1. Imagine the ImpactVisioning Our Future 2. www.progressiverenewal.org 3. MESA-Friends.org 4. We believe in Jesus and the good news of thereign, commonwealth, or ecosystem of God, andwe seek for Gods will to be done on earth as it is inheaven by focusing on love - love for God andneighbor, for outsider and enemy.We seek to know, serve, and join the poor in thestruggle for justice and freedom...throughadvocacy, relationships, and action.We seek to honor, interpret, and apply the Bible infresh and healing ways, aware of the damagingways the Bible has been used in the past.We seek to reconnect with the earth, understandthe harm human beings are doing to it, anddiscover more responsible, regenerative ways oflife in it.We seek the common good, locally and globally,through churches of many diverse forms, contexts,and traditions, and we imagine fresh ways forchurches to form Christlike people and join God inthe healing of the world. 5. We build inclusive partnerships across gapsbetween the powerful and vulnerable - includingdisparities based on wealth, gender, race andethnic identity, education, religion, sexuality, age,politics, and physical ability.We engage conflict at all levels of human societywith the creative and nonviolent wisdom ofpeacemaking.We propose new ways of encountering the other intodays pluralistic world and we collaborate withother religious and secular groups in alliances forthe common good.We host safe space for constructive theologicalconversation, seeking to root our practice intheological reflection and seeking to express ourreflection in practical action.We value the arts for their unique role in nurturing,challenging, and transforming our humanity.We emphasize spiritual and relational practices tostrengthen our inner life with God and ourrelationships with one another. 6. Apocalypse 7. Points of DistortionTheologyGospelJesusSpiritGodSalvation 8. Points of DistortionTheologyEcclesiology 9. Form TheologyEvangelical Flexible RigidMainline Rigid Flexible 10. Points of DistortionTheologyEcclesiologyParticipation-ology 11. Illinois South Conference, UCC 12. Reversing Our Thinking 13. The future isalready here - it isjust unevenlydistributed.- William Gibson 14. Entrepregelical 15. Community Concern:Health and WeightIdea: Partnership with YMCA;Offer gym access to communityfor free, Community sportsleaguesCommunity Concern:Addiction, Mental Illness andStressIdea: Counseling Services,Support Groups, RunningClubCommunity Concern:Financial Health andRetirementIdea: Open a FinancialCounseling Service for theCommunity on Main Street(Financial advice, careercounseling, job training,support groups)Community Concern:The New Jim CrowIdea: Sponsor conversationson race throughout the city;Create an advocacy office toaddress issues of oppression,poverty and subjugation of allkindsCommunity Concern:Marriage and FamilyIdea: Partner with theDeaconess Foundation, LectureSeminars, Small Groups,Devotional Material, CouplesCounseling 16. Entrepregelical 17. Convergent:Darkwood Brew 18. Multi-site 19. www.progressiverenewal.org