By combining practical service and a clear communication of the gospel, these churches seek to expand the kingdom beyond their four walls. There are many compelling stories of how this new emphasis began in each of these churches and also what they are doing today to expand their vision.
After examining what prompted some specific local churches to become more missional, church leaders are applying these lessons to their own contexts through these steps to becoming a missional church:

The New Role for Western Missionaries
Developing Leaders in a Postmodern World
Changing Metrics: The Benefits of Measuring Devotion and Obedience, Not Just Numbers
Making Multisite Mergers Work: New Options for Being One Church in Two or More Locations
Avoiding the Money Conflict
Churches in Missional Renaissance
Selecting Locations For Additional Campuses
Changing Metrics: The Benefits of Measuring Devotion and Obedience, Not Just Numbers
Setting the Stage for Good Stewardship
Breaking Through Growth Barriers In New Churches
Planting a New Outreach Ministry
Fast Forwarding Your Church's Engagement in the Community
Externally Focused Churches Becoming the New Norm
Going Outside the Church Walls
Churches in Missional Renaissance
What Matters In the Light of Eternity: “Life Matters”
The Changing Role of Large Church Senior Pastors: Trends and Developments
Inside The World Of Executive Pastors: Leadership Network's 2009 Survey
Changes in American Megachurches
Changing Metrics: The Benefits of Measuring Devotion and Obedience, Not Just Numbers