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Navigating the new waters What does missional leadership look like for these new times?

Navigating the new waters What does missional leadership look like for these new times?. Sometimes things change and they are never the same again. This looks like one of those times. Life moves on. And so should we……. 2007 Tear Fund survey of 7000 adults in contact or not with church.

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Navigating the new waters What does missional leadership look like for these new times?

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  1. Navigating the new waters What does missional leadership look like for these new times?

  2. Sometimes things change and they are never the same again. This looks like one of those times. Life moves on. And so should we…….

  3. 2007 Tear Fund survey of 7000 adults in contact or not with church

  4. “ this majority (66%) presents a major challenge to churches. Most of them are unreceptive and closed to attending church; churchgoing is simply not on their agenda.”

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  6. ‘The reality is that mainstream culture no longer brings people to the church door. We can no longer assume that we can automatically reproduce ourselves, because the pool of people who regard church as relevant or important is decreasing with every generation’ Mission shaped church report p11

  7. A missional re-engagement with society

  8. “ we understood mission one way and organised life to accomplish it. We have awakened to find out the mission moved on us. To keep focusing on mission, we have to turn the furniture around and face a different direction. We may even have to move into another room.” Loren Mead. The Once and Future Church,1992 Alban Institiute

  9. A re-imagination of what church is (and could become)

  10. …do not try to call them back to where they were, and do not try to call them to where you are, beautiful as that place may seem to you. You must have the courage to go with them to a place that neither you nor they have been before. Vincent Donovan

  11. In our missionary situation we need pioneers more than pastors.

  12. 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

  13. What does a leader/pioneer for the open seas look like?

  14. “a person with a detailed knowledge of an area of water, who goes on to a ship to direct it safely.”

  15. Archegosis ‘The pioneer of our salvation’ Hebrews 2;10

  16. Spectrum of pioneering Pioneer Starter Pioneer Sustainer Sustainer Pioneer Sustainer Developer

  17. 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?

  18. Danger of one model

  19. What are missional leaders trying to do in these new waters?

  20. Building community Exploring Jesus Listening, praying & loving in the Kingdom Becoming Christ like together

  21. Able to listen and discern ‘ if Christian mission is about, “seeing what God is doing and joining in”…. then discernment & the cultivating of an environment which enables discernment are the leadership capacities most needed at this time.’ Graham Cray, The Discerning Leader Grove Book 2010

  22. Able to love and serve

  23. Networker and draw people together

  24. Missionary ‘do the work of an evangelist.’ • envision • encourage • equip • example

  25. Ecclesial former How do we communally express what is happening to us as we meet Jesus?

  26. “ We are not inviting people to join an institution, nor to educate people in a process on interior transformation. We are inviting people into a renewed creation made possible by Christ through the Spirit.” Rowan Williams

  27. What kind of people are we called to be? What kind of community is capable of raising people like that?

  28. Reorientation- look out • Reconnection- walls down • Recreation-sent out

  29. What are the key characteristics of such people?

  30. People who are • First • On the edge • Moving out • Bi cultural • Know when to go or stay • Know when to bring order or chaos

  31. 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

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

  33. Alan Roxburgh’s Five Steps • Creating Awareness • Creating Understanding • Evaluation • Creating Experiments • Commitment The Missional Leader

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