Welcome to the Chicago City Impact Roundtable

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Welcome to the Chicago City Impact Roundtable
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Let us worship together
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Let us pray together
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 City Impact RoundtableA National
InitiativeHosted by One Great City

• Sponsored by
• World Vision Chicago
• Illinois Prayer Network
• City First Foundation
• National Pastors Prayer Network
• faithHighway

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CIRs are taking place thisspring summer in

• Southern California
• New York State
• St. Louis, Missouri
• Austin, Texas
• Cedar Rapids, Iowa
• Youngstown, Ohio
• Atlanta, Georgia
• Birmingham, Alabama

New York State
Cedar Rapids
St Louis
Youngstown
Southern California
Birmingham
Austin
Atlanta
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In 2004 And Pending...        
Ottawa, Canada
Pacific Northwest
Sacramento
Denver
San Francisco

• Baltimore, Maryland        Ottawa,
  Canada        Phoenix, Arizona        San
  Francisco, California        Sacramento,
  California        Pacific, Northwest        Flor
  ida ... Possibly Denver

Phoenix
Florida
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 CITY IMPACT ROUNDTABLE

• CIR is a meeting of Christian leaders prayerfully
  seeking the unity of the Church for holistic
  evangelism and revival.
• CIR is affiliated with the Mission America
  Coalition
• Christian leaders from over 80 denominations
• 300 servant ministry organization
• 50 ministry networks,
• Each sharing the vision of bringing together
• The whole Church to pray over and discuss how to
  work together in taking the whole Gospel to the
  whole City.

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Our Format

• Brief focus-presentations from Christian
  leadership prompting
• Roundtable prayer and discussions followed by
• Consensus on collaborative ministry strategy

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Our Purpose

• Peer-to-peer learning in the area of city
  reaching
• ...in the context of worship (prayer and praise)
• ...leading to strategic partnerships for the
  Kingdom of God

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Our Preparation

• CIR Working Groups
• research reports _at_ http//www.nppn.org/cir.htm

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National Leadership Forum2003 Mission America
Coalition Annual Meeting

• Oct 5-8, 2003
• New York City

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We must work knowing that the Body of Christ is
expressed both locally as a church-based entity
and as the collection of followers of Jesus in
any area.  When we do this, we see one body (the
whole church), with one task (the whole gospel),
and one mission field (the whole city)

• Pastor Joe LaCognataNew Hope Community Church
  Pastors Prayer Group Leader

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The Church has dealt with the spiritual realm and
neglected the physical needs of many in the
world, particularly in the inner city. It is the
responsibility of the whole church to love all
people, particularly those of a different race,
cultural background, impoverished and oppressed.
The whole taking the whole gospel to the whole
world is demonstrated in a miraculous when we as
Christians do this.

• Yours for a better World through Christ,Wayne
  "Coach" Gordon Christian Community Development
  Association

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I will be in Kansas City this Saturday, May 31,
and thus unable to attend the scheduled events.
 However, I will do what I can to have Judson
represented at this prayer gathering.  Though I
will be driving most of the day, I will be
praying for you and the participants as I travel.

• God's Speed, Jerry CainPresident, Judson College

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Once we understand that Christ died for the
church World-Wide (universal), then we will begin
to understand our need and commission to work
together. We are called to reach our cities for
Jesus, cover them in prayer and allow people to
see who we really are.

• Bishop Larry D. TrotterSweet Holy Spirit Church-
  Chicago

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In just about every major city, the nations of
the earth can be seen. Because the net is to
gather some of every kind, it should just speak
loudly to each leader, who may be fearful of
working with others because of diversity (meaning
doing things differently than I), the powerful
force of a diverse net to proclaim the good news
to a whole city together!! This is that season,
this is that time. Are you ready to be a part of
God's great dragnet to bring in a multi cultured
catch?

• Apostle Daryl O'NeilCrusaders Church

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It's bigger than one local church. It's broader
than a single denomination. It's more diverse
than a dominant culture group. It's outside the
grasp of one man's vision. It's beyond the scope
of a single pocket book. The transformation of
Chicago is at hand when God moves and his people
respond from every corner of the city, burning
with a passion for his glory, stripped of
personal ambition and hungry to see the name of
Jesus exalted regardless of the cost.  

• Pastor Mark Jobe New Life Community Church

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"With joy I commend the upcoming gathering of the
City Impact Roundtable. The whole church bringing
the whole gospel to the whole city never grows
old to me, especially the concept of the "whole
church." There is no witness that matches the
beauty of God's church working together for the
cause of Christ. After all, how can we say there
is one Christ if we are not one Church. Our
prayers are with you all."

• Lon Allison Director, Billy Graham Center at
  Wheaton College

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Regrets Encouragements received from... . .
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• Jim Tomberlin, Willow Creek Community
  Church    Dwight Perry, Moody Bible
  Institute    John Armstrong, Reformation
  Revival Ministries
• Michele Berry, Aurora Area March for Jesus

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The Whole Church
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Whole Church Questions

• The church is for others, not the membership
• Agree or Disagree
• Why
• What are the implications of this statement
• Scripture commands us to find ways to work
  together
• What positive progress are we seeing in
  networking the body of Christ
• What are the barriers that keep us talking, but
  not acting together
• What boundaries should we set

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The Whole Gospel
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The Whole City and Beyond
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A Vision for this One Great City

• Where the Whole Church
• ...Shows Tells the Whole Gospel
• ...To the Whole City - and Beyond

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• May they all be one, Father ... so that the world
  may believe that you have sent me.             
• John 1721   
• When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was
  stirred and asked,  
• Who is this?              
• Matt. 2110

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One Church Many Expressions

• Congregations
• Servant Ministries
• Educational Institutions
• Market Place Missionary
• Theories Theologies

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The Whole Church

• Worship -Lets pray abut it...
• Relationship - Lets talk about it...
• Partnership - Lets do something about it!

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The Whole Gospel

• Conversion!
• Individuals
• Compassion!    
• Needs
• Confrontation!    
• Culture

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The Whole City

• Communication    
• Finding one another
• Cooperation        
• Serving one another
• Collaboration        
• Blessing the City, together

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This one great city . . .

• Does NOT need another       
• Organization or Association  
• Ministry or Meeting
• Conference or Crusade

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This one great city . . . Does need a guiding
group of servant leaders diverse enough to
represent Gods city transformation movement

• Some apostolic - kingdom-sized vision
• Some pastoral - compassion for spiritual
  physical needs
• Some evangelistic - on mission for lost people
• Some prophetic - passion for truth, justice,
  righteousness
• Some teachers - keep us biblically grounded

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This one great city needs. . .

• Men Women from every
• Generation - Boomers Busters, Gen-X ...
• Nation - red and yellow, black and white...
• Denomination - Acts 412 adherents
• Location - City, Suburbs, North, South, East, West

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This one great city needs a . . .

• Listening Team
• What is the Spirit saying?       
• Guiding Group
• What are Gods goals? Plans?        
• Search Committee
• Who shares our vision passion?        
• Convening Group
• How can we connect to serve the city?

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The One Great City Mission Statement

• One Great City exists to serve the whole Church
  throughout Chicagoland, by networking,
  communicating, resourcing and convening pastors,
  ministry leaders and prayer networkers so that
  they collaborate by taking the whole Gospel to
  the whole City and beyond.

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The One Great City Vision Statement

• One Great City envisions a unified Churchpraying
  and working towards a Christ focused
  transformation across the Chicago region.

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The One Great City Plan

• OGC convenes roundtable gatherings of leaders,
  provides a web directory of congregations and
  ministries, and communicates activities and
  opportunities that promote collaborative efforts
  which result in a Christ focused transformation
  of people, neighborhoods and social structures
  and systems

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The One Great City Strategy
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Roundtables

• Annual Citywide/Regional
• Apostolic Leaders
• Neighborhood / Community

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Website

• Every Community ... Congregation
• Every Prayer Network          
• Every Care Ministry            
• Every Share Initiative

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E-Newsletters

• Prayer Care Share updates        
• New resources initiatives
• City Prayer Focus                
• Citywide Prayer Alerts

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Conference Calls

• City Briefings
• Prayer Meetings    (Pray Chicago)

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The LORD said,  If as one people speaking the
same language they have begun to do this, then
nothing they plan to do will be impossible for
them.

• Gen. 116

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• WHAT?    -Strengths?    -Weaknesses?    -Addi
  tions?
• SO WHAT?    ...are the implications for
          gtYou, personally?        gtYour
  Congregation or Organization?
• NOW WHAT?    ...action steps        gtDo you
  need to commit to?        gtDo we need to commit
  to?

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