Wednesday, October 12, 2005
The VISION . . . of Loving Your Community to Christ. ...from page 1
What will it take create the new DNS in our churches? Strands of the new DNA...
It begins with a broken heart. The sacrifices of God are a borken spirit: a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise." (Ps. 51:17)
It involves brokenness of pastors/leaders . . . before God, with one another and for lost people.
"Let you light shine before men that they may see your good deeds and praise your father in heaven." Mt. 5:16.
Develop Building Blocks of foundational prayer, a lifestyle of care and a willingness to share.
"Follow my example as I follow the example of Chirst." I Cor. 1:11
It all begins with personal commitment, becoming an open model of prayer, care, and share.
It'll take a time commitment. The launch phase usually takes several months for each emphasis. For a local church it may take three years to become a transformed, established and self-replicating.
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
LX2C - Next Steps ... continued from p.1
"Loving Our Communities to Christ" is a locally initated process served by the partners of the Mission America Coalition. These next steps identify a journey of relationship between the Mission America Coalition and the Christian leadership of our city.
Imagine what could happen if . . .
* Every person in your community was prayed for through the combined action of local churches and ministries.
* Every person experience a caring Christian befriending them at their point of need.
* The gospel with people in a way they could understand and respond to.
Benefits to the Local Christ Community:
* Strengthen and expand your city-reaching movement.
* Consultation of Mission America National Facilitators for the development of a community-wide whole church strategic plan for loving our communties to Christ.
* These leaders bring expertise and experience in working with over 750 city movements nationwide. They serve as a connection point for resources that will help your community pursue your strategic plan.
* Draw on the expertise and resources of hundreds of Mission America Coalition\member organizations.
* Increase effectiveness of outreach efforts that will grow your local congregations.
* Increase effectiveness of outreach through leveraging organizations and resources.
* Customized resources from Mission America Coalition partners to serve the needs of the community based strategic plans.
* Shared cots for services and resources.
* Breakthrough results with short-term, mid-term and long-term success measures.
* Practical steps for congregations and ministries to strategically collaborate in saturation evangelism throughout the city or community.
Implementation Steps:
1. Complete City/Community Profile
2. Letters of invitation from representative Pastors for encouragement in the process. Pastors should represent a significant portion of church attendance in the community.
3. Commitment to engage with the Mission America Coalition leadership for at least a three year period.
4. Agreement to the Lausanne Covenant.
5. Commitment to "Loving our Community to Christ" framework.
Imagine what could happen if . . .
* Every person in your community was prayed for through the combined action of local churches and ministries.
* Every person experience a caring Christian befriending them at their point of need.
* The gospel with people in a way they could understand and respond to.
Benefits to the Local Christ Community:
* Strengthen and expand your city-reaching movement.
* Consultation of Mission America National Facilitators for the development of a community-wide whole church strategic plan for loving our communties to Christ.
* These leaders bring expertise and experience in working with over 750 city movements nationwide. They serve as a connection point for resources that will help your community pursue your strategic plan.
* Draw on the expertise and resources of hundreds of Mission America Coalition\member organizations.
* Increase effectiveness of outreach efforts that will grow your local congregations.
* Increase effectiveness of outreach through leveraging organizations and resources.
* Customized resources from Mission America Coalition partners to serve the needs of the community based strategic plans.
* Shared cots for services and resources.
* Breakthrough results with short-term, mid-term and long-term success measures.
* Practical steps for congregations and ministries to strategically collaborate in saturation evangelism throughout the city or community.
Implementation Steps:
1. Complete City/Community Profile
2. Letters of invitation from representative Pastors for encouragement in the process. Pastors should represent a significant portion of church attendance in the community.
3. Commitment to engage with the Mission America Coalition leadership for at least a three year period.
4. Agreement to the Lausanne Covenant.
5. Commitment to "Loving our Community to Christ" framework.
