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Page 1: What does it mean to be a - Baptist State Convention of ......•Idol of Success •Idol of the Gifted Leader •Idol of Busyness HOW TO BE THE CHURCH IN A POST-PANDEMIC WORLD 2. Return
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What does it mean to be a new testament church in our current reality?

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THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS DESTROYED THE 3 BASIC METRICS MANY NORTH AMERICAN CHURCHES USE TO MEASURE SUCCESS:

• Buildings - Physical campuses are empty

• Bodies - Attendance cannot be accurately counted and success cannot be

• Budgets - Giving has decreased radically (a trend that has already begun)

Problem

H O W T O B E T H E C H U R C H I N A P O S T - P A N D E M I C W O R L D

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What does faith look like when “going to church”

isn’t a part of it?

BLOWING UP THE NOTION OF

SUNDAY-ONLY FAITHWill God’s people be generous for the sake of loving one another when the

transactional expectation of receiving goods and services

ceases?

CHALLENGING CHRISTIANS TO GIVE

WITHOUT GETTING

3 WAYS THE CORONAVIRUS IS KILLING CONSUMER CHRISTIANITY:

B R E T T M C C R A C K E N , G O S P E L C O A L I T I O N , A P R I L 7 , 2 0 2 0

“What if God…is downshifting the American church into a mode of

simplicity, stripped of nonessentials, renewed in its fundamental identity

as the people of God?” quote in article from Duke Kwon

STRIPPING CHURCH OF EXCESS

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Opportunity:3 kinds of outcomes

SOME CHURCHES WILL CLOSEFragile churches

SOME WILL SURVIVEFigure out how to do business as usual

SOME WILL THRIVEForced to think differently, will discover the treaure of people!

C O L E

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REPENTRETURN

REIMAGINE

THIS IS A CALL TO:

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1. Repent• Idol of the Event• Idol of Success• Idol of the Gifted Leader• Idol of Busyness

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2. Return• Return to the New Testament vision

of Church

• Ask, “What is the essence of all that God intended us to be corporately?” (Chuck Wood, #NPL)

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What wesee in the NTACTS 2:37-47

• Worship• Discipleship• Ministry• Fellowship• Evangelism• Prayer

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What we see in the NTGathering (Circle)Bible Study (Book)Baptism (Water)Giving (Dollar Sign)Lord’s Supper (Bread & Cup)Fellowship (Heart)Prayer (Kneel)Worship (Raised Hands)Disciple-Making/Evangelism (Multipying)Caring Leaders (Smiling Faces)

A C T S a n d E P I S T L E S

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3 Essential Leadership Roles

1. Every Believer Ministering the Gospel2. Servant Deacons Caring for the

Vulnerable3. Pastors Equipping the Saints

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3. Reimagine• We will have to apply New Testament

principles to new modalities of practice.

• We must have imagination grounded in sound New Testament ecclesiology. “If we aren’t deliberate about thinking theologically and systemically about beliefs, then we hand the systems story of the church over to pop culture, mere pragmatism, or the many other prevailing forces that simply co-opt our thinking and doing,” (Hirsch and Ferguson, On the Verge, 152).

H O W T O B E T H E C H U R C H I N A P O S T - P A N D E M I C W O R L D

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Principles of Innovation• We must maintain mission as our catalyzing

principle.

• We must recognize that the pandemic will lead to a new - and still unknown - contextualization of missional approaches into a setting that will be a “new normal” at best.

• We must work together to share ideas and approaches!

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• Mission: How can we prepare and equip our members to live out the mission of God WITHOUT being dependent on a building or program?

• Leadership: How can you develop others to lead allowing pastors to focus on their primary ministry responsibilities?

• Fellowship: How can you organize and equip scattered members of your church to care for one another, minister to one another?

• Giving: How can you more effectively manage the budget well while thinking creatively about how to encourage giving?

Six-Week Cohorts

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TITLE HERE:

THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS DESTROYED THE 3 BASIC METRICS MANY NORTH AMERICAN CHURCHES USE TO MEASURE SUCCESS:

• Buildings - Physical campuses are empty

• Bodies - Attendance cannot be accurately counted and success cannot be

• Budgets - Giving has decreased radically (a trend that has already begun)

Cohorts of 8-10 people

•Role•Size

•Geography

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