The following is taken from vergenetwork.org, where there is a plethora of information about missional communities.  The following article is a great summary.  Keep up the great work, Verge Network!

We spent the last few months with leading thinkers and practitioners to answer 7 of the most frequently asked questions about missional communities. All of the folks we heard from were featured speakers at Exponential 2011: On The Verge.

Click the links below to join the conversation going on about Missional Community!

Question 1: What is a missional community?

Contributors: Neil Cole, Hugh Halter, Mike Breen, Alan Hirsch, Felicity Dale, JR Woodward, & Jeff Vanderstelt

Question 2: How is missional community different from bible study?

Contributors: Jeff Vanderstelt, Caesar Kalinowski, Hugh Halter, JR Woodward, & Matt Carter

Question 3: How do you transition your church to be more missional?

Contributors: Dave Ferguson & Hugh Halter

Question 4: How do you transition your small group to missional community?

Contributors: Matt Smay, Dave Ferguson, & Hugh Halter

Question 5: How do you train missional community leaders?

Contributors: JR Woodward, Jason Dukes, Dave Ferguson, Matt Carter, Reggie McNeal, Hugh Halter,
Lance Ford, & Rob Wegner

Question 6: What do missional communities do?

Contributors: Rob Wegner, Hugh Halter, & Matt Carter

Question 7: Which churches are doing this? What are some of the success? Struggles?

Contributors: Rob Wegner, Hugh Halter, & Jo Saxton