single moms
23. Widows
24. Adoption
25. Orphans
26. Deaf Community
27. Urban youth
28. Food insecurity
29. Health and nutrition in developing communities
30. Health and nutrition for families and kids
31. Wellness
32. Hospitality
33. Interfaith dialogue
34. Refuge populations
35. Crime prevention
36. The retired community, senior living
37. Entrepreneurship
38. Education reform
39. College Students
40. A specific college campus
41. Father’s and the fatherless
42. The Nurses community/medical industry
43. Radical community living
44. Teenage girls
45. Teenage boys
46. Short films, videography
47. Freelance community
48. Writers
49. Families
50. Dance
51. Pregnancy Support
52. Asian community
53. Reaching communities through street theater
54. Juvenile corrections ministry
55. Mentoring
56. Africa
57. Hospitality
58. Racial reconciliation
59. Individuals with disabilities
60. Children on the autism spectrum
61. Grief support
62. Knitting
63. Musicians
64. Bar community
65. Counseling services
66. Community Gardening
67. Community Sharing programs
68. Manhood
69. Womanhood
70. Victims of sexual abuse
71. Generosity
72. Construction // Building groups
73. Industry specific work collectives
74. People who work downtown
75. Outdoor rec
76. Car repair
77. Financial stewardship
78. Freedom from substance abuse
79. …

What else? Keep the list going if you have ideas, just offer it in the comment section 

Let the missional imagination begin!

If you would like to flesh out one or more of these ideas as you consider starting a missional community, Pastor Stephanie and I are eager to do that with you. Please contact us.

*Some of these examples come from The Underground in Tampa Bay Florida.