BACKGROUND Faithwalking . . . building a community of transformational leaders Faithwalking is the leadership development arm of Mission Houston. We believe that the world has changed so much – and the Church in our culture has changed so little – that on both fronts transformation is needed. We are losing the cities of our country at supersonic speeds. Congregational membership and involvement is rapidly declining, and our ability to impact the culture is compromised in so many places. It is no longer enough for the Kingdom of God to make progress. We must seek the transformational advance of the Kingdom in our cities. For our cities to be transformed, those who profess to follow Christ must also be transformed. In fact, the Faithwalking journey is built on the belief that personal transformation precedes the transformation of our families, neighborhoods, congregations and workplaces. It is our belief that the transformational journey is fueled best when participants explore the call to radical obedience – a call to the kind of discipleship that follows Jesus – not just in ways that are comfortable and culturally acceptable – but in all the ways that he, as the first in the line of restored humanity, calls us to live. We believe that Jesus calls us to be fully human. His vision of what it means to be fully human competes in the marketplace with the view offered by Western culture - a view that defines human beings as consumers and is mind-numbing and destructive. In the Faithwalking 101 retreat we assert that missional living is the apex of what it means to be fully human – fully alive. We explore radical obedience and begin to tell God and a small group of trusted people about those places where we are living outside of Jesus’ design for being fully human – on mission. We propose a very different way of thinking about obedience. Usually we hear obedience from a moral perspective. At the Faithwalking 101 retreat, we explore obedience from the lens of a missional life. What does it mean for each participant to be on mission with God in the world where he/she spends most of each day? In answer to that question we equip participants to join in the creation of “Missional Communities” in their homes, neighborhoods, workplaces or 3rd places. | 
