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Church 2.0. Send to the World. 1. Church – what?. Church = Christian Religion Church = Gathering of the Piest Church = Life giving agent of God. 1.1. Life – for whom?. Christians - Church; Christians and some others; The world. 1.1.1 Life in Christ is our Life.
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Church 2.0 Send to the World
1. Church – what? • Church = Christian Religion • Church = Gathering of the Piest • Church = Life giving agent of God
1.1. Life – for whom? • Christians - Church; • Christians and some others; • The world.
1.1.1 Life in Christ is our Life. • Extra ecclesiam nulla salus – Life is in Church only! • Inward focussed Church; • The Church serves US.
Inward focussed Church • Nonkonformistic; • Exclusiv; • Ethnokonfessional; • Attraktional; • Eskapistic; • Hierarchical.
1.1.2 Life in Christ is Life for the World • Joh. 3,16: • Missio Dei – Salvation is cosmocentric (2Cor. 5,18f).
1.1.3. The global task of the Church • Joh. 20,21! • Mt. 28,19-20) – ta etne – send to transform nations! • Church – God´s new nation (1Petr. 2,9-10): genos – ethnos – laos. • Ecclesia – called to be responsible for the world (Mt. 16,17)! • The Church of the NT is externally focussed!
Integrational; Missional; Wholistic; Contextual; Messianic. Externally focussed Church
2 Church in Context • Is missional – she exist for mission Eph. 2,10; 4,12; • Is messianic – she works for reconciliation and transformation of the world (2Cor 5,18ff); • Is wholistic – she consideres the whole of mankind (Mt. 28,19-20).
3 Transformation of the Lebenswelt Understanding our Lebenswelt Things we believe Things we think Things we do Things we have
4 Transformation – how? • Principle of Incarnation • Principle of the Body • Principle of Planting
4.1 The Principle of Incarnation • John 1,1ff: The Word of God becomes Flesh/Human and Humans see God´s Glory
4.2 The Principle of the Body • Body of Christ – Fullness of God on Earth (Eph. 1,23) • 1Cor 12,4-6: The Spirit = Gifts there after The Lord = Ministries thereafter God = Transformative Energy
4.3 The Principle of Planting • The Korn must fall into the Ground and perish in order to become Bread! • The Church must return to the World in order to change the world; • The World is the only soil where the Church can become fruitfull.
4.4.1 God´s plan for the World • The material World • The social World • The world view (cognitiv world) • The religious world
God´s matrix for the world – Jes. 65,19ff • How would an ideal world look like: • What would we have, do, think and believe?
4.4.2 Where is the world now? • What does she have? • What does she do? • What does she think? • What does she believe?
Our world is tripolar God Men Satan
4.4.3 The Missionary Potencial of the Church • What do we have? • What do we socially do? • How do we think? • What do we believe?
4.5 The Space where God´s Mission takes place GOD Church World
4.6 No Evangelism possible • Culture • Church
4.7 Evangelisation in Action • Culture Evangelisation • Church