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Make Vision Shift 5

Discover the alarming lack of religious knowledge in America and learn practical strategies to enhance biblical literacy within your community. From developing discipleship to adapting worship formats, explore essential shifts for a more informed and engaged congregation.

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Make Vision Shift 5

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  1. Make Vision Shift 5 Shift from assuming discipleship to developing discipleship. Skiing Refrigerator

  2. Fewer than half of us can identify Genesis as the first book of the Bible. Only one third know that Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount. A majority of Americans believe that the Bible says that Jesus was born in Jerusalem. When asked whether the New Testament Book of Acts is in the Old Testament, one quarter of Americans say yes. More than a third say they don’t know. Most Americans don’t know that Jonah is a book in the Bible. 20% of Americans believed that Joan of Arc was Noah’s wife. 60% of Americans can't name five of the Ten Commandments Only 50% can name one of the four gospels 50% of high school seniors think Sodom and Gomorrah were married. 75% believe the Bible teaches "God helps those who help themselves.”Stephen Prothero: Religious Literacy – What Every American Needs to Know and Doesn’t.

  3. Multiplying Triads (The Principle of Multiplication) Discipleship Essentials Greg Ogden

  4. Make Vision Shift 6 Shift a primary emphasis on the communal life of the church to a balanced emphasis on the communal and missional life of the church.

  5. Missional Endeavor: Gathered - Scattered

  6. Make Vision Shift 7 Shift from an unchanging worship format to a ministry of worship and music responsive to the variety of needs present in the congregation and the community you are trying to reach. Techincal versus Adaptive challenges (the roles of inquiry and experimentation)

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