a n unexpected j ourney NATIONAL GATHERING 2013

1. an unexpected journey NATIONAL GATHERING 2013

2. What happens when people you love and respect don’t want to come with you….or even worse, think you shouldn’t go?

3. I still have seven thousand followers in Israel who have not bowed their knees to Baal."

4. See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure First John 3

5. REFORM REDISCOVER RECAPTURE RESTORE

6. BAD HABITS TOO MUCH BAGGING AND TAGGING when most of it is already dead anyway

7. post-commitment,post-boomer,post-denominational,post-christendom,post-capitalism,post-colonial,post-feminism,post-impressionistic,post-modern,post-philosophical,post-political,post-quasistatic,post-racist,post-recession,post-religioius,post-scientific,post-zygapophysis,post-transitional,post-national,post-post-commitment,post-boomer,post-denominational,post-christendom,post-capitalism,post-colonial,post-feminism,post-impressionistic,post-modern,post-philosophical,post-political,post-quasistatic,post-racist,post-recession,post-religioius,post-scientific,post-zygapophysis,post-transitional,post-national,post- are we there yet? ARE WE PAST the ‘POST’?

8. CHRISTENDOM– the end is nigh ? Perpetuating the toxic traces of compromise

9. CHRISTENDOM– what happened • Granting favour but losing autonomy • Gaining wealth but losing prophetic lifestyle • Gaining the church but losing Jesus – worshipped but not followed • Systematized doctrine rather than Jesus hermeneutic • Spotlight on the letters at the expense of the gospels.

10. CHRISTENDOM– what happened • Religion at the expense of discipleship • Social order at the expense of social justice • Self-centred control at the expense of servanthood. • Killing others at the expense of dying for others. • Citizenship of the realm at the expense of commitment to Jesus

11. CHRISTENDOM– what happened • The kingdom of this world at the expense of the kingdom of God • Top down influence at the expense of power under influence. • The cross as a corporate symbol of power at the expense of the cross as an expression of love. • Professional ministry at the expense of ministry of the saints. • Hierarchical systems at the expense of Holy Spirit anointed

12. CHRISTENDOM– what happened • Power of legislation at the expense of the power of the gospel • External ordering of behaviour at the expense of heart transformation. • Letters at the expense of gospels • Old Testament principles at the expense of New Testament principles • Selective moral values at the expense of all-embracing kingdom values • Chaplaincy at the expense of prophetic • Management at the expense of mission

13. CHRISTENDOM– what else happened • DonatistsVs Augustine • Pelagius • The Nestorian movement AND LATER 5. The Waldensians 6. The Hussites 7. The Pietists and Anabaptists

14. Unfinished business

15. UNFINISHED BUSINESS • Granting favour but losing autonomy • Gaining wealth but losing prophetic lifestyle • Gaining the church but losing Jesus – worshipped but not followed • REPLACING NATIONALISTIC THEOCRACY WITH PROPHETIC KINGDOM POSTURE • RADICAL VALUES THAT PROCLAIM THE KINGDOM OF GOD • FOLLOWING JESUS BY OBEYING WHAT HE HAS COMMANDED

16. UNFINISHED BUSINESS • Systematized doctrine rather than Jesus hermeneutic • Spotlight on the letters at the expense of the gospels. • RIGOROUSLY LOOKING TO JESUS as FULFILLMENT AND FULNESS • REDISCOVERING THE GOSPEL AS A PRACTICAL MINISTRY MANUAL

17. UNFINISHED BUSINESS • Religion at the expense of discipleship • Social order at the expense of social justice • Self-centred control at the expense of servanthood. • ESTABLISHING NEW TESTAMENT DISCIPLE-MAKING PRACTICE AND METRICS. • RESHAPING GOSPEL MINISTRY AS SOCIAL JUSTICE MINISTRY • BECOMING DISCIPLESHIP EQUIPPERS RATHER THAN CLUB MANAGERS

18. UNFINISHED BUSINESS • Killing others at the expense of dying for others. • Citizenship of the realm at the expense of commitment to Jesus • The kingdom of this world at the expense of the kingdom of God • LEARNING AND MODELING LEADERSHIP THAT LAYS DOWN ITS LIFE FOR OTHERS • RE-SHAPING LIFESTYLE ON THE BASED ON BEING A CITIZEN OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD • RESTORING KINGDOM OF GOD AS THE NORMAL PERSONAL AND COMMUNAL LIFESTYLE.

19. UNFINISHED BUSINESS • Top down influence at the expense of power under influence. • The cross as a corporate symbol of power at the expense of the cross as an expression of love. • Professional ministry at the expense of ministry of the saints. • LEARNING HOW TO HAVE INFLUENCE BY ANOINTING NOT STATUS • LEARNING HOW TO LOVE INDISCRIMINATELY AND REDEMPTIVELY • LEARNING TO DO MAWL MINISTRY

20. UNFINISHED BUSINESS • Hierarchical systems at the expense of Holy Spirit anointed • Power of legislation at the expense of the power of the gospel • External ordering of behaviour at the expense of heart transformation. • LEARNING TO WORK AS A TEAM WHERE WE HONOUR ONE ANOTHER’S GIFTS. • REDISCOVERING THE REAL POWER OF REAL GOSPEL • CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT OF SEL-DISCOVERY AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY

21. UNFINISHED BUSINESS • Old Testament principles at the expense of New Testament principles • Selective moral values at the expense of all-embracing Jesus values • Chaplaincy at the expense of five-fold equipping • Club Med at the expense of missionary training, sending and supporting • STAY WITH THE JESUS HERMENEUTIC • KEEP EMBRACING WHAT JESUS COMMANDED • DELIBERATELY PLAN FIVE FOLD EQUPPING OF ALL SAINTS • START A FIVE YEAR PLAN TO TRANSFORM YOUR CHURCH PROGRAM AND FACILITY INTO A MISSIONARY TRAINING, SENDING AND SUPPORT BASE

22. FOUR QUESTIONS

23. WHERE DID YOU GET IT?

24. WHAT WILL IT LOOK LIKE?

26. WHO DO I TELL?