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Radical Leadership for the 21 st Century Church

Radical Leadership for the 21 st Century Church. http://davemale.typepad.com/churchunplugged/. Missional leadership is the key Most models repackage old paradigms Discontinuous change is the norm Congregations still matter Leaders need new capacities & frameworks

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Radical Leadership for the 21 st Century Church

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  1. Radical Leadership for the 21st Century Church

  2. http://davemale.typepad.com/churchunplugged/

  3. Missional leadership is the key • Most models repackage old paradigms • Discontinuous change is the norm • Congregations still matter • Leaders need new capacities & frameworks • A church is a unique organisation Alan Roxburgh. The Missional Leader

  4. Acts 10 Peter & Cornelius • Two places • Two people • One God • His mission

  5. What or who is a missional leader ?

  6. Archegosis

  7. “If pioneering is a highly elastic concept that requires different capabilities in different settings, is there a risk of not discovering potential pioneers if the notion is stereotyped ?” Mike Moynagh

  8. Danger of a stereotype

  9. Spectrum of missional leading Pioneer Starter Pioneer Sustainer Sustainer Pioneer Sustainer Developer

  10. Four enduring features? • Dissatisfied • Not grumbler but wanting change for the better • Visionary • Looks beyond what is to what could be • Hopeful • Change is possible and this inspires others • Risk takers • Acts on convictions and out of comfort zones Stuart Murray: Ch 7 Planting Churches: who?

  11. Questions for discussion? • Where are you in the spectrum? • Is your present role • compatible with this?

  12. To start something you need D x V x R x FS > PC

  13. Dissatisfaction Vision Resources First steps Perceived cost DxVxR xFS >PC

  14. What are the key characteristics of missional leaders?

  15. People who are first

  16. People who are on the edge

  17. People who are dissenters

  18. “ The reality is there can be no constructive change at all, even in the Church, unless there is some form of dissent.” Gerald Arbuckle Refounding the Church, 1993

  19. People who are moving out

  20. People who know when to stay or go ‘The final missionary step as regards the people, and the most important lesson we will ever teach them -is to leave them.’

  21. People who know when to bring order or chaos

  22. People who take risks

  23. People who reflect, connect and don’t know

  24. People who are sure of where they are and who they are.

  25. Apostolic spirituality • at home on the road • learning to see & listen • learning to take nothing • for the journey • learning to live • rhythmically

  26. Training • Mission Shaped Ministry • Mission shaped intro • Ordained Pioneer Ministry • Foundation Degree in Pioneering • Pioneer School/plus……. • Learning Networks • Diocesan support • Fresh Expressions • Resources

  27. The icebergs

  28. The danger of expectations

  29. The problem of measurement

  30. Beware of the default position

  31. Staying the course

  32. Losing the focus

  33. Isolation

  34. Taking the tough decisions

  35. Reorientating- looking out • Reconnecting- walls down • Recreating-sending out

  36. Disturb us Lord, when we are too well pleased with ourselves, when our dreams have come true because we have dreamed too little, when we arrived safely because we sailed too close to the shore. Sir Francis Drake

  37. Disturb us, Lord, to dare more boldly,To venture on wider seasWhere storms will show your mastery;Where losing sight of land,We shall find the stars.We ask You to push backThe horizons of our hopes;And to push into the futureIn strength, courage, hope, and love. Sir Francis Drake

  38. http://davemale.typepad.com/churchunplugged/

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