vital church planting – session 2
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Vital Church Planting – session 2. Toronto: Feb 2008 . The Sheffield Centre Church Army’s Research unit. DNA as the process of creating Church . 2DNA as how Church is created What are the processes? . “Church planting” is the discipline [CPg]. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Toronto: Feb 2008
The Sheffield CentreChurch Army’s Research unit
Vital Church Planting – session 2
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DNA as the process of creating Church
2 DNA as how Church is created– What are the processes?
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Church Plants or Fresh Expressions?To Church Plant – its a verb: The theory and practice of the understanding that governs the following process : ….“The creating and sustaining of further and fresh expressions of Christian community”
“Church planting” is the discipline [CPg]
“Fresh Expressions of Church” [FXC] is its fruit
or manifestationMission-shaped Church p 32
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Process lesson ONE
Learning from Seed sowing
The principle : Seeds must be allowed to die
“What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.” 1 Corinthians 15 36
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Sowing Jesus patterns
If anyone serves me, he must follow me and where I am there my servant also will be.John 12 26
Baptism – yes Church year – yesSpirituality – yes
Mission? – what?But John 20 …
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As …. In the same apostolic manner of being sent ….On the same journey from incarnational identification to counter cultural engagement …In the same way I died and re-emerged different and the same … In the willingness to die to present glory & take the form of a dying slave ..In becoming different to become like those to whom I was sent ……. So I send
you
As the Father sent me so I send you
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Sowing Jesus patterns
Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies it remains only a single seed. But if it dies it produces many seeds.John 12 24
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Dying to live …
Something unforeseen can grow
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How’s that ?• The seed is the sent out incoming team
• They “die” to their previous identity – No longer part of St Silas Somewhere– No longer holding onto “how we did things there”
• Remember Paul the apostle– “To the Greeks I became as a Greek” [1 Cor 9] …
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Seeds are different to plants
Mixing with the soil of the mission context…The planted seed community becomes a new body of believers as well us a body of new believers
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Beware • What is planted is …• Jesus centred community-in-mission
• It’s not mechanical – sorry Henry Ford • It’s not just biological – spraying seeds around
• It’s human and spiritual
• Dying to live yes but…• Be real about the costs
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Process lesson - TWO “Double listening”
Mission in stereo, hears God better
MSC p 104-105 and Michael Nazir-Ali : Shapes of the Church to Come Chs 1-2
To the essence/core of the Christian Inheritance
To the Mission Context
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Listening to what sources?
To others in the World
To God through the Word
• No, too narrow a view:– Separates Word and Tradition – Separates Word and the Spirit, active in the world– The NT shows Apostles listening to both
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Get the connections right
Planting …Evangelism
Create Church
1st earListen To Context
2nd ear Listen To Tradition
?
?
Only one…Listening
Irrelevance
Syncretism
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Get the order right Planting …Evangelism
Create Church
1st earListen To Context
2nd ear Listen To Tradition
Mission
Shapes
Church
Scripture assesses fresh expressions
Hold together two things creative engagement with contextfaithfulness to the good news in Jesus
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Process lesson - THREEProcess lesson - THREE
Ask the right questions– Ask them in the right order
start with the church and the mission will probably get lost. start with the mission and it is likely that the Church will be found. Mission-shaped Church 2004:116
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WHO FOR ?
WHO WITH ?
WHO BY ?
A three dimensional process A three dimensional process Who is the Fresh Expression FOR ? –
Mission GOAL – Network or Neighbourhood– De churched or Non churched
Who is the planting done BY ? – Mission RESOURCE – Pioneer or Progression– Cell or Congregation
Who is it done WITH ? – Mission PARTNERS – Runner Graft Seed or Transplant
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3 key questions ...3 key questions ...
“What is the mission to this area ?”
“What set of spiritual disciplinesis required to sustain the community in that mission?”
“What kind of community is needed to sustain the mission?”
Based on questions asked by Church of Saviour Washington DCMSC p 116
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Process lesson - FOURProcess lesson - FOUR
Beware Christendom imported distortions– Including the dominance of public worship – Leading to “come” shaped mission
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WorshipCommunity
MissionSpirituality
Robert Warren: Building Missionary Congregations
What is ChurchIdeally made of ? ....
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The Christendom distortionThe Christendom distortion
Worship
MissionCommunity
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Different Mission FieldsDifferent Mission Fields
Non ChurchedNon Churched(40%)(40%)
Regular attenders Regular attenders – at least monthly– at least monthly
(10%)(10%)FringeFringe
- less than monthly- less than monthly(10%)(10%)
Open de-churchedOpen de-churched(20%)(20%)
Closed de-churchedClosed de-churched(20%)(20%)
MSC p 37-40
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Target Group
StartingPlace
“Style”
Or MissionContext
WORSHIP EVANGEL- ISM
COMMUNITY theirs & ours
Climate
The Fringe
Open De- churched
The Non - churched
ClosedDe-Churched
Christen-dom
Pre - Christian
Post Christian
AntiChristian
Apology
Warm
Cool Cold to.... Arctic
Control
Dialogue Partnership Listen ?
Where do you START in which context ?
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WorshipMission
The Missionary re- discovery The Missionary re- discovery
Community
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Is Church in mission being moved on...From springboard ….
We decide when to jump
We decide what kind of jump
Into the indoor pool“Lets improve what we are doing alreadyThat’s risky enough.”
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To … surfboard
Reactive & waitingFor what wind and sea floor do
Whose in control here?&Where might you end up?
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Similarity & Difference Skill and using powers beyond us
I stay in control
I react to what occurs
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Where is the adventure & wildness?
No prizes for guessing
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It’s not new• Donovan & Allen 20th Century• Venn & Anderson 19th Century • Ricci & Xavier 17- 16th Century• Cuthbert & Aidan 6th Century• Martin & Anthony 3rd - 2nd Century• Paul & Peter 1st Century I never said it was safe or prudent
Danger! Apostolic Porcine Aviation Zone
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Did Jesus go surfing?• Interesting Patterns
– John: Jesus acts in response to the Father– Luke: Outrageous acceptance of outsiders– Mark: “He immediately…”– Matthew: “I am only sent to ..”
– Paul: the Cost : Philippians 2 – Golgotha – carried where he did not wish to
go
– Where might it take us?
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Not very fresh expressions of surfing
“Let’s buy a wave machine for the swimming pool”
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Please not – lets do the real thing
Even if we are only junior partners with the Maker of shore, wind and waves
Even if we’re not yet very good at it