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Struggles/Tension. “When are we going to start serving the community?” “When are we going to start doing missions?” “When are we going to start outreach?” “When are we going to take mission trips?” “What is our church’s missions strategy?”. First steps … next steps. Missional Engagement
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Struggles/Tension “When are we going to start serving the community?” “When are we going to start doing missions?” “When are we going to start outreach?” “When are we going to take mission trips?” “What is our church’s missions strategy?”
First steps … next steps Missional Engagement Healthy Community Identity in Christ
Being precedes doing Identity precedes strategy We gather in order to scatter The priesthood of the believer The unique design of each individual You are the church Christology Missiology Ecclesiology Missions is not a program, missional is a lifestyle We are a sending church We are missional-incarnational Acts 1:8 requires local and global emphasis Church planting is effective and sustainable Some underlying assumptions:
Local Mission Design “See a need, meet a need.”
CHURCH COMMUNITY GROUPS STEWARDS ELDERS COMMUNITY GROUPS STEWARDS
Global Mission Design “Planting the Gospel, Planting Churches.”