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beyond Jerusalem

Explore the three mission contexts (pre-church, churched, post-churched) and learn how to effectively serve as God's people. Understand the importance of cultural insiders and outsiders and how to navigate each context. Discover the challenges and steps in permeating the post-churched world.

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beyond Jerusalem

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  1. beyondJerusalem • Recalculating • for • Mission

  2. Church in Charge Confident!

  3. Oops

  4. When the Bridge is out Recalculate!

  5. Recalculating Recalculate the Kingdom of God is at hand. Matthew 4 Use the Correct Map

  6. Using the Right Map Three different worlds (contexts) in which we live and serve as God’s people Pre-church Churched Post-church

  7. Three Mission Contexts: Three different Maps

  8. Cultural “Insiders” Using the Right Map • Each mission/ministry context has its set of Cultural “Outsiders”

  9. What’s the starting place? Where? Who? When? Using the Right Map Answered by Cultural Insiders

  10. Using the Right Map • It is essential to know which world we are in order to serve effectively Are we cultural insiders? Are we cultural outsiders?

  11. Cultural Insiders Protect Boundaries Cultural Insiders/Outsiders Cultural Outsiders Permeate Boundaries

  12. Cultural Insiders/Outsiders • Are we the cultural insiders? • Are we the cultural outsiders? That depends upon the context

  13. Non-Christians are Cultural Insiders Pre-Churched Context The Church has no identity, thus no credibility Christian Missionary is a Cultural Outsider

  14. Christians are Cultural Insiders Churched Context The Church is essential to the community Non-Christians are Cultural Outsiders

  15. The Churched WorldWe Assumed • Significant for LC-MS Congregations • 500 years of Confessional Focus • Defenders of the true faith in the midst of religious error • Sense of permanence • Sense of theological and cultural objectivity

  16. TheChristiansare Cultural Insiders The Non-Christians are Cultural Insiders Post-Churched Context

  17. The Non-Christians are Cultural Insiders Post-Churched Context Can we choose to become outsiders once again?

  18. The Non-Christians are Cultural Insiders Post-Churched Context Can we choose to become outsiders once again?

  19. Recalculating

  20. The Post-Churched Map Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. (John 12:24)

  21. Post-Churched World • Three greatest challenges to moving toward missions • Moving from teacher/defender to learner • Willingness to “unlearn” without compromise • Moving from primarily Minister to equipper for and overseer of ministry

  22. Post-Churched World • Three steps in permeation • Learner (Listener) • Trader • Story Teller (Proclaimer)

  23. What’s the starting place? Where? Who? When? Post-Churched World Answered by Non-Christians

  24. Post-Churched World • What are thestarting places? • First Article Bridges • Bridges go two ways • Asking the Gate Keepers • Partnering with community

  25. Post-Churched World • Focus on the unchurched • High engagement with the unchurched • Maintain a porous boundary with the unchurched • Operate with Several Word gifts (Eph. 4) • Unchurched > Evangelists • Churched > Pastor/teacher • Both > apostle, prophet • Develop Little structure

  26. Post-Churched Context • Church and culture • Assumption: Strong institutional loyalty (cultural value) • Reality: Weak institutional loyalty, even among the churched • Decreased investment in the institution • Increased investment in personal relationships

  27. Post-Churched Context • What are our cultural assumptions underlying “Catechetics”? • Role of church • Role of society • Society still “disciples” its children • Why are so many young people leaving the church and not coming back? • Where, when, and how will discipleship take place?

  28. Relationship Distinctives • Relationships center in truly loving my neighbor • Relationships require genuine commitment • Relationships may not translate into congregational membership.

  29. RELATIONSHIPS & 3RD PLACES Place #1 Place #2 Place #3

  30. “Nones” on the RiseImportance of Shared Community % saying belonging to a community of people where your value and beliefs is ...

  31. Church Membership • Churched Culture Order • Believe>Behave>Belong • Post-Churched Order • Belong>Behave>Believe • Cause>Belong>Behave>Believe

  32. Discussion • How would our congregation look at itself if it were a New Testament congregation– a lone small church located in a pre-Christian community possibly hostile to the Gospel?

  33. This presentation is shared by permission of Dr. Robert Newton, President of the CNH District of the LCMS. If you have any questions or comments concerning this presentation, please direct them to Dr. Newton at prescnh@cnh-lcms.org or call 925-245-4000

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