To Transform a City Session 2

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To Transform a CitySession 2

• Eric Swanson
• Portland CIR
• Tweet _at_ericswanson totransformacity

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VISION What I see
PASSION What I feel
MISSION What I do
Is your ministry vision broad enough to encompass
the passions and mission of every leader in your
ministry?
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HOW?
WHY?
Impact
Inputs
Outcomes
Outputs
Activities
Staff Facilities Budget Property
Worship Sunday School Small Groups Mens
Ministry Womens Ministry Youth
Ministry Childrens Ministry Missions
Number of people who participate in these
activities
Changed Lives
Cumulative result of multiple changed lives over
time
So What?
Kingdom
What is your Score Card?
Are the inputs, activities, and outputs the right
elements to produce outcomes impact?
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A Laboratory for Ministry

• El Salvador6 million people
• 34-38 Christian
• Country has been evangelized 3x through Jesus
  film
• One evangelical church / 700 people
• 4 Christian universities
• 2 Evangelical hospitals
• 5 Christian newspapers
• 19 Christian radio stations
• 5 Christian TV stations
• 8th largest church in the world (over 120,000)
• Christian President
• But
• The country has never been worse off!
• Why? Because we settled for conversion rather
  than transformation

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The kingdom of God

• In those days John the Baptist came preaching in
  the Desert of Judea and saying, Repent, for the
  kingdom of heaven is near.People went out to
  him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole
  region of the Jordan. Confessing their sins, they
  were baptized by him in the Jordan River.
• Matthew 31-5
• Why?!?!

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We must think Kingdom

• Book of DanielNebuchadnezzar's dream
• Four kingdoms
• Babylon
• Mede-Persians
• Greeks
• Romans
• In the time of those king the God of heaven will
  set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed
  Daniel 244,
• The saints of the Most High will receive the
  kingdom and will possess it foreveryes, for ever
  and ever. Daniel 717-18
• His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom and
  all rulers will worship and obey him. Daniel
  728

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We must think Kingdom

• Birth of Jesus
• The angel GabrielLuke 131-33 He will be
  greatand will reignhis kingdom will never end
• The MagiMatthew 21,2 Where is he who was born
  king of the Jews?
• SimeonLuke 225 he was waiting for the
  consolation of Israel.
• AnnaLuke 238 she spoke about the child to all
  who were looking forward to the redemption of
  Jerusalem.
• Joseph of Aramethea waiting for the kingdom of
  God (Luke 2353, Mark 1543).

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We must think Kingdom

• Centrality of the message
• First public words of John and Jesus Matthew 32,
  417
• First petitionMatthew 610
• First priorityMatthew 633
• Message of his disciplesMatthew 107
• Post resurrection messageActs 13
• PhillipActs 812
• Pauls messageActs 177, 198,9, 2025 2823,31
  (Paul preaches kingdom 16 times)
• Bookend passages of Acts (Acts 13 2831)

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We must think Kingdom

• What is the Kingdom?
• The kingdom of God is any place over which God
  has operative dominion.

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Physical / Spiritual Aspects of the
Kingdom--Isaiah 6517-25

• There is joyv.19
• There is absence of weeping and crying (v.19)
• There is no infant mortality (v.20)
• People live out their full lives (v.20)
• People will build houses and live in them (v.21,
  22)
• People will sow and reap (v.21, 22)
• There is fulfilling work (v.22)
• There is confidence that their children will face
  a better life (v.23)
• People will experience the blessing of God (v.23)
• People will have intergenerational family support
  (v.23)
• There will be rapid answers to prayer (v.24)
• There will be an absence of violence (v.25)

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Understanding the Miracles of Jesus

• Matthew 114-5 Are you the one who was to come?
• Jesus replied, Go back and report what you hear
  and see The blind receive sight, the lame walk,
  those who have leprosy are cured, the deaf hear,
  the dead are raised, and the good news is
  preached to the poor.
• Jesus miracles were called signs of the
  kingdomattractive glimpses of what the kingdom
  will be fast-forward the future
• Because children dont die in the kingdom
• Because there is not premature death in the
  kingdom
• Because there are no hungry in the kingdom
• Because there are no deaf, blind, lame, etc in
  the kingdom
• Because the kingdom is a place of inclusion

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Values of the Kingdom (Sermon on the Mount)

• Children are valued and held in high
  esteemMatthew 182, 194, Mark 1014
• The poor are blessedLuke 620, James 25
• Those persecuted for righteousness are
  blessedMatthew 109
• Servanthood is valued over power--Matthew 2021ff
• We love our enemies, do good to those who hate
  us, bless those who curse us and pray for those
  who mistreat us (Luke 627,28)
• Its a life where marriage is honored (Matthew
  527-35)
• Its a life of reconciliation (Matthew 521-26)
• Its a life of good deeds (Matthew 516)

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Concluding thoughts on the kingdom

• Kingdom work involves a variety of
  peoplebelievers and unbelievers
• Matthew 1347-50 all kinds of fish
• Matthew 1324-29 let them both grow together
• How to enter the Kingdom
• John 33-5
• The King and the kingdom

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Implications for the church

• Kingdom is mentioned 121 times in the gospels.
  Church is mentioned three times.
• Jesus builds the church and the church helps
  build the kingdom, the embodiment of what life
  looks like when living under the reign of Godan
  attractive and compelling alternative to what
  is

Christology The person and work of Jesus
Missiology The purposes of God and his people
Ecclesiology How to structure the church to best
accomplish the mission
Church growth v. kingdom growth
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A Hero With a Thousand Faces

• A call to adventure is extended to an average
  person
• Person refuses the call
• Is given divine enablement
• Quest / battles to obtained the boon
• Returns and blesses humanity with what was
  attained

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How the kingdom affects evangelism
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Worldview

• Every worldview must answer two questions
• What is wrong with the world?
• How can it be fixed?

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N.T. Wrights four echoes

• The quest for spirituality
• The hunger for relationships
• The delight in beauty
• The longing for justice

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and one day will be fully restored THE WAY IT
WILL BE ONE DAY Rev. 211
Everything that was lost in the fall was redeemed
at the cross Col 119-20, Luke
1910, 2Cor 519
Creation Gen 121 very good THE
WAY IT OUGHT TO BE
Until that time God invites us to join him in
that restoration Matt 610 WHAT IT CAN BE
Redemption
The Fall
Everything was brokenrelationship with God (Gen
217), self (Gen 225), others (Gen 48), the
planet (Gen 317-18) THE WAY IT IS
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But, its not what it should be can be and one
day will be
It is what it is
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What does this have to do with you?

• What if for everything that is broken in the
  world, God had prepared people to be part of the
  solution?
• What if part of our job in evangelism was to
  connect their small story with Gods bigger
  story?

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Leadership Challenge

• Everyone senses that things are not the way they
  are supposed to be. Thinking of the
  implications of a thicker gospel, how can you
  explain the good news to a person who believes
  the main problem of the world is
• SpiritualPeople are separated from God
• Self-awareness / Self-centeredness
• Conflict between people (war, hate, racism, etc)
• Exploitation of the planet (global warming, etc)
• How can you tie their small story into Gods
  bigger story?

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Understanding the Kingdom

• Eric Swanson
• eric.swanson_at_leadnet.org
• www.ericjswanson.com
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