These comments are a Rapid Response to ‘A Christian Counter Movement to Neoliberalism’ by Alan Roxburgh, Journal of Missional Practice, Issue 11, Winter 2019. I read Alan’s article with interest – but possibly more of a sense of optimism (naivety?)...

At one time mission meant moving; sending, exile and crossing cultural boundaries inferred physical journeys. The ‘sent out’ were the pioneers. Today, the ‘remainers’ in the inner city beg to differ. My family have lived in the same four streets...