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Mission Shaped Church Mission Shaped Church
Some of the working group
Methodology for a…
Methodology lesson ONE Methodology lesson ONE
Learning from Seed sowing
The principle : Seeds must be allowed to die
Sowing Jesus patternsSowing 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
Dying to live …Dying to live …
Something unforeseen can grow
Seeds are different to plants 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
Methodology lesson - TWOMethodology lesson - TWO
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 of the Christian Inheritance
To the Mission Context
Get the connections right Get the connections right
Planting …Evangelism
Create Church
1st earListen To Context
2nd ear Listen To Tradition
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Only one…Listening
Irrelevance
Syncretism
Methodology lesson - THREEMethodology 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. MSC p 116
WHO FOR ?
WHO WITH ?
WHO B
Y ?
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
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
Methodology lesson - FOURMethodology lesson - FOUR
Beware Christendom imported distortions– Including the dominance of public worship – Leading to “come” shaped mission
WorshipCommunity
MissionSpirituality
Robert Warren: Building Missionary CongregationsRobert Warren: Building Missionary Congregations
What is ChurchIdeally made of ? ....
The Christendom distortionThe Christendom distortion
Worship
Mission
Community
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
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 ?
WorshipMission
The Missionary re- discovery The Missionary re- discovery
Community
