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Put out into deep water and let down the nets

Put out into deep water and let down the nets. The Rt. Revd. Dr. Steven Croft Bishop of Sheffield. The Archbishop’s Charge. Build a structured and creative approach to mission, ministry and evangelism Encourage a mixed economy of fresh expresssions of church and inherited forms

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Put out into deep water and let down the nets

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  1. Put out into deep waterand let down the nets The Rt. Revd. Dr. Steven Croft Bishop of Sheffield

  2. The Archbishop’s Charge • Build a structured and creative approach to mission, ministry and evangelism • Encourage a mixed economy of fresh expresssions of church and inherited forms • Communicate in your preaching and teaching the Christian faith with clarity and conviction • Develop a vision for the future for all the people of God.

  3. The Diocese of Sheffield is called to grow a sustainable network of Christ-like, lively and diverse Christian communities in every place which are effective in making disciples and in seeking to transform our society and God’s world.

  4. Encountering jesuschrist

  5. In novo millennio inuente “It is not therefore a matter of inventing a new programme. The programme already exists: it is the plan found in the Gospel and in the living Tradition. Ultimately it has its centre in Christ himself who is to be known, loved and imitated so that in him we may live the life of the Trinity and with him transform history until its fulfilment in the heavenly Jerusalem”

  6. Church Culture

  7. Baptism Education Marriage Festivals Sunday Sickness Crisis Bereavement Death The mission task: Draw the people who come from the door to font to the altar

  8. The mission task becomes: • Go to where people are • Form communities • Make disciples there

  9. A NEW LANGUAGE

  10. What is a fresh expression of church? A fresh expression is a form of church for our changing culture established primarily for the benefit of people who are not yet members of any church. • It will come into being through principles of listening, service, incarnational mission and making disciples. • It will have the potential to become a mature expression of church shaped by the gospel and the enduring marks of the church and for its cultural context.

  11. The Mixed Economy church a midweek all-age after school service a Sunday Evening Deanery Youth congregation Parish Communion A network of midweek cells assembling monthly A small community in a new housing area

  12. Pioneer ministry

  13. An underlying missiology

  14. The Five Marks of Mission • To proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom • To teach, baptise and nurture new believers • To respond to human need by loving service • To seek to transform unjust structures of society • To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of the earth.

  15. Loving Service Forming Community Evangelism and Disciple- Making Evolving Worship Listening and Following God’s call

  16. Hope is a Virtue

  17. Put out into deep waterand let down the nets

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