Reframation
Reframation
We live in a time of profound change — when old maps no longer lead to the promised land.
Reframation invites us to courageously re-examine the lenses through which we perceive God, humanity, and the church, and to align our frames with the dynamic, movemental nature of Jesus's Kingdom.
Overview
Reframation
Historical Witnesses
Historical Archetypes
Frame Shift in a Suburban Church
United States — Leaders stopped asking how to get people in and started asking how the reign of Christ spreads through neighborhoods.
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Global — Cohorts practiced reframing exercises that unlocked incarnational experiments among ordinary disciples.
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About Alan Hirsch
Experience
- 40+ years in missional theology, church planting, and movement leadership
- Co-founder of 5Q Collective (activating APEST globally)
- Co-founder of Movement Leaders Collective
- Partner and strategist with 100 Movements
Expertise
- Author of 18+ books including The Forgotten Ways, 5Q, Reframation, The Permanent Revolution, Untamed, and Disciplism
- Developer of foundational frameworks: mDNA (Missional DNA), APEST (fivefold ministry), Apostolic Genius
- Contributor to the conversation on missional ecclesiology, apostolic movement, and discipleship multiplication
- Curriculum development for Forge, 5Q, and Movement Leaders Collective
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