Church for the 21 st Century

1. Church for the 21st Century

3. Imagining • Evaluating • Nurturing

5. Imagination “ Imagination is more important than knowledge, knowledge is limited.” Albert Einstein

6. theological- missio Deo • contextual mission

7. “We cannot solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” Albert Einstein

8. Listening • to God • to your locality • to the team • to other people/ • churches

9. “Creativity is no more than looking at the same thing as everyone else and thinking somethingdifferent.” Albert Szent-Gyorgi

10. Three pieces of advice about imagination • Forget everything you know • Remember everything you know • Re-arrange everything you know

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12. Modal & sodality Lakes and rivers Ralph Winter. Two structures of Gods Redemptive Mission

13. Questions for discussion? • What is feeding my imagination? • How am I Listening ? • Any questions

14. Evaluate

15. Who is the mission for? • Who is the mission by? • Who is the mission with?

16. WHO IS THE MISSION FOR ?

17. Who is the mission for ? • unchurched/dechurched • neighbourhood/network • cultural context • progression/pioneering

18. Mission Focus Vision what are we called to do Values what is held in high esteem, prized, of worth

20. By knowing and loving God and each other, we seek to enable non churched people to develop a real and relevant relationship with Jesus.

21. God centred Anchored in scripture Authentic relationships Focused on unchurched Relevant faith Developing Discipleship Open to change

22. GETTING & SHARING VISION From God to the world Listen Own GET VISION SHARE VISION Confirm Discern Cast Define

23. VISION EMERGES FROM... VISION

24. Danger of 3 primary obstacles for vision • success • failure • everything in between • Andy Stanley; Making Vision Stick

25. Clarity • Movement • Alignment • Elimination Simple Church. Thom Rainer

26. You are responsible for this!! • Repeat it regularly- vision leaks • Celebrate it at every opportunity • Embrace it personally • Be careful of the new • Listen carefully to requests, stories & complaints

27. YOU CAN’T PREDICT THE OUTCOME • DETAILED PLANNING WILL BE LESS EFFECTIVE • MORE A MATTER OF DISCERNMENT • SEE WHAT GOD GROWS • New members? • A cell? • A project? • A church?

29. Any questions

30. Nurture

31. “ What is our product ?”

32.   Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshipped him; but some doubted. Then Jesus came to them and said, All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the veryend of the age.

33. Disciple making • Going • Baptizing • Teaching

34. “ faithfulness is defined more by reference to a close walk with the Master than by membership of any organisation.” John Drane. After McDonaldization.p51

35. “ they are transformational communities for the wider community, rather than existing purely for themselves or being inculturated into an (for them) alien church culture.” Graham Cray.

36. living in Christ • living out Christ • becoming Christ like • I have been crucified with Christ and it is no • longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me.

37. Discipleship • whole of life • relational • learning and nurture • communal • intentional and accidental • making more disciples • transforming work of the Kingdom

38. Long term issues • resources • leadership • mission • community • autonomy and accountability

39. Questions for discussion • What makes discipleship • difficult ? • Any questions