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FBC Augusta: Becoming a Missional Church. August 26, 2012 Rev. Andy Jones Minister of Missions And Faith Development. What does a missionary look like? Describe a Full-time missionary. How would you describe a successful mission trip?
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FBC Augusta:Becoming a Missional Church August 26, 2012 Rev. Andy Jones Minister of Missions And Faith Development
What does a missionary look like? • Describe a Full-time missionary. • How would you describe a successful mission trip? • How would you describe a successful mission partnership?
FBC Augusta Mission Statement • “To love the Lord and to share His love with our Community and World.”
“Missional” defined • Bo Prosser, CBF coordinator of Missional Churches • Darrell Guder- editor Missional Church • Our flyer
Mission Vision Team • Billy Bennett- chair • Linda Bruggeman- MDC rep. • Marcia Buck- MDC rep. • Mike Duckworth- finance rep. • Jean Kearns • George Berry • Amy Catlett • Carol Mulherin • Cathy Tugmon • Rhoda Sword • Allen Partridge • David Dekle • Robert Pendergrast
Resources • Clark, Chap and Kara A. Powell. 2007. Deep Justice in a Broken World: Helping Your Kids Serve Others and Right The Wrongs Around Them. Grand Rapids: Zondervan. • Corbett, Steve and Brian Fikkert. 2009. When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor and Yourself. Chicago: Moody Publishers. • Guder, Darrell L, ed. 1998. Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. • Harney, Kevin G. 2009. Organic Outreach for Ordinary People: Sharing Good News Naturally. Grand Rapids: Zondervan. • ________, 2011. Organic Outreach for Churches: Infusing Evangelistic Passion Into Your Congregation. Grand Rapids: Zondervan. • Hunt, Greg, et. al. 2003. The Missional Journey: Being the Presence of Christ. Atlanta: Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. • Lupton, Robert D. 2011. Toxic Charity: How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help. New York: HarperCollins Publishing. • Mays, David. 2006. Becoming a World Changing Church. Indianapolis: Advancing Churches in Missions Commitment. • Myers, Bryant L. 2011. Walking with the Poor: Principles and Practice of Transformational Development. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. • Vestal, Daniel. 2002. It’s Time: an Urgent Call to Christian Mission. Atlanta: Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.
Where have you seen God working? • How can you join what God is doing? • Be a part of what God is doing in the world.