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A different kind of church
@simongharrisburlingtonbaptist.org.uk
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Why do we need a different kind of church?
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What is your church strategy for discipleship & mission?
A question:
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• PRAGMATISM: - It’s not working !
–Huge Commitment, effort–Easter Sunday/Christmas Events–Best Evangelistic moments
These things have worked
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• PRINCIPLE: - It’s not as much like Jesus as we had thought
–Come follow me
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We are CALLED to be
fishers of men
not managers of the
aquarium
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Thinking of JESUS
as the model
His core DNA His Strategy
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Jesus’s core DNA3 relationships in balance
• UP–Luke 6:12
• IN–Luke 6:13-16
• OUT–Luke 6:17-19
How balanced are we ?
His core DNA
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His core DNA
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His core DNA
We share over 97% of our DNA with Gorillas
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Jesus’s core DNA3 relationships in balance
• UP–Luke 6:12
• IN–Luke 6:13-16
• OUT–Luke 6:17-19
How balanced are we ?
His core DNA
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Thinking of JESUS
as the model
His core DNA His Strategy
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Jesus’s Strategy(Principles)
• Incarnation not attraction–John 1:14
• Relationships not programmes–Mark 3:14
• Apprenticeship (learning through doing)–Mark 1:16
• Life together not events together–Mark 8:27
• Meeting felt needs first–Mark 2:8-10
His Strategy
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• Go .... v1• Speak peace (pray) v5• Look for the Person of Peace v6• Connect (Relationship/involvement) “Stay” v
7 (NB House = household/network)• Meet felt needs (in Kingdom power) v8-9• Proclaim Kingdom v9
His Strategy Jesus’s Strategy(The Practice: Lk 10)
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Can you identify a person of peace?
A question:
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Jesus’s whole approach
• Connecting with people where they are
• Staying with people where they are
• Meeting their needs where they are
• Proclaiming the kingdom where they are
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Jesus’s whole approach
• Connecting with people where they are–Connecting with those who come to us
• Staying with people where they are–Staying with those who come to us
• Meeting their needs where they are–Meeting the needs we tell them they have
• Proclaiming the kingdom where they are –Proclaim the kingdom where we are
typical church ….
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Jesus turns OUR
approach inside out
burlingtonbaptist.org.uk/insideout
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Thinking of JESUS
as the model
His core DNA His Strategy
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To reach those NO-ONE ELSE
is reaching
we need to do what
no-one else is doing.
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So ......
• We need a new balance• We need a different strategy
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How?
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Something is missing
Three types of Gathering
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Three types of gathering
• Cell (up to 12)–discipleship making
• Personal space
• Community group (up to 50/70)–ministry and mission in community
• Social space
• Celebration (beyond 70)–unity momentum & celebration
• Public space
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Community-style group is missing
• We have lost community style group–even when our numbers are that size we treat it
like a celebration
• Community style group is key for Jesus’ strategy –used 12 to develop the 72
• Community style group is what the Bible calls church in the majority of cases 25
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Biblical Church
• Go to a household “oikos” Luke 10:5–Oikos = immediate social network
• Start and grow church within the “oikos”–Acts 16:15, Acts 11:11-18, Mark 5:19,
• Church grew through “oikos” networks–Romans 16 (at least 5 “oikos”)–Philippians 4:22 –Ephesians 4:25, 1 Corinthians 14:26
26No mention of “going to church!”
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So we need ...
• to fill the gap with something that–takes seriously Jesus’s model for mission
–takes seriously the predominant Biblical expression of church
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What?
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An introduction
Missional Communities
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What is a Missional Community?
• A mid sized group seeking to recover Biblical oikos (household)
• A group that balances up - in - out • A group that is defined by a particular
missional network (Driven by ‘out’)• Lay led (flexible, low maintenance)• A community not an event• Orbits around the celebration
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Strengths of MC
• Much greater outreach potential • Much greater connection• Much greater sense all involved in the real
deal–not mostly in supporting roles
• Learning by doing (apprenticeship)–(not learning by others talking about them or others
doing it)
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Starting a MC• Leader(s) with a clear vision
–Holy discontent/passion–Rooted in a network or neighbourhood–within the overall vision of the church
• Leader held in low control/high accountability relationship–Huddles
• Others in support of that vision • A discipling culture
–Feeding & being fed–Learning through doing
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What would be your missional vision?
A question:
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A story
Missional Communities
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some examples
Missional Communities
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start where you are
Final Challenge
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Start where you are
• In which neighbourhood or network has God placed me?
• Who might be my person of peace there?
• What does it mean to stay there, serve there and be good news there?
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please feel free to stay and chat or go as soon as you are ready
Questions
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