One Great City

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Welcome

• One Great City
• Monday, August 12, 2002
• Wyndam Hotel, Naperville, Illinois
• Adpted for use in Indianapolis, November 21,
  2002, for Transform Indiana

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Our Day Together

• Components
• Prayer for the City
• Vision / Purpose / Focus
• Task Groups Reports Plans
• Special Presenter - Michael Lindsay
• "Embracing A Changing Culture"
• D. Michael Lindsey serves as a consultant for
  religion and culture to The George H. Gallup
  International Institute.  After working at a
  religious university and in the corporate world,
  he is now pursuing a master of divinity degree at
  Princeton Theological Seminary.  Michael
  coauthored Surveying the Religious Landscape and
  his newest book that is coming out soon is,
  Gallup Guide Reality Check for the 21st Century
  Churches. 

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Who Is One Great City?

• We Share a Common Passion
• To See the Body of Christ Chicagoland
  Communicate and Collaborate
• In Showing and Telling the Good News of Jesus in
  every Neighborhood Community
• Resulting in a Christ TransformationOf
  Individuals and Institutions in every Sector and
  Social System

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We Ask The Question

• What can,
• What must we do
• better together than apart?

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Why Do We NeedOne Great City?

• Because Jesus loves the city
• Which He demonstrates through the unity of the
  Church
• Which results in people realizing God loves them
  and sent Christ for them
•            John 1723

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We Are Not Looking For

• A new organization to call us to more meetings
• A committee to plan another conference or crusade
• An group that replaces your denomination or
  association
• Another ministerial fellowship
• A top-down, white-controlled, suburban based
  anything!

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We Are Looking For

• A new paradigm The City-Wide Church
• A new vision The Whole Church taking The Whole
  Gospel to The Whole City
• A new way of relatingNetworks. Alliances.
  Pastors' Prayer Groups. Strategic Partnerships...
• A new way of operatingGod-glorifyingChrist-cent
  eredSpirit-started and sustained

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We Value

• Humility   God-appointed Servant Leaders
  (authority to serve)
• Unity   Christ's agenda is our agenda
• Diversity   The full spectrum of the Church of
  Jesus Christ       (All nations)
• Strategy   Seeking a prayer-birthed plan
• Ministry   ...That propels prayer-based
  partnership and activity

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Three Entry Points?

• WorshipPrayer
• PartnershipStrategic Collaboration
• RelationshipNetworking - Communicating

Worship
Partnership
Relationship
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Which Task Groups First?

• PRAYER - Citywide Prayer Cells
• Convening the Church in prayer
• RELATIONSHIP City/Statewide Connections
• Mapping Linking the Body of Christ
• PARTNERSHIP City/Statewide Witness
• Collaborating in Care/Share Initiatives

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Pray for ChicagolandIndianapolis? Indiana?

• Humility   that God would raise up Servant
  Leaders
• Unity   that we would come together under
  Christ's agenda
• Diversity   that we would reflect the full
  spectrum of the Church
• Strategy   that we would seek a prayer-birthed
  plan
• Ministry   ...that we would see prayer-based
  partnerships

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Updates

• WORSHIP Prayer Summit Prayer Networks
• PARTNERSHIP 911remembrance.com Advent
  Adventure Alpha
• RELATIONSHIP www.onegreatcity.net

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Task Groups

• Mapping
• Which Congregations / Pastors / Ministries /
  Networks
• share a vision for a Christ-transformed city?
• gtGoal Premier web site of Chicagoland
  ministries .By Location
  (geography-based)
• .By Function (ministry/need-focused)
• .Calendar of Citywide events
• Partnering
• How can our networks mobilize prayer for the
  city?
• How can we collaborate on strategic initiatives?
  (Evangelism Church Planting, Social Justice)

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Where Do We Go From Here?

• Worship Convening
• Prayer Initiatives?
• Relationships Communicating
• Initiate Database Planning ( funding)
• Define Profile of 5,000 Targets
• Partnerships Collaborating
• Citywide Calendar
• Pilot project ???

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Indiana Database 5000

• Shared, but secure.
• Web adept.
• Sustainable / Scalable / Flexible.
• Low-cost.
• Use urban/suburban techs workers.
• Plan desired profile of contacts.
• Consider how to best start collecting data.

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One Great CityOne Great Hoosier
State?Transform Indiana