John ch 20
The focus should be on gods work not ours. God invites us to join us in His work. Passages about God sending Jesus were highlighted.
The focus of this mission work was not with aboriginals or other countries but rather our own culture.
Getting the church into the world. Having a Lutheran church his grandchildren would want to be part of was one of his goals.
Now people will go to a funeral but not go inside. What do we actually mean by church.The building? Rather it is the people of god gathering around what god does for us by his spirit through his word and sacrament with Christ as the cornerstone and us the building.
The three categories for mission are churched de-churched un-churched.
The de churched are still witnessing outside. Success is wrongly measured by Sunday attendance.
90% of pastoral ministry don't daily read their bible. There are people who wont fit into our church culture. Should we not work at forming church for them. Pleasing people. For the most part we are following the confessions. The divine service is not bound by culture. It is outside of culture
We don't try and sell resources. Resources for pastors. Feedback is excitement and more positive than anything they have done.
Planning for mission. A one day strategic planning meeting. A mission statement, values, goals, ways of measuring them. In some situations helpful. But it might be starting at the wrong place.
Pastors working with church alignment. Willingness to work together between congregations. Everything involves structures and therefore programs. The future comes from a better understanding of who we are in his world.
The focus should be on gods work not ours. God invites us to join us in His work. Passages about God sending Jesus were highlighted.
The focus of this mission work was not with aboriginals or other countries but rather our own culture.
Getting the church into the world. Having a Lutheran church his grandchildren would want to be part of was one of his goals.
Now people will go to a funeral but not go inside. What do we actually mean by church.The building? Rather it is the people of god gathering around what god does for us by his spirit through his word and sacrament with Christ as the cornerstone and us the building.
The three categories for mission are churched de-churched un-churched.
The de churched are still witnessing outside. Success is wrongly measured by Sunday attendance.
90% of pastoral ministry don't daily read their bible. There are people who wont fit into our church culture. Should we not work at forming church for them. Pleasing people. For the most part we are following the confessions. The divine service is not bound by culture. It is outside of culture
We don't try and sell resources. Resources for pastors. Feedback is excitement and more positive than anything they have done.
Planning for mission. A one day strategic planning meeting. A mission statement, values, goals, ways of measuring them. In some situations helpful. But it might be starting at the wrong place.
Pastors working with church alignment. Willingness to work together between congregations. Everything involves structures and therefore programs. The future comes from a better understanding of who we are in his world.
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