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Gateway Regional Training 2014.2. WELCOME!. CONNECTing the dots. Personal Calling & Self Discovery. Bloom. Neglected Pastoral Territory. Dr. Sam Rockwell. ORGANIZATION. If you pastor a church you necessarily lead an organization. 1. You are in a modern organization
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Gateway Regional Training 2014.2 WELCOME!
CONNECTing the dots Personal Calling & Self Discovery Bloom
Neglected Pastoral Territory Dr. Sam Rockwell
ORGANIZATION If you pastor a church you necessarily lead an organization. 1. You are in a modern organization if you: • manage ______ • delegate ________ • aspire to accomplish collective _____ • have members who belong to other ____________ • interact with the ____ • live in the modern ______ money authority goals organizations IRS world
ORGANIZATION If you pastor a church you necessarily lead an organization. 2. Leading a church requires us to attend to ___________ issues, learn organizational ______, and understand basic organizational ________. organizational skills systems
EVALUATION We don’t want to be compared. However, there are common “systems” in all churches that can be compared across _______, church _____, and leadership _____ . cultures sizes styles
EVALUATION We don’t want to be compared. 2. _________ evaluation reinforces alienation and insecurity; _________ it provides perspective and hope. Resisting inviting
EVALUATION We don’t want to be compared. 3. They _____________ the comparing/evaluation process so we can see where the church is strong and weak. depersonalize
SYSTEMS Addressing “minimum factors” in a church system is not the mistake of “majoring on one’s weakness.” 1. System thinking arises out of a “________________” view of organizations, instead of a strictly mechanical one. living organism
SYSTEMS Addressing “minimum factors” in a church system is not the mistake of “majoring on one’s weakness.” multiple 2. A body operates on _________ systems that interact and are not entirely irreducible; that is, they depend on each other, but they also have their own operating system and particular functions in the body.
SYSTEMS Addressing “minimum factors” in a church system is not the mistake of “majoring on one’s weakness.” 3. Examining the _____________ health gives us insight into how we might intelligently _________ in the system to bring greater _______ and efficiency to the whole. entire system’s intervene balance
SYSTEMS Addressing “minimum factors” in a church system is not the mistake of “majoring on one’s weakness.” 4. A ________ ________ helps us avoid attempting to fix chronic symptoms with inappropriate methods. diagnosis system’s
SYSTEMS Addressing “minimum factors” in a church system is not the mistake of “majoring on one’s weakness.” 5. A leader should build on her personal ________. strengths
SYSTEMS Addressing “minimum factors” in a church system is not the mistake of “majoring on one’s weakness.” 6. Addressing _______ organizational systemsis the ____ of overall leadership and is the most important function of a__________. . weak job lead-pastor
SYSTEMS Addressing “minimum factors” in a church system is not the mistake of “majoring on one’s weakness.” 7. It is this responsibility of ______ and ________ the whole church that defines this role more than any other task. seeing leading
SYSTEMS 8. These church system-diagnostics have been tested thousands of times in almost every global culture.
SYSTEMS Addressing “minimum factors” in a church system is not the mistake of “majoring on one’s weakness.” 9. Evaluating your church systems is not a __________on your personal competency. It is a way of _________you to see the “whole” so you can organize wisely. referendum enabling
Connecting Community Chad Carroll
BASIC CONCEPTS THE TANGIBLE KINGDOM INSERT TEASER VIDEO HERE.
BASIC CONCEPTS THE TANGIBLE KINGDOM
BASIC CONCEPTS THE TANGIBLE KINGDOM
BASIC CONCEPTS THE TANGIBLE KINGDOM 1. _______ : The good news of Jesus, capable of ___________ everything about a person, their community, and their world. Gospel transforming
BASIC CONCEPTS THE TANGIBLE KINGDOM 2. __________________ : Individuals actively committed to living a "_____" life in the context of community. Missional People sent
BASIC CONCEPTS THE TANGIBLE KINGDOM 3. _____________: A spiritually_________________ God seeker who is_____________ with the missionalcommunity. Sojourner disoriented interacting
BASIC CONCEPTS THE TANGIBLE KINGDOM Community 4. ________________________: A______________________ with the posture, tone, motives, and Heart of Jesus; those who physically represent him in a particular location. Incarnational Group of people
BASIC CONCEPTS THE TANGIBLE KINGDOM 5.__________ : The _________ of the body; the way a person or community expresses itself to others, especially in __________ ways. Posture attitude nonverbal
BASIC CONCEPTS THE TANGIBLE KINGDOM 6. ____________________: Moving beyond knowledge-based discipleship to _______________ __________ , with the goal of living like Jesus lived. Apprenticeship action-oriented fellowship
BASIC CONCEPTS THE TANGIBLE KINGDOM 7.______________: The natural and deliberate process of __________ among, ___________ to, and ______ people in culture with the desire to connect them to the Christian community. Living Out living listening loving
WEEKLEY THEMES THE TANGIBLE KINGDOM Missional Incarnational Gospel Community Living Inviting Apprentice Intuitive
BASIC RYHTHMS DAY 1 __________________________ Introduces you to the subject of the week and provide__________, _________, and ___________ to help you begin to get an understanding of the concepts. EXPLORATION thoughts stories definitions
BASIC RYHTHMS DAY 2 __________________________ A scripture or two to______ in for a little while. MEDITATION soak
BASIC RYHTHMS DAY 3__________________________ Where we start to get ________. What does this idea mean in your life? How would your life be _________if you began to let it be changed by the Gospel? CHANGE serious different
BASIC RYHTHMS ACTION DAY 4 __________________________ Moving from _________ change to __________ . It’s about putting it into practice with practical ideas for taking action each week. heart feet
BASIC RYHTHMS COMMUNITY DAY 5 ________________________
BASIC RYHTHMS COMMUNITY DAY 5 ________________________ When you get together with the other members of your community for some much needed ___________________ and testimony times. encouragement
BASIC RYHTHMS DAY 6 __________________________ Revisit the theme for the week from a different ___________ and give you some additional things to think about as you allow God to bring transformation to your life. CALIBRATION angle
BASIC RYHTHMS DAY 7 __________________________ RECREATE
BASIC RYHTHMS DAY 7 __________________________ A deserved _______ day intended for a Sabbath rest to help recalibrate. RECREATE rest
THE LAMB’S AGENDA GUILLERMO PUPPO
SECULAR RELIGION • Secular religion video goes on this page
THE NEXUS OF THE CROSS • At the cross, the vertical bar says: “Love your God”, and in the horizontal bar says: “Love your neighbor as yourself”. They _____________ . work together
DIVIDE AND CONQUER • Secular Religion tries to ______ the elements of the cross. divide
VERTICAL: LOVE YOUR GOD A Spiritual Message supremacy • God’s __________ is the highest value • Believe in the _____. God is in _______. • Pursue holiness, ___________________ ________ and from sin. • Be a witness, a _______________ about God and Hell. • Love my neighbor: ___________ ________? Bible control separation from the world prophetic voice Who is my neighbor
VERTICAL: LOVE YOUR GOD A Spiritual Message • Weakenings: • Spiritual Apathy: Lack of ______________ • and a _________________of God’s people. • Ecclesiastical Indifference:Lukewarm, disconnected, and____________________ of today. fire and passion consumer mentality spiritually inept church
HORIZONTAL: “Love your Neighbor” A Secular Message • An _________________ are the highest value. • All values/beliefs are valid as to the ______________________. • Love your God? _______________? Individual’s Rights pursuit of happiness Who is God
HORIZONTAL: “Love your Neighbor” A Secular Message Weakenings: • Moral Relativism: The _____________________. • Cultural Decadence: __________________________________. absence of absolute truth Approval of open public sin.
“UNITE” and CONQUER Vertical and Horizontal Messages Separated they are weak; ___________________. united they are strong
THE LAMB’S AGENDA • The Elephant’s agenda is: Let’s love God and let God rule. We are the ____________. We will rule. • The Donkey’s agenda is: Let’s love our neighbor, and let the people rule. We are the __________________. We will rule. friends of God friends of the people
THE LAMB’S AGENDA • Love ___________________________. • Be ______________________. • Do ___________________. • Pray for ________________________ ___________________. your God and your neighbor prophetic and practical prayer and activism the New Jerusalem and Washington D.C.
THE LAMB’S AGENDA Spiritual and Secular Messages When the spiritual and the secular messages unite, they become “___________”. sacred Spiritual SACRED Secular