session 2- launch the lifeboats - taking our cue from jesus and something is missing

8/4/2019 Session 2- Launch the Lifeboats - Taking Our Cue From Jesus and Something is Missing

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Taking our cue fromJESUS

His core DNA

His StrategyHis disciple-

making culture


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Jesuss 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

We share over 97%of our DNA withGorillas


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Jesuss 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 DNAHis disciple-

making culture

His Strategy


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Our Current Strategy

Before thinking about Jesus strategy letsthink clearly about our own.

Summary:Come to us, do our thing, our way

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Overwhelmingly attractional and eventorientated

Key Components Sundays (B)

Small Groups (S)

act of Service (T) (serve the organisation)

Text

Come to us, to do our thing, our way


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Other Components Puzzling Questions

Other church groupings



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Shafts of light Tiddlywinks/Toy Library

Community Engagement



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CURRENTcontext

SUNDAYS- Come to us- Join our thing

SERVICE- Help us do

our thing

SMALL GROUPS- Come to us- Join our thing

OUTREACH- Attractpeople to

our thing


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CURRENTcontext

SUNDAYS- Come to us- Join our thing

SERVICE- Help us do

our thing

SMALL GROUPS- Come to us- Join our thing

OUTREACH- Attractpeople to

our thingMaking disciples

Some observations about thisstrategy:

- its not very effective- its very labour intensive

- puts disproportionate pressure onkey roles


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making culture

His Strategy


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Jesuss Strategy

(Principles) Incarnation not attractionJohn 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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Jesuss Strategy

(Principles) Incarnation not attractionJohn 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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Jesuss 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 kingdomwhere they are

Proclaim the kingdom where we are

Burlington .


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DIFFERENTcontext

Incarnationalnot attractional

Engaging with& within

community*;not callingpeople out

*Neighbourhood &networks

Going to themnot callingthem to us

Proclaimingin their

context not

oursMaking disciples

Meeting their needsfirst not imposing our


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making culture

His Strategy


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Jesus modelled:support & challenge

support or challenge?

Matthew 16:13-25Mark 3:13-15 cf. Mark 1:17

Relationalproximityrequired!

His disciple-making culture

His leadership was

High Support

High Challenge


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making culture

His Strategy


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To reachthose NO-ONE ELSE

is reaching

we need to do whatno-one else

is doing.


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making culture

His Strategy


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So ......

We need a new balance

We need a different strategy

We need to create a different environment

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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 groupis missing

We have lost community style group

even when our numbers are that size we treat itlike a celebration

Community style group is key for Jesusstrategy

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Community style group is what the Biblecalls church in the majority of cases 31


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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

32No mention of going to church!


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So we need ...

to fill the gap with something that

takes seriously Jesuss model for mission

takes seriously the predominant Biblicalexpression of church

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What?

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