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Missional Church

Missional Church. The adventure begins Dr. Kurt Fredrickson Fuller Theological Seminary. Today’s Schedule. 8:30 Introductions and the Location of the Church in Contemporary Culture 10:00 Break 10:30 A New Vision for the Church 12:00 Lunch 1:00 New Practices for the Missional Church

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Missional Church

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  1. Missional Church The adventure begins Dr. Kurt Fredrickson Fuller Theological Seminary

  2. Today’s Schedule 8:30 Introductions and the Location of the Church in Contemporary Culture 10:00 Break 10:30 A New Vision for the Church 12:00 Lunch 1:00 New Practices for the Missional Church 2:30 Break 3:00 Navigating Change in the Church and Send off 4:30 End of the Day

  3. Introductions Scripture Expectations for the day Question: Why has Jesus Christ placed your church in your community at this time? Who is Jesus Christ for us today?

  4. The location of the church in American culture The day of the professional minister is over. The day of the missionary pastor has come….The day of the churched culture is over. The day of the mission field has come” Kennon Callahan How is it possible that the gospel should be credible, that people should come to believe that the power which has the last word in human affairs is represented by a man hanging on a cross? I am suggesting that the only answer, the only hermeneutic of the gospel, is a congregation of men and women who believe it and live by it. LesslieNewbigin,

  5. Religious Switching

  6. What do you see? People… Coming to Christ Integrating Scripture into life and ministry Engaging God in worship Growing in Christ Serving with their gifts Loving and caring for each other Rallying around a compelling vision Praying together

  7. People… Working collaboratively with other ministries Trusting one another and working in harmony Living and giving generously and sacrificially Helping hurting people Living with a sense of hunger for God Believing in the leaders and the leaders believing in the people Working through conflict constructively Embracing evaluation as normal and natural

  8. Describe your church A healthy missional church A stable church A critical moment church An at risk church

  9. A Vision for the Church The church is always in a state of crisis and that its greatest shortcoming is that it is only occasionally aware of it. - David Bosch  The mission at the intersection of Word, world and church

  10. Missio Dei Mission is not primarily an activity of the church, but an attribute of God. God is a missionary God It is not the Church that has a mission of salvation to fulfill in the world; it is the mission of hte Son and the Spirit through the Father that includes the Church. There is church because there is mission, not vice versa. The Church is not to think its role is identical to the missio Dei; the Church is participating in the mission of God The Church’s mission is a subset of a larger whole mission. That is, it is part of God’s mission to the world and not the entirety of Gods work in the world—JurgenMoltmann

  11. Essentials of the church Word—the Gospel—being the people of God World—context—being the body of Christ Church—the vessel-being the temple of the Spirit

  12. We can’t stay where we are “It is hard to escape the conclusion that today one of the greatest roadblocks to the gospel of Jesus Christ is the institutional church”--Howard Snyder The Problem of Wineskins It’s white-hot convictions, poured into the hearts of the first adherents, cooled down and became crystallized codes, solidified institutions, and petrified dogmas. The prophet became the priest of the establishment, charisma became office, and love became routine. The horizon was no longer the world but the boundaries of the local parish. The impetuous missionary torrent of earlier years was tamed into a still-flowing rivulet and eventually a stationary pond. David Bosch

  13. Other voices An Awakened Church: It has developed its own way of sharing its faith in Jesus with other people It is composing and singing its own songs It conducts ecclesial life in a culturally appropriate, rather than exotic manner • It manages to spawn a heresy or two—Hans Hoekenkijk

  14. Moving Forward • Primary: #1An Intense Love for Jesus • The mission of the church is the radioactive fallout of an explosion of joy. Lesslie Newbigin,

  15. #2 Engage the world

  16. Engage the world

  17. New Views of the church and its ministries#3 Paradigm shifts APEST A new scorecard

  18. #4 Develop new networks of relationships Tradeoffs •Institutional or missional •Church or kingdom •Organization or community •Committees or teams •Entitled and elected members or called servants •Command and control or permission giving

  19. #5 Rapid Mobilization and Adaptive Methods The Change Process • Adaptive vs. Technical Change • Change is discontinuous • Change is organic more than strategic planning—see where God is working and join him there. • Create awareness • Create understanding • Evaluation • Create experiments • Commit

  20. Evangelical Covenant Church

  21. #6 Be Courageous and Celebrate What type of leader are you? Steps along the way Celebrate the journey

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