A Manifesto for a Reimagined Church
by Phil Miglioratti
We believe the Church is not a monument to the past,
but a movement into God’s future.
We reject performance-driven religion
and reclaim disciplemaking as the heartbeat of the Body.
- Not programs, but people.
- Not control, but collaboration.
- Not celebrity, but community.
We listen before we lead.
We ask questions that disturb the comfortable
and awaken the sleeping.
We are Spirit-led and Scripture-fed —
anchored in truth, yet open to the wind of the Spirit.
We gather not to escape the world,
but to be equipped for it.
We exist not to preserve tradition,
but to be transformed —
and to become transforming.
The Church we envision is a facilitator, not a gatekeeper;
a greenhouse for disciples, not a factory of consumers.
- Every voice matters.
- Every gathering is sacred.
- Every neighborhood is a mission field.
This is the Church reimagined.
- Rooted in Christ
- Responsive to the Spirit
- Releasing the people of God into the purposes of God
We’re not waiting for revival.
We’re preparing for it.
Phil Miglioratti
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Empire and Religion Hate Imagination
Maybe you were like me—deemed too curious when it came to faith. Or worse, maybe your curiosity was labeled rebellion or insubordination. But here’s the thing: imagination isn’t the problem.
Prophetic Imagination
Part of my problem as a very good, very committed church kid was my imagination.
I’d hear the Bible stories in Sunday school and love them enough to start asking: What about this? What about that? Can you believe this part?
When I heard the stories, I could see them—like a movie in my head. My imagination filled in the blanks. (It still does.)
That seems like a good thing—and in some ways, it was.
But it was also dangerous.
Because systems hate imagination.
Institutions limit it.
Empires squash it.
Maybe you were like me—deemed too curious or too imaginative when it came to faith. Or worse, maybe your curiosity was labeled rebellion or insubordination.
But here’s the thing: imagination isn’t the problem.
Limiting it is.
Walter Brueggemann calls this prophetic imagination. He says the prophet’s role isn’t to predict the future.
It’s to imagine a different one.
Empire always tells the same story:
This is just the way things are.
The rich will always rule.
The poor will always suffer.
Violence is inevitable.
Nothing can change.
That’s the script of Pharaoh.
It’s the script of Caesar.
It’s the script of every empire since.
The prophet shows up and says: No.
Moses stood before Pharaoh and said:
“Let my people go.” (Exodus 5:1)
Jeremiah wept over Jerusalem but still dared to hope:
“The days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant.” (Jeremiah 31:31)
Jesus broke the silence in Nazareth with Isaiah’s words:
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me… he has sent me to proclaim good news to the poor… freedom for the oppressed.” (Luke 4:18)
And centuries later, standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King Jr. joined that chorus of prophets:
“I have a dream that one day my four little children will live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
The prophetic imagination lives on.
Because it always disrupts.
It grieves what others deny.
It names what others hide.
But most significantly:
It dreams out loud of a new world breaking in.
That’s why empire works so hard to control imagination.
Nationalism tells us to not imagine a world where others matter as much as we do.
Capitalism tells us to not imagine a world where everyone is taken care of.
Fundamentalism tells us not to imagine a world where other beliefs matter.
Because if you can’t imagine anything else, you’ll settle for the world as it is.
But if you can?
If you dare to dream like Moses, lament like Jeremiah, preach like Jesus, and march with King—you become dangerous too.
Prophetic imagination doesn’t give us easy answers.
It gives us a vision of a better future.
And a holy refusal to believe the empire’s story is the only story there is.
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Envision Church Reimagined — Not Just Restructured — #ReCenter CHRIST: Now
Phil Miglioratti envisions a Church that has been reimagined— not merely restructured.
But,
Before we #ReSet and #ReMission
We must ReCenter CHRIST: Now
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A Church which prays this Scripture without ceasing:
All I want is to know Christ. Philippians 3:10
A personal knowledge, not merely theological.
Not only belief (doctrine) but trust (discipleship).
Resulting in a Church passionately . . .
A Church no longer centered on programs or personalities (nor politics), but on the person and purposes of our Lord and Savior Christ.
Followers who live by prayerful discernment, pursue Spirit-led collaboration, and teach and preach Scripture-fed transformation.
He sees communities where disciples are not merely taught but cultivated, where every believer becomes a participant in our Lord’s mission, not just a spectator of religious performance.
In this future, the Church listens more than it lectures, facilitates more than it controls, and engages the culture with grace and mercy, questions that provoke holy curiosity.
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Envision Church Reimagined — Not Just Restructured — #ReCenter CHRIST: Now!
Phil Miglioratti envisions a Church that has been reimagined— not merely restructured.
But,
Before we #ReSet and #ReMission
We must ReCenter CHRIST: Now
* * * * * * * * * * * *
A Church which prays this Scripture without ceasing:
All I want is to know Christ. Philippians 3:10
A personal knowledge, not merely theological.
Not only belief (doctrine) but trust (discipleship).
Resulting in a Church passionately . . .
A Church no longer centered on programs or personalities (nor politics), but on the person and purposes of our Lord and Savior Christ.
Followers who live by prayerful discernment, pursue Spirit-led collaboration, and teach and preach Scripture-fed transformation.
He sees communities where disciples are not merely taught but cultivated, where every believer becomes a participant in our Lord’s mission, not just a spectator of religious performance.
In this future, the Church listens more than it lectures, facilitates more than it controls, and engages the culture with grace and mercy, questions that provoke holy curiosity.
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