purpose & guiding principles starting out on the right foot by creating a missional community
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Purpose & Guiding Principles
Starting Out on the Right Foot By
Creating a Missional Community
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Then and Now
• Then:• Forming caring and
well trained leaders for a non-missional church.
• Now:• Forming missional
leaders for a missional church
What we need: Forming Missional Leaders for a Non-missional church
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Three Keys to Effective and Healthy Ministry
(From an evangelism study of the ELCA)
• Leadership – a culture of team leadership where clergy and laity work together as a team. Leaders help congregations develop the following:– Purpose – a clear sense by the congregation
of what God is calling them to do– Willingness to change – a spirit of openness
that is willing to initiate change to be faithful and effective
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Healthy and Missional Congregations
Jesus Christ
Purpose/Vision Willing to Change Ecclesiology
Foundation forMinistry
Basic Building BlocksMission clarityFlexible/ResilientConnected
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Purpose
• Grounded in God’s mission• God’s purpose for your ministry• The lens for everything you do –
keeps team and/or congregation focused
• Helps determine course of action (reference point for decision making)
• Involve a lot of people as you work toward this for the congregation
• Use the purpose to identify the church and include in worship, flyers, bulletins, letters, signs, etc.
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Guiding Principles
• Values that are in the vision that we can begin to practice now – may conflict with present behaviors.
• These are embodied in our decisions – provide guidance to help achieve the purpose.
• In the present we need accountability to help us stay the course.
• Should be in sentences that have “I/we” or “God” as the subject and imply behaviors/actions. (i.e. - “Jesus is Lord and Savior” is expressed better as “We follow Jesus as Lord and Savior”_
• Example from Bethel Lutheran Church
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What in the World is God Up to?
What in the World is God Up to?
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Keeping our feet planted with God and
God’s world
Keeping our feet planted with God and
God’s world
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A Look at Acts
• Acts 2:14-39
• Acts 5:12-16
• Acts 10:34-48
• Acts 18:1-8…
The Story of Acts
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God’s MissionDear world,I am on a mission…
Love, God
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Another Look at Acts
• Acts 1:6-11
• Acts 2:1-11
• Acts 6:1-7
• Acts 8:26-40
• Acts 10:34-48
The Story of Acts
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God’s Purpose for the Church
Dear world,
I have given this world the church. And so, my purpose for the church is
Love,
God
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God’s Mission & the ChurchOur purpose is to be about God’s mission…
To be a witness to and A participant in…
God’s mission to bless and save all of creation
Our purpose is to be about God’s mission…
To be a witness to and A participant in…
God’s mission to bless and save all of creation
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Clarity – Making behavioral claims
• Jesus is Lord and Savior• Deepening faith
strengthens our discipleship
• Everyone is a minister• God sends us as gifts to
the world.• We love to tell the story.• We invite all to join us in
God’s work.
• We follow Jesus as our Lord and Savior.
• We deepen our faith to strengthen our discipleship.
• We honor, equip and encourage the ministry of every person.
• God sends us as gifts to the world.
• We love to tell the story.• We invite all to join us in
God’s work.
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Some Resources
• Look at vibrant congregations – most of them have core values or guiding principles
• Retreat format in the back of Living Lutheran I still retain copyright on. We can post on synod web site.