leading missionary engagment in western contexts
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The Life & Work of a Missional Leader
Leading missionary engagement in Context
Collective Session 2
2
• What do you look for in a leader?
• Write down a dozen characteristics
We could ask the Question
• The Life of the Leader – Character/Qualities
• The Work of the Leader – Behaviours
4
• What did Jesus DO? (WDJD!)
• What did Jesus DO for his Followers?
In Groups of 2 or 3
Missional Leader’s Work
• Recognising it’s God’s mission• Understanding the Context• Getting & sharing vision for calling• Gathering & Building team• Process based on discernment & planning• Reading Culture & find Gospel connections• Social engagement & strategic evangelism• Mentoring & multiplying disciples &
leaders• Building Community on values & vehicles
More on these in focussed sessions
1. Recognising it’s God’s Mission
• The “missio dei” – “God so loved the World … – Expect an active initiating God – Love the only mission motivation
• Finding out what God is doing & joining in!
• Spirituality & Theology equal to the Task
Recognising It’s God’s Mission
2. Understanding our Context
Christendom Context
Church
Society
Fringe
Robert Warren – Building Missionary Congregations
Christendom Context
Society
Fringe
Church
Secular Pluralism
Church
• Church of the School
• Surfers Church
• Church of Urban poor (Viv Grigg)
• Church of Retirement Residential Home
• Church of families & kids (“Messy Church”)
• Church of Handicapped
• Church in Café culture
• Romany/Gypsy Church
• Iranian/Afghan asylum church
Eg. Contextual Engagement
All sorts of “fresh expressions” of church
The NationalPopulation
Age
Chur
ch
Non - Churched
Closed De - Churched
Fringe
STOP starting with the church!
Open De - Church
ed
Non-churched (40%)
Closed de-churched (20%)
Open de-churched (20%)
Fringe - less than monthly (10%)
Regular attendees - at least monthly (10%)
Different mission fields
The ends of the earth … the unthinkable?
Non-Churched ?
Samaria … the disagreeable?
De-Churched ?
Judean Journey isn’t enoughJudea … the familiar?
Fringe ?Churched
Notice what happens to the old centre, and the mission shape
• Attractional Church
• Engaged Church
• Emerging Church
3 Missional Approaches
Hirsch & Frost – adapted by Hopkins
Attractional Method
COMECOME
GO and thenGO and then
COMECOME
Engaged Method
GO and then STAYGO and then STAY
and see what ARISES
Emerging Method
Inherited Emerging
Programmes Buildings
Large Groups Organisation
People CommunitySmall Groups Relationships
Church =Building + Priest + Stipend
Church =People + Faith + Action
Robert Warren – Building Missionary Congregations
Changing Church Modes
• Mixed EconomyInherited + New Ways of Church
• Fresh Expressions v. Church Plants
• Mission shaping Church v. Church shaping Mission
Changed language -> Thinking
A Gospel principle at work
• “dying to live”
“ I tell you the truth, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone. But if it dies, it produces many seeds”
John 12: 24
dvd case study
A story to illustrate
3. Getting & sharing Vision for Calling
25
Listen
GET VISIONSHARE
VISION
Define
DiscernConfirm
Own
Cast
From God to the world
Voice of God
Voice of people
Sifts Vision
Sifts followers
Getting & Sharing Vision
4. Gathering & building Team
27
Minister
MusicAssistant
Admin/Secretary Youth & Children
Just 4 Reporting Relationships
What IS and ISN’T Team
28
10 Team Relationships
Leader
Member 4Member 1
Member 2 Member 3
What IS and ISN’T Team
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WorkingFor
WorkingAgainst
or
Team differences - the Key
5. Processes based on Discernment in Context & Planning
Action
Planning
Discernment in ContextDiscernment in Context
Phased Planning
6. Reading the Culture & finding Gospel Connections
• What do we know already?
• Initial Research
• Deeper Listening
• Reflection and testing God’s call
• Presentation and action
5 Stages of Listening
Affirming aspect
- Leading into every good provision & purpose
Challenging aspects
- Leading out of all in culture that is destructive & diminishing
Know your Gospel … of the Kingdom
“God’s total answer to the Human condition”
Find Gospel Connections
7. Social Engagement & Strategic Evangelism
Community Engagement
Social Engagement- Immersion in theirs
- “invading secular space”
Strategic Evangelism
Strategic approach to Evangelism- Rather than our favourite method
Strategies of Evangelism- “Person of Peace”
- Passing & permanent relationships
- Proclamation & presence
- God’s power & our Preparation
What makes Good soil Good?!
8. Mentoring & Multiplying Disciples & Leaders
Mentor/apprentice
Formal training
Socialisation
3 Processes of Learning/Formation
Mentoring Leaders
Vision & Values of Discipleship
Aim: A transformational journey with Jesus to become like Him
Discipleship Process
Discipleship Method
- Accountability …. “Huddles”
Biblical Discipleship Principles
- Something like “Lifeshapes”
Aim: A transformational journey with Jesus to become like Him
9. Building Community on Values & Vehicles
Community Values
Spoken & unspoken Values
- Recognised & unrecognised
Our Values & Their Values
- Contextual or Imperial
Values build community … in Unity?
But is it “in Context”?
Have you agreed Values?
Sea Level
The iceberg of assumed values
4 Spaces of Belonging
• Intimate space
accountability
• Personal space small
group
• Social space mid-size
community
• Public space
celebration
Joseph R Meyers – The search to Belong
The missing Social Space
Able to express the culture of a context
- the sum of all our contributions
Able to re-build Community
- Restoring a broken society
Mid-size: extended family: synagogue
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Old Testament
Friend Family Synagogue Temple
New Testament
3 12 72 Crowd
Biblical Community Vehicles
10. Summary – Leading through the “Paradigm Shift”
Anglican etc.
Baptist etc.
Based on Control
Alan Roxburgh – Leadership & liminality
Based on Release
Apostolic
Prophetic
Mission Movement
Q & A
What Q’s does this raise for you?
360 degree Listening
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