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CONNECTing the dots

Bloom

Personal Calling

& Self Discovery

Neglected Pastoral Territory

Dr. Sam Rockwell

ORGANIZATIONIf you pastor a church you necessarily lead an organization.

1. You are in a modern organization if you:

• manage ______ • delegate ________ • aspire to accomplish collective _____ • have members who belong to other ____________ • interact with the ____ • live in the modern ______

moneyauthority

goals

organizationsIRS

world

ORGANIZATION

2. Leading a church requires us to attend to ___________ issues, learn organizational ______, and understand basic organizational ________.

organizationalskills

systems

If you pastor a church you necessarily lead an organization.

EVALUATION

We don’t want to be compared.

1. However, there are common “systems” in all churches that can be compared across _______, church _____, and leadership _____ . cultures sizesstyles

EVALUATION

We don’t want to be compared.

2. _________ evaluation reinforces alienation and insecurity; _________ it provides perspective and hope.

Resistinginviting

EVALUATION

We don’t want to be compared.

3. They _____________ the comparing/evaluation process so we can see where the church is strong and weak.

depersonalize

SYSTEMS

1. System thinking arises out of a “________________” view of organizations, instead of a strictly mechanical one.

living organism

Addressing “minimum factors” in a church system is not the mistake of “majoring on one’s weakness.”

SYSTEMS

2. A body operates on _________ systems that interact and are not entirely irreducible; that is, they depend on each other, but they also have their own operating system and particular functions in the body.

multiple

Addressing “minimum factors” in a church system is not the mistake of “majoring on one’s weakness.”

SYSTEMS

3. Examining the _____________ health gives us insight into how we might intelligently _________ in the system to bring greater _______ and efficiency to the whole.

entire system’s

intervenebalance

Addressing “minimum factors” in a church system is not the mistake of “majoring on one’s weakness.”

SYSTEMS

4. A ________ ________ helps us avoid attempting to fix chronic symptoms with inappropriate methods.

system’s diagnosis

Addressing “minimum factors” in a church system is not the mistake of “majoring on one’s weakness.”

SYSTEMS

5. A leader should build on her personal ________. strengths

Addressing “minimum factors” in a church system is not the mistake of “majoring on one’s weakness.”

SYSTEMS

6. Addressing _______ organizational systems is the ____ of overall leadership and is the most important function of a__________..

weakjob

lead-pastor

Addressing “minimum factors” in a church system is not the mistake of “majoring on one’s weakness.”

SYSTEMS

7. It is this responsibility of ______ and ________ the whole church that defines this role more than any other task.

seeingleading

Addressing “minimum factors” in a church system is not the mistake of “majoring on one’s weakness.”

SYSTEMS

8. These church system-diagnostics have been tested thousands of times in almost every global culture.

SYSTEMS

9. Evaluating your church systems is not a __________ on your personal competency. It is a way of _________ you to see the “whole” so you can organize wisely.

referendumenabling

Addressing “minimum factors” in a church system is not the mistake of “majoring on one’s weakness.”

Connecting Community

Chad Carroll

BASIC CONCEPTS

THE TANGIBLE KINGDOM

INSERT TEASER VIDEO HERE.

BASIC CONCEPTS

THE TANGIBLE KINGDOM

BASIC CONCEPTS

THE TANGIBLE KINGDOM

BASIC CONCEPTS

1. _______ :The good news of Jesus, capable of ___________ everything about a person, their community, and their world.

transforming

Gospel

THE TANGIBLE KINGDOM

BASIC CONCEPTS

2. __________________ :Individuals actively committed to living a "_____" life in the context of community.

sent

THE TANGIBLE KINGDOM

Missional People

BASIC CONCEPTS

3. _____________ :A spiritually_________________ God seeker who is_____________ with the missional community.

interacting

THE TANGIBLE KINGDOM

disorientedSojourner

BASIC CONCEPTS

4. ________________________ :A ______________________ with the posture, tone, motives, and Heart of Jesus; those who physically represent him in a particular location.

Group of people

THE TANGIBLE KINGDOM

CommunityIncarnational

BASIC CONCEPTS

5.__________ :The _________ of the body; the way a person or community expresses itself to others, especially in __________ ways.

THE TANGIBLE KINGDOM

attitudePosture

nonverbal

BASIC CONCEPTS

6. ____________________:Moving beyond knowledge-based discipleship to _______________ __________ , with the goal of living like Jesus lived.

THE TANGIBLE KINGDOM

action-oriented

Apprenticeship

fellowship

BASIC CONCEPTS

7.______________:The natural and deliberate process of __________ among, ___________ to, and ______ people in culture with the desire to connect them to the Christian community.

THE TANGIBLE KINGDOM

living

Living Out

lovinglistening

WEEKLEY THEMES

THE TANGIBLE KINGDOM

MissionalIncarnationalGospelCommunityLivingInvitingApprenticeIntuitive

BASIC RYHTHMS

DAY 1 __________________________ Introduces you to the subject of the

week and provide__________, _________, and ___________ to help you begin to get an understanding of the concepts.

definitionsstoriesthoughts

EXPLORATION

BASIC RYHTHMS

DAY 2 __________________________ A scripture or two to ______ in for a

little while. soak

MEDITATION

BASIC RYHTHMS

DAY 3__________________________Where we start to get ________. What

does this idea mean in your life? How would your life be _________ if you began to let it be changed by the Gospel? 

seriousCHANGE

different

BASIC RYHTHMS

DAY 4 __________________________Moving from _________ change to

__________ .   It’s about putting it into practice with practical ideas for taking action each week.

ACTION

feetheart

BASIC RYHTHMS

DAY 5 ________________________ COMMUNITY

BASIC RYHTHMS

DAY 5 ________________________ When you get together with the other

members of your community for some much needed ___________________ and testimony times.

COMMUNITY

encouragement

BASIC RYHTHMS

DAY 6 __________________________ Revisit the theme for the week from a

different ___________ and give you some additional things to think about as you allow God to bring transformation to your life.

CALIBRATION

angle

BASIC RYHTHMS

DAY 7 __________________________ RECREATE

BASIC RYHTHMS

DAY 7 __________________________ A deserved _______ day intended for a Sabbath rest to help recalibrate.

RECREATErest

THE LAMB’S AGENDA

GUILLERMO PUPPO

SECULAR RELIGION

Secular religion video goes on this page

THE NEXUS OF THE CROSS

At the cross, the vertical bar says: “Love your God”, and in the horizontal bar says: “Love your neighbor as yourself”. They _____________ .work together

Secular Religion tries to ______ the elements of the cross.

DIVIDE AND CONQUER

divide

God’s __________ is the highest valueBelieve in the _____. God is in _______.Pursue holiness, ___________________

________ and from sin.Be a witness, a _______________ about

God and Hell.Love my neighbor: ___________

________?

VERTICAL: LOVE YOUR GOD

Who is my

prophetic voice

separation from

controlBiblesupremacy

the world

neighbor

A Spiritual Message

Weakenings:

Spiritual Apathy: Lack of ______________and a _________________of God’s people.

Ecclesiastical Indifference: Lukewarm, disconnected, and ____________________ of today.

VERTICAL: LOVE YOUR GOD

fire and passion

A Spiritual Message

spiritually inept church

consumer mentality

An _________________

are the highest value.

All values/beliefs are valid as to the ______________________.

Love your God? _______________?

HORIZONTAL: “Love your Neighbor”A Secular Message

Individual’s Rights

Who is God

pursuit of happiness

Weakenings:

Moral Relativism:

The _____________________.

Cultural Decadence: __________________________________.

HORIZONTAL: “Love your Neighbor”A Secular Message

absence of absolute truth

Approval of open public sin.

“UNITE” and CONQUERVertical and Horizontal Messages

united they are strongSeparated they are weak; ___________________.

The Elephant’s agenda is: Let’s love God and let God rule. We are the

____________. We will rule.

The Donkey’s agenda is: Let’s love our neighbor, and let the people rule. We are

the __________________. We will rule.

THE LAMB’S AGENDA

friends of God

friends of the people

Love ___________________________.

Be ______________________.

Do ___________________.

Pray for ________________________

___________________.

THE LAMB’S AGENDA

the New Jerusalem and

Washington D.C.

your God and your neighbor

prophetic and practical

prayer and activism

THE LAMB’S AGENDA

Spiritual and Secular Messages

sacredWhen the spiritual and the secular messages unite, they become “___________”.

SACRED SecularSpiritual

RECONCILIATION

Bonhoeffer video goes on this page

The American church was having a ____________!

Trying to keep him “___________

________________”.There were ministry/traveling

_____________.“I will become a ________to everything I

believe in.”Loyalty to Hitler = ________________.

BONHOEFFER

great time

Agent of Grace

Happy andpreoccupied

opportunitiesliving lie

worship in peace

Bonhoeffer was committed to (both/and)

Biblical Truth and social justiceWorship and activismThe Church and the weak

BONHOEFFER

Agent of Grace

CASE STUDY

Mammon: MaterialismMoloch: Genocide (abortion)Aphrodite: Sex and beautyApollo: Art and intelligence (Science)Dionysus: God of wine, parties and festivals,

madness, chaos, drunkenness, drugs, and ecstasy.

Zeus: Power, control, and order.

Pagan gods who controlled society in biblical times:

CASE STUDY

What “god” is influencing my context?

What is keeping me “happy and preoccupied” within the church, distracting me from issues around me?

What kind of “both/and” commitment do I need to make?

CONNECTing the dots

Bloom

Personal Calling

& Self Discovery

GATEWAY DISTRICT

At A Glance

Dr. Sam Rockwell