TRANSFORMATION MINISTRY

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• TRANSFORMATION MINISTRY

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What Time is It?
From the Center for Parish Development, Chicago IL
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The Missional Church views its own context as
missional

• Christendom
• Monolithic Culture
• Cultural Stability
• Christian Nation
• Significant Church
• Evangelism/ Ministry Here
• Missions There

• Post-Christendom
• Pluralistic Culture
• Dynamic Culture
• Spiritually Inclined
• Declining Church
• Evangelism/ Ministry Here and There
• Missions Here and There

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The Missional Church recognizes its mission
includes both

• The Great Commandment
• You shall love the Lord your God with all your
  heart, and with all your soul and all you mind.
  You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
• Matthew 2237-38

• The Great Commission
• Go therefore and make disciples of all nations,
  baptizing them in the name of the Father and of
  the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them
  to obey everything I have commanded you.
• Matthew 2817-20

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MISSIONAL CHURCH DEFINED

• CHRISTENDOM
• Personal
• Conversion of others
• Church
• Members in church
• Community
• of Members
• Global
• Sent

• MISSIONAL
• Personal
• Discipleship of self
• Church
• Discipleship of members
• Community
• Influence in Community
• Global
• Participation in Mission

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MISSION

• God-Centered
• The activity of God
• God is a missionary God whose mission is to heal
  and nurture the world
• Church is missionary by nature

• Church-Centered
• An activity of the Church
• Church as the sending agency
• Mission as a program of the church

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The Missional Church is engaged in, not just
supportive of missions

• Engaged in
• Right here
• Participation
• Congregational
• Cross-cultural
• Contextual
• Mission Teams
• High Engagement

• Supportive
• Over there
• Financial
• Denominational
• Foreign
• Home
• Programs
• Low involvement

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BELIEFS
VALUES
PATTERNS
MYTHS
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Events
Projects
Programs
Activities
Trends
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Events
Projects
Activities
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Structure
Mental Models
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CLASSES OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE
From the Center for Parish Development, 5407 S.
University Avenue, Chicago IL