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“Forget about what’s happened; don’t keep going over old history. Be alert, be present. I’m about to do something brand-new.”
Isaiah 43:18 (The Message)“The local church is the hope of the world”.Bill Hybels – founder & CO Willow Creek Association“Where the church is on a downward spiral, continuing to do what it already does is not an answer…only change offers the possibility of reversing the slide”.Maggie Durran
The Church is in chaos! “Things ain’t what they used to be!”
Traditional values have gone
Authority is to be questioned
Life is for living…now
Seek the moment
24/7 culture v traditional view
Credibility gap
Post-Christendom era
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What is the church response to all this?
Review
Re-configure
Re-structure
What is the result of the three ‘R’s?
More control
Greater internal chaos
No real leadership
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So… what is needed is LEADERSHIP:
‘providing direction for the journey’
However….let’s start at a different place!
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A Draw what come
to mind whenyou hear theword ‘leader’
B If you could have dinner with any leader, who
would you choose and why?
C What is at the heart of what leaders do?
D What do other participants
think?
LEADERSHIP: providing direction for the journey’
KEY CHARACTERISTICS
Reflective Listening
Discipleship Discerning
Visionary Radical
Team
LEADERSHIP: ‘providing direction for the journey’
KEY CHARACTERISTICS
Servant Mentoring
Life long learning Inspirational
Risk taking Managing conflict
What would you add to the list?
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TASK:
Read the abstract from ‘What is a circuit Superintendent?’ and discuss the three questions with others nearby.
Please ensure that you tackle question two
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Jesus’ ministry was about RELATIONSHIPS
Jesus’ ministry was about offering NEW EXPERIENCES
Jesus saw people as INDIVIDUALS not as problems
Jesus’ method of working was CONVERSATION and IDENTIFICATION
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TASK: TEAL TRUST
Using the scoring sheet, work out your preferred Leadership style type indicator.
Share this with a partner or in threes.
What surprised you?
What challenged you?
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To consider:
Creative use of power
Clear communication
Open and honest
Admitting failure
Developing creativity
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If I make no change . . . If I change . . . What are the dangers? What are the dangers?What are the opportunities? What are the opportunities?What are the advantages? What are the advantages?What are the disadvantages? What are the disadvantages?
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If Christian mission is about ‘Seeing what God is doing and joining in’….
What do you need to unlearn?
What do you need to let go of?
What current assumptions do you need to
question?
What do you need to embrace?
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If you have come to help me
Then you are wasting your time.
But if you have come
Because your liberation
is bound up with mine
Then come,
Let us walk together.
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“Costly grace…is costly because it calls us to follow, and it is grace because it calls us to follow Jesus Christ. It’s costly because it costs a man his life, and is grace because it gives a man the only true life.”
D. Bonhoeffer
“The real faith of a Christian is more akin to a rolling jazz session than a march on the barrack square. It is about joy and exhilaration, about dancing on the edge”
Richard Holloway