New carpet in the sanctuary is not missional.
Giving money to the poor is not missional (what?)
Having a great choir or worship band is not missional.
Giving money to missions is not missional either (yikes, really?  Really).
A new coat of paint in the fellowship hall is not missional.
Having nice people in the church is not missional.
Singing is not missional.
Tithing is not missional. 
Paying off building debt is not missional.
Putting together Crisis Care kits is not missional (that seems missional. It’s not).
Attending a Bible study is not missional.
Showing up Sunday after Sunday is not missional.
Smiling church greeters is not missional.
Having a knowledgeable pastor is not missional.
Teaching Middle School boys’ Sunday school class is not missional (award worthy, but not missional).
Being able to quote scripture is not missional.
Taking a dish-to-pass to the church pot luck is not missional.
Being holy is not missional (Wait a minute…).
Endowing a scholarship at a Christian college is not missional.
Praying for a senior citizen’s gout is not missional.
Simply loving your neighbor is not missional (C’mon, you’re going too far. Am I?)
Washing the church van is not missional.
Setting up the communion trays is not missional.
Going on a mission trip is not missional (you’re talking crazy now. No, I’m not).

All of the above are well and good. Not bad at all. Do them all. Please. Do. Them. All. 

Here’s what’s missional:
Drum roll please…

Missional is helping lost people to find Jesus. Period. 

John Wesley said it: “You have nothing to do but to save souls. Therefore spend and be spent in this work.” (Have. Nothing. To. Do. But…)

Jesus said it: The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.

If the top-of-the-page, aforementioned statements help lead lost people to Jesus, then they are certainly helpful to the mission. They can be missional. But in and of themselves, if they do not lead to people finding Jesus, they are good deeds. We are called to do them. But let’s not confuse it with being missional. The clear mission and mandate of the church is leading lost people to Jesus. Making disciples. Baptizing them. Teaching them to go be disciple-makers too. That’s missional. If your church is not doing it. It’s not missional.