an unexpect ed journey national gathering 2013. what happens when people you love and respect...
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an unexpected journeyNATIONAL GATHERING 2013
What happens when people you love and respect don’t want to come with you….
or even worse,
think you shouldn’t go?
I still have seven
thousand followers in Israel who have not
bowed their knees to Baal."
See what kind of love the Father has given to
us, that we should be called
children of God; and so we are.
The reason why the world
does not know us is that it did not know him.
Beloved, we are God's children now,
and what we will be has not yet appeared;
but we know that when he appears
we shall be like him, because we shall see
him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself
as he is pure
First John 3
REFORM
REDISCOVER
RECAPTURE
RESTORE
BAD HABITS
TOO MUCH BAGGING AND
TAGGING
when most of it is already dead anyway
post-commitment,post-boomer,post-denominational,post-christendom,post-capitalism,post-colonial,post-feminism,post-impressionistic,post-modern,post-philosophical,post-political,post-quasistatic,post-racist,post-recession,post-religioius,post-scientific,post-zygapophysis,post-transitional,post-national,post-
are we there yet?
ARE WE PAST
the ‘POST’?
CHRISTENDOM – the end is nigh ?
Perpetuating the toxic traces of
compromise
CHRISTENDOM – what happened
1. Granting favour but losing autonomy2. Gaining wealth but losing prophetic
lifestyle3. Gaining the church but losing Jesus –
worshipped but not followed4. Systematized doctrine rather than
Jesus hermeneutic5. Spotlight on the letters at the
expense of the gospels.
CHRISTENDOM – what happened
6. Religion at the expense of discipleship7. Social order at the expense of social
justice8. Self-centred control at the expense of
servanthood.9. Killing others at the expense of dying
for others.10. Citizenship of the realm at the
expense of commitment to Jesus
CHRISTENDOM – what happened
11. The kingdom of this world at the expense of the kingdom of God
12. Top down influence at the expense of power under influence.
13. The cross as a corporate symbol of power at the expense of the cross as an expression of love.
14. Professional ministry at the expense of ministry of the saints.
15. Hierarchical systems at the expense of Holy Spirit anointed
CHRISTENDOM – what happened
16. Power of legislation at the expense of the power of the gospel
17. External ordering of behaviour at the expense of heart transformation.
18. Letters at the expense of gospels19. Old Testament principles at the expense of
New Testament principles20. Selective moral values at the expense of all-
embracing kingdom values21. Chaplaincy at the expense of prophetic 22. Management at the expense of mission
CHRISTENDOM – what else happened
1. Donatists Vs Augustine2. Pelagius3. The Nestorian movementAND LATER5. The Waldensians6. The Hussites7. The Pietists and Anabaptists
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
1. Granting favour but losing autonomy
2. Gaining wealth but losing prophetic lifestyle
3. Gaining the church but losing Jesus – worshipped but not followed
1. REPLACING NATIONALISTIC THEOCRACY WITH PROPHETIC KINGDOM POSTURE
2. RADICAL VALUES THAT PROCLAIM THE KINGDOM OF GOD
3. FOLLOWING JESUS BY OBEYING WHAT HE HAS COMMANDED
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
4. Systematized doctrine rather than Jesus hermeneutic
5. Spotlight on the letters at the expense of the gospels.
4. RIGOROUSLY LOOKING TO JESUS as FULFILLMENT AND FULNESS
5. REDISCOVERING THE GOSPEL AS A PRACTICAL MINISTRY MANUAL
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
6. Religion at the expense of discipleship
7. Social order at the expense of social justice
8. Self-centred control at the expense of servanthood.
6. ESTABLISHING NEW TESTAMENT DISCIPLE-MAKING PRACTICE AND METRICS.
7. RESHAPING GOSPEL MINISTRY AS SOCIAL JUSTICE MINISTRY
8. BECOMING DISCIPLESHIP EQUIPPERS RATHER THAN CLUB MANAGERS
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
9. Killing others at the expense of dying for others.
10. Citizenship of the realm at the expense of commitment to Jesus
11. The kingdom of this world at the expense of the kingdom of God
9. LEARNING AND MODELING LEADERSHIP THAT LAYS DOWN ITS LIFE FOR OTHERS
10. RE-SHAPING LIFESTYLE ON THE BASED ON BEING A CITIZEN OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD
11. RESTORING KINGDOM OF GOD AS THE NORMAL PERSONAL AND COMMUNAL LIFESTYLE.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
12. Top down influence at the expense of power under influence.
13. The cross as a corporate symbol of power at the expense of the cross as an expression of love.
14. Professional ministry at the expense of ministry of the saints.
12.LEARNING HOW TO HAVE INFLUENCE BY ANOINTING NOT STATUS
13.LEARNING HOW TO LOVE INDISCRIMINATELY AND REDEMPTIVELY
14.LEARNING TO DO MAWL MINISTRY
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
15. Hierarchical systems at the expense of Holy Spirit anointed
16. Power of legislation at the expense of the power of the gospel
17. External ordering of behaviour at the expense of heart transformation.
15.LEARNING TO WORK AS A TEAM WHERE WE HONOUR ONE ANOTHER’S GIFTS.
16.REDISCOVERING THE REAL POWER OF REAL GOSPEL
17.CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT OF SEL-DISCOVERY AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
18. Old Testament principles at the expense of New Testament principles
19. Selective moral values at the expense of all-embracing Jesus values
20. Chaplaincy at the expense of five-fold equipping
21. Club Med at the expense of missionary training, sending and supporting
18. STAY WITH THE JESUS HERMENEUTIC
19. KEEP EMBRACING WHAT JESUS COMMANDED
20. DELIBERATELY PLAN FIVE FOLD EQUPPING OF ALL SAINTS
21. START A FIVE YEAR PLAN TO TRANSFORM YOUR CHURCH PROGRAM AND FACILITY INTO A MISSIONARY TRAINING, SENDING AND SUPPORT BASE
FOUR QUESTIONS
WHERE DID YOU GET IT?
WHAT WILL IT LOOK LIKE?
WHO DO I TELL?