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SEMINARIO Church “Out of the Box”. Jim Memory 23 rd February 2013. Getting “Out of the Box ” Two common meanings in English i . Pre-packaged, standardized ii. Freed to think creatively. Getting “Out of the Box ". 2. Three challenges of doing church ”out of the box” - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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SEMINARIOChurch “Out of the Box”
Jim Memory
23rd February 2013
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1. Getting “Out of the Box”
Two common meanings in English
i. Pre-packaged, standardized
ii. Freed to think creatively
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1. Getting “Out of the Box"
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2. Three challenges of doing church ”out of the box”
2.1 The Cultural Challenge2.2 The Kingdom Challenge
2.3 The Methodological Challenge
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2.1 The Cultural Challenge
Doing church “out of the box” will require us to become more aware of the culture in which we live
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2.1 The Cultural Challenge
What is “culture”?
• Civilization
• Patterns of thinking, feeling and doing“just the way we do things round here”
• Subconscious beliefs and values• Worldview
• The lenses through which we perceive the world around us
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2.1 The Cultural Challenge
Symbols (branches)
Heroes & rituals (twigs)
History(roots)
Practices (leaves)
Values(trunk)
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2.1 The Cultural Challenge
Church also described by culture
Portuguese culture is changing
Doing church “out of the box” will mean being prepared to
change our church “culture” to reach those who otherwise will
never be reached by existing churches
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2.2 The Kingdom Challenge
Most church planting does not take place in an ecclesiological vacuum
We must keep in mind the two realities of the Mission of God and the Kingdom of God
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2.2 The Kingdom Challenge
Covenant for the Evangelization of Cordoba
Commitment to a Kingdom Vision of the challenge of
reaching all the towns and villages of the province and
signed by the pastors and missionaries of the city and
province of Cordoba November 2011
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2.3 The Methodological Challenge
Doing church “out of the box” will mean abandoning preconceived ideas of church planting methodology.
We must reject the strategic fallacy: that if only we use the right methodology our church plant will be
successful.
God is building his church in a multitude of different ways around the world as is shown by the following
Taxonomy of Church Planting
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A Taxonomy of Church Planting
Traditional Church Planting Models
Emerging Church Planting Models
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A Taxonomy of Church PlantingTraditional Church Planting Models:
1. Mother - daughter
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A Taxonomy of Church Planting Traditional Church Planting Models:
2. Accidental Parenthood
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A Taxonomy of Church Planting Traditional Church Planting Models:
3. Dispersion
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A Taxonomy of Church Planting Traditional Church Planting Models:
4. Adoption
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A Taxonomy of Church Planting Traditional Church Planting Models:
5. Long-distance
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A Taxonomy of Church Planting Traditional Church Planting Models:
6. Multi-congregational
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A Taxonomy of Church Planting Traditional Church Planting Models:
7. Multi-site
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A Taxonomy of Church Planting Traditional Church Planting Models:
8. Satellite Congregations
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A Taxonomy of Church Planting Traditional Church Planting Models:
9. Spontaneous / Emerging
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A Taxonomy of Church Planting Traditional Church Planting Models:
10. Pioneer Planter
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A Taxonomy of Church Planting Traditional Church Planting Models:
11. Mission Team
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A Taxonomy of Church Planting Traditional Church Planting Models:
12. Collaborative
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3.1 The Methodological Challenge
A Taxonomy of Church Planting
However the cultures of Europe are not monochrome nor monocultural
Rather, the culture of every single one of our European local contexts today is a swirling multi-coloured mixture of cultures and
sub-cultures in which the models of church plant we employ may connect with only a fraction of the people in our communities
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A Taxonomy of Church Planting
Emerging Church Planting Models
Models which are seeking to engage with contemporary culture in diverse ways
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A Taxonomy of Church PlantingEmerging Church Planting Models:
13. Emerging stream
• Engagement with contemporary• (secular postmodern) culture
• strong critique of Christendom models• Search for community & authenticity
• Focussed on social justice in local context• missional
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A Taxonomy of Church PlantingEmerging Church Planting Models:
14. Missional stream
• Engagement with contemporary (secular postmodern) culture
moderate critique of Christendom models• Understand themselves as “a church for others”
• missional
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A Taxonomy of Church PlantingEmerging Church Planting Models:
15. Mosaic stream
• Self-consciously multi-cultural and cross-cultural
• missional
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A Taxonomy of Church PlantingEmerging Church Planting Models:
16. Neo-Monastic Stream
• Small community living together• Common rule of life
• missional
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3. How to get ”out of the box”
3.1 Research the Culture
3.2 Demonstrate the Kingdom
3.3 Experiment with Methodology
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Conclusion
• Europe needs churches of many different kinds to reach “all the peoples of Europe”
• Traditional models of church still have their place• However, they will prove less and less effective with
younger Europeans• Only by understanding our local culture, demonstrating
a Kingdom vision for the church, and being creative with our methodologies will we be able to reach this
generation of Europeans.
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Jim Memory
Redcliffe College
European Christian Mission