A grant of $1 Million dollars has been given to your church. Stipulations on the grant allow you to do only 2 things.
1. Spend the money on a new church building.
2. Hire 3 couples at a cost of $52,500.00 per year to come into your community and minister. With compounded interest you would have these ministry couples in place for at least 7 years.
Which choice would your church make? why?
What is the missional choice?
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Thursday, March 04, 2010
Which Church is a "church" - Missional Question?
I had a discussion with a friend recently about a church "plant" they are involved with that doesnt meet a particular denominations idea of a church plant.
1. Their church plant is a melting pot each week of: broken families, drunks, high teenagers, single moms, disabled vets and homeless and hungry. Each week they have no idea who will show up to the Bible study, but each week they get a chance to minister to those in need.
2. Then theres another church plant: each Sunday they have 65 people, half dozen families, some singles and some seniors. These members are stable and have been believers for years. Each week they come, give their tithes and offerings, praise a little, pray a little, listen to the sermon and leave.
Guess which church gets the denominations financing and support........................
church number 2!
Why is that?
What has happened to the church when doing ministry isn't considered doing ministry?
1. Their church plant is a melting pot each week of: broken families, drunks, high teenagers, single moms, disabled vets and homeless and hungry. Each week they have no idea who will show up to the Bible study, but each week they get a chance to minister to those in need.
2. Then theres another church plant: each Sunday they have 65 people, half dozen families, some singles and some seniors. These members are stable and have been believers for years. Each week they come, give their tithes and offerings, praise a little, pray a little, listen to the sermon and leave.
Guess which church gets the denominations financing and support........................
church number 2!
Why is that?
What has happened to the church when doing ministry isn't considered doing ministry?
Monday, March 01, 2010
Missional - What it means to me
Having been blogging about missional things for years now - Ive had alot of time to consider what missional means.
Here's my definition:
To be Missional is to live out your belief,
in your community - where you live and with who you live,
using all your gifting - freely and enthusiastically,
confessing your imperfection and realizing all are imperfect,
being Christ's hands,
seeing the needs as God sees them and responding accordingly,
living moment by moment in communion with God,
sharing my blessings with others,
helping others to see Jesus and ABBA,
growing daily in grace and knowledge of them.
Being who I was created to be.
Now I know thats not what many would say is a "good" definition. But this is what its become to me.
Missional is my way of life. I dont take it off and put it on. It "is" me. It's not my church. Although a church can be missional. It's people walking out a lifestyle. Missional is a choice I make.
Here's my definition:
To be Missional is to live out your belief,
in your community - where you live and with who you live,
using all your gifting - freely and enthusiastically,
confessing your imperfection and realizing all are imperfect,
being Christ's hands,
seeing the needs as God sees them and responding accordingly,
living moment by moment in communion with God,
sharing my blessings with others,
helping others to see Jesus and ABBA,
growing daily in grace and knowledge of them.
Being who I was created to be.
Now I know thats not what many would say is a "good" definition. But this is what its become to me.
Missional is my way of life. I dont take it off and put it on. It "is" me. It's not my church. Although a church can be missional. It's people walking out a lifestyle. Missional is a choice I make.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Being Missional is Personal
In the time that has occurred since I last posted it seems there's been a lot of arguing going on.
Big church vs small church
IC vs missional/emerging
Jesus vs Paul
traditional theology vs missional theology
I'm really confused by all of this. It seems that when I started on the missional path, the folks I met were content to travel their own personal missional road. Now some of them have a voice and they want to argue and fight about who's right.
To me the idea of a missional journey is personal and it sucks in those closest to me. I care only about what those I'm responsible for think and what God thinks. I'm not looking to be right - just faithful.
Conversation is great. Exchanging ideas is wonderful. But using the very breath Im given to argue about about who is "right" and who is "wrong" is heart breaking to me.
My walk is my walk. I'm thankful to everyone who finds it valuable to read my thoughts and I look forward to many conversations concerning God's Missional plan for you, me and His bride.
Big church vs small church
IC vs missional/emerging
Jesus vs Paul
traditional theology vs missional theology
I'm really confused by all of this. It seems that when I started on the missional path, the folks I met were content to travel their own personal missional road. Now some of them have a voice and they want to argue and fight about who's right.
To me the idea of a missional journey is personal and it sucks in those closest to me. I care only about what those I'm responsible for think and what God thinks. I'm not looking to be right - just faithful.
Conversation is great. Exchanging ideas is wonderful. But using the very breath Im given to argue about about who is "right" and who is "wrong" is heart breaking to me.
My walk is my walk. I'm thankful to everyone who finds it valuable to read my thoughts and I look forward to many conversations concerning God's Missional plan for you, me and His bride.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Ok time for the Becoming Missional relaunch
The site has been updated.
It's time to get back to the business of sparking discussion!
check back - sign up and let's see where the Spirit leads.
Monday, December 07, 2009
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Missional Hair
When is hair not hair but missional hair?
When your daughter donates her hair to Locks of Love
Im glad my children understand how to love others. It makes me proud to know they see the need to show Christ's love. Even in little ways.
When your daughter donates her hair to Locks of Love
Im glad my children understand how to love others. It makes me proud to know they see the need to show Christ's love. Even in little ways.
Been Awhile
Been awhile Since Ive posted.
Needless to say - dealing with a serious issue from my past.
Hopefully in a time Ill be able to share the story of how what happened then brought me to my missional position.
For now please continue to pray for me and my family.
Thanks
Needless to say - dealing with a serious issue from my past.
Hopefully in a time Ill be able to share the story of how what happened then brought me to my missional position.
For now please continue to pray for me and my family.
Thanks
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Missional - A chance to do something
Monday, May 28, 2007
Missional - Its harder to compete with so much choice
Check out this article:
GM dealers offer Toyota test drives
Now you can compare similar cars all at one place. Choice run rampant.
Whats it mean to the church?
Well first off it means we can't compete! We must stand on our distictives. Those things that set us apart from everyone else.
We can't be "similar" we must be distictive! If we are similar to something we will get shopped like every other product.
The church must stop acting like a product as well. The church is the sum of its people and its mission. Not its building and its programs.
What does your church stand out with?
GM dealers offer Toyota test drives
Now you can compare similar cars all at one place. Choice run rampant.
Whats it mean to the church?
Well first off it means we can't compete! We must stand on our distictives. Those things that set us apart from everyone else.
We can't be "similar" we must be distictive! If we are similar to something we will get shopped like every other product.
The church must stop acting like a product as well. The church is the sum of its people and its mission. Not its building and its programs.
What does your church stand out with?
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Volunteers In Service Blog
Great stuff
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