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Missional Context

Missional Context. Where do you want to plant and how will that impact your ministry design?. Planter: Missionary Skills Tested. Can you exegete your target community and plant a church that “fits”?. Fifth Question: Where?.

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Missional Context

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  1. Missional Context Where do you want to plant and how will that impact your ministry design?

  2. Planter: Missionary Skills Tested • Can you exegete your target community and plant a church that “fits”?

  3. Fifth Question: Where? • The how of church planting is determined by who, where, and when of culture. • Ed Stetzer

  4. Missional Definition • “Men of Issachar, who understood the times and knew what Israel should do.” (I Chronicles 12:32) Missiology: Thinking like a missionary

  5. Video: Many Voices • Scott McKnight • Ed Stetzer • Mark Driscoll • Tim Keller • Frost & Hirsch • Rick Warren

  6. Community Dictates • Music style • Worship service • Leadership style • Marketing • Training • Outreach events • Servant evangelism

  7. Missional Factors

  8. Read Bible, Not People • He could read the bible, but he couldn’t read people.

  9. Common Mistakes

  10. Biggest Mistake • Planter starts a church in his mind, rather than in his community. • Ed Stetzer

  11. Copy Cat Planting • It worked for Rick Warren & Bill Hybels. • Planting a MAC church in PC context.

  12. Hot City Planting • Where are the fastest growing cities? • Better question: Where do you fit?

  13. Generic Planting

  14. Community Exegesis Accurate Community Exegesis Is Critical

  15. II. Missional Factors

  16. Video: Wrong Impressions

  17. Community Exegesis How do you exegete a community?

  18. Biblical Exegesis? • Observation • Interpretation • Application

  19. 1. Community Observation What do you see?

  20. Key: Numbers 13-14 • Numbers 13:17-20 (NIV) 17 When Moses sent them to explore Canaan, he said, "Go up through the Negev and on into the hill country. 18 See what the land is like and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many. 19 What kind of land do they live in? Is it good or bad? What kind of towns do they live in? Are they unwalled or fortified? 20 How is the soil? Is it fertile or poor? Are there trees on it or not? Do your best to bring back some of the fruit of the land." (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.)

  21. Observation Tools

  22. Must Know! Before You Plant

  23. A. Community Trends?

  24. B. People Groups?

  25. C. Predominate Lifestyles?

  26. D. Harvest Field? Churched? Unchurched? Unclaimed?

  27. E. Harvest Team Gospel Preaching Churches

  28. 2. Interpretation What does it mean?

  29. Bad Interpretation Numbers 13: 27-33

  30. Spiritual Interpretation • Numbers 13:30 30 Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, "We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.“

  31. Interpretation Decisions

  32. 1. Circle of Accountability? • What area are you responsible to the Lord for? • General rule: 10 minute drive

  33. 2. Target Group? • Who are you best equipped to reach in your circle of accountability?

  34. 3. Profile Person? OR

  35. 3. Profile Person?

  36. 4. Who is missing?

  37. 5. Daughter Plant? • First daughter plant? • Second? • Third?

  38. 3. Application What do we do?

  39. Design Strategic Ministries • Limited resources requires focused attention. • Scarcity brings clarity. • Be open to God’s surprises. • I Cor. 12:11

  40. Community Exegesis • What kind of church would work best in your target community?

  41. The End

  42. Key Resources

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