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The Acts 16:5 InitiativeThe Acts 16:5 InitiativeDevelop a Defining VisionDevelop a Defining Vision
Sidney Crosby
We must be thePeople of God
before we do the work of the
People of God
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The The SeventhSeventh Panel Panel
The Acts 16:5 Initiative - two yearsSeminars – concepts of transformational and missional ministry – for pastors and congregational teams
Vision Team – meets with the pastor and within the umbrella of the Church Council to consider ways to apply Acts 16:5 concepts – comprised of imaginative, initiative-taking, respected people.
Pastor Clusters – groups of four or five pastors that meet for Word-Share-Prayer and to offer mutual encouragement and accountability
Support from the coaches of the Vital Churches Institute.
Launch Seminar Awaken a New Expectation Gathering 1 Transformational Fellowship
Gathering 2 Transformational Discipleship
Gathering 3 Transformational Missional Endeavor
Gathering 4 Transformational Worship and of Generosity
Ministry Design
Awaken a High Awaken a High Expectation!Expectation!
Ministry Design Module 1Ministry Design Module 1
Church size is not a factorChurch size is not a factor
Some of the challengesSome of the challengeswe face in the we face in the churchchurch
“The congregation paradigm describes most of North American religions and it’s failing. Why? Because it’s not prepared to cope with the quality of turmoil people are experiencing in their personal lives.”
- Carl George
incline
recline
decline
Incline
Recline
Decline
Where in the lifecycle is your congregation? Which way is it moving?
Some of the challengesSome of the challengeswe face in the we face in the cultureculture
This Is Generation Flux (The Fast Company 1/9/12)
Flux is not merely “change.” Flux is continuous change.
Some things are not in flux!
The Love of the God whoSustains us
The love of the people ofGod who encourage us
Our love for those toWhom God sends us
Yet many things are in flux! DJ Patil explains, "There are sometimes when you can predict weather well for the next 15 days. Other times, you can only really forecast a couple of days. Sometimes you can't predict the next two hours." The business [and ministry] climate, it turns out, is a lot like the weather. We've entered a next two-hours era.
In times of rapid In times of rapid change what you change what you know can mislead you. know can mislead you. Michael MarquardtMichael Marquardt
Michael Marquardt
One of the things that limits our learning
is our belief that we already know something.
L. David Marquet – Turn the Ship Around p.9
This calls for a new humility
and a faith-shift
Make Vision Shift 1Make Vision Shift 1Shift from your present hopes for Shift from your present hopes for your congregationyour congregation’’s future to the s future to the high expectation that God has a high expectation that God has a transformational future for your transformational future for your church.church.
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Ministry Design Module 2Ministry Design Module 2
Your CongregationYour Congregation’’ssDefining Vision?Defining Vision?
The The ““TraditionalTraditional”” approach approach to ministry (recline).to ministry (recline).
WHAT WILL BE THE OUTCOME
IF YOU KEEP ON DOING
WHAT YOU ALWAYS HAVE DONE?
The The ““TransformationalTransformational””approach to ministry approach to ministry (incline)(incline)
A new A new expectationexpectation
A clear visionA clear vision
Boring? Or Bubbling?
Make Vision Shift 2Make Vision Shift 2Shift from merely running Shift from merely running programs to implementing a programs to implementing a vision for ministry.vision for ministry.
VisionVision Shifting Shifting
What is the nature of your congregation’s Defining Vision?
Traditional or Transformational or Transitional?
BLESS and ADDBLESS and ADD
Building a Church from Scratch
Twelve Dynamic ShiftsTwelve Dynamic Shifts
Make Vision Shift 1Make Vision Shift 1Shift from your present hopes for Shift from your present hopes for your congregationyour congregation’’s future to the s future to the high expectation that God has a high expectation that God has a transformational future for your transformational future for your church.church.
Make Vision Shift 2Make Vision Shift 2Shift from merely running Shift from merely running programs to implementing a programs to implementing a vision for ministry.vision for ministry.
Refine Your Defining VisionRefine Your Defining VisionMinistry Design Module 3Ministry Design Module 3
Be who God wants you to be
andyou will set the world on fire!Catherine of
Siena
Life-Changing Transformational Ministry
The Foundation of a Vision for Ministry
Vital Sign 1:Vital Sign 1:Spirit-Driven (Spirit-Spirit-Driven (Spirit-Given)Given)
Vital Sign 2:Vital Sign 2:Biblically-BasedBiblically-Based
Vital Sign 3:Vital Sign 3:Discipleship-DirectedDiscipleship-Directed
Virtually every study reveals our diminishing fruitfulness in growing disciples of Jesus – by almost any measure!
Stephen Prothero: Religious Literacy
Vital Sign 4:Vital Sign 4:Need-ResponsiveNeed-Responsive
Vital Sign 5:Vital Sign 5:““Gathered-ScatteredGathered-Scattered”” AttentiveAttentive
Gathered (Spectrum of MINISTRY)Gathered (Spectrum of MINISTRY)
Scattered (Spectrum of MINISTRY)Scattered (Spectrum of MINISTRY)
Vital Sign 6:Vital Sign 6:Principle-PatternedPrinciple-Patterned
The Devotional Life
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People Eyes
Vital Sign 7:Vital Sign 7:Reflectively-PracticedReflectively-Practiced
Life-Changing Transformational Ministry
The Foundation of a Vision for Ministry
Glorify GodGrow Disciples
Meet Human Need
Know and experience the God who Know and experience the God who loves youloves you
1. “Touching Jesus” – encouraging growth in personal faith 2.Lift up your heart Shift to the high expectation that God has a vital future for you. 3. Begin a devotional life of prayer and Bible reading at home. 4. “Word-Share-Prayer” with others. “Be the people of God before doing the work of the people of God.”
Equip and care for the people God Equip and care for the people God gives yougives you
1. “Offer Appreciation and expectation in every conversation!” 2. Show hospitality. Encourage the practice of the deipnon –
the lingering meal with “silver and gold.”
3. People eyes – seeing people through the eyes of Jesus – becoming alert to the needs of the people God gives us.
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Engage and serve the World Engage and serve the World to which God sends youto which God sends you
Use the Halverson Benediction for yourself and with the congregation and with its groups:
Wherever you go, God is sending you. Wherever you are God has a purpose in you being there. Christ who indwells you has something he wants to do through you where you are! Believe it and go in his grace and power. Richard C. Halverson
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In the examples of Defining Vision statements on pages 18-19 see how many of the three dimensions of the church you see in each one.
A 3-D Vision
Leadership MattersLeadership MattersLeadership Module 1Leadership Module 1
Road Blocks to Transformation:
Complacency
Be Happy Don’t Worry
Change or Die - The Fast Company
All leadership comes down to this: changing people's behavior. Why is that so damn hard? Science offers some surprising new answers -- and ways to do better.
Change or Die? What if you were given that choice? For real. What if it weren't just the hyperbolic rhetoric that conflates corporate performance with life and death... We're talking actual life or death now. Your own life or death. What if a well-informed, trusted authority figure said you had to make difficult and enduring changes in the way you think and act? If you didn't, your time would end soon -- a lot sooner than it had to. Could you change when change really mattered? When it mattered most?
Yes, you say?Try again.Yes?You're probably deluding yourself.You wouldn't change.Don't believe it? You want odds? Here are the odds, the scientifically studied odds: nine to one. That's nine to one against you. How do you like those odds?
On the decline of Rome: “Everyone aimed at security: no one accepted responsibility. What was plainly lacking, long before the barbarian invasions had done their work, long before economic dislocations became serious, was an inner go. Rome’s life was now an imitation of life: a mere holding on. Security was the watchword — as if life knew any other stability than through constant change, or any form of security except through a constant willingness to take risks.”
The Condition of Man – Lewis Mumford
Quoted in http://thingamy.typepad.com October 6, 2010
Turf
Don’t Change it
Limited Bandwidth
The Pressure of Present Demand
The Law of Present Demand
The Pressure of Present Demand
The Routine of Present Demand
The Comfort of Present demand
Irregular People
Everyone and every church
has someone in
their lives who isn’t quite right
in the head!
Technical ChallengesTechnical ChallengesChallenges for which you have Challenges for which you have adequate knowledge and an adequate knowledge and an acceptable solution.acceptable solution.
Adaptive ChallengesAdaptive ChallengesChallenges for which you do not Challenges for which you do not have an adequate or effective have an adequate or effective solution.solution.
ApplicationApplicationTake the Adventure Module 1Take the Adventure Module 1
Greek: the more you know the more educated
you are!
Hebrew: you are as educated as you do what
you know!
Moving from Greek to Hebrew equals “transfer”
of Acts 16:5 Initiative concepts into into life.
The Acts 16:5 InitiativeSeminars – concepts of transformational and missional ministry – for pastors and congregational teams
Vision Team – meets with the pastor and within the umbrella of the Church Council to consider ways to apply Acts 16:5 concepts – comprised of imaginative, initiative-taking, respected people.
Pastor Clusters – groups of four or five pastors that meet for Word-Share-Prayer and to offer mutual encouragement and accountability
Support from the coaches of the Vital Churches Institute.
Launch Seminar Awaken a New Expectation Gathering 1 Transformational Fellowship
Gathering 2 Transformational Discipleship
Gathering 3 Transformational Missional Endeavor
Gathering 4 Transformational Worship and of Generosity
Next Steps:
Applying the concepts of the Acts 16:5 Initiative
The Session
The Vision Team
© 2006 E. Stanley Ott
church church sizesize
Becoming like Christ
together for the World
Where are we going?Where are we going?
Take the adventure the Take the adventure the LordLordhas for you – and begin!has for you – and begin!
Lift up your heartLift up your heart
Finis
Finis
Finis
