Tag: mission
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Church is not Worship, Community, or Mission. It’s All Three
Rachel Young has a thoughtful article at the The Presbyterian Outlook's Outpost blog titled, Consumers, missionaries, or worshipers? She writes: … We use the language of buying and selling, of efficiency, of getting the best product for the best price, even as we think about our relationships, our work, our leisure, our church. We are…
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David Fitch on a New “Order” of Clergy
Reclaiming the Mission: Create a New ‘Order’ of Clergy: A Recommendation to Denominations – David Fitch … I suggest there is a need for a new order of clergy (if I may call it that): a missional leader who can understand the relationship between work and ministry so that it is seamless. He or she…
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View from the pew offers new perspective on church
UM Portal: View from the pew offers new perspective on church Eric Van Meter Things look different from the other side of the chancel rail. This, if nothing else, has been the great lesson I’ve learned from working in campus ministry. Because I don’t pastor a traditional church, I am no longer one of the…
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Has Mission Become Our Idol?
Out of UR: Has Mission Become Our Idol? by Sky Jethani The church and its leaders desperately need a vision of a life with God and not just for him. … Is impact everything? The students I meet with often worry about what awaits them after graduation. This is a reasonable concern for any young…
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Mission as the Emerging Entry Point for New People
Lewis Center Update: Mission as the Emerging Entry Point for New People It is intriguing that the first connection people have with a congregation tends to change from time to time. … … We may be on the verge of another change, in which the entry point to a congregation for more and more people…
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Stealing back “mission” from business?
"Mission is a word that originated with the Church. Business has stolen it. We need to take it back." I've lost track of how often I've heard or read this recently. I heard it again during a workshop at the Presbyterian Big Tent event in Atlanta. The speaker mentioned seeing a business mission statement at…
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Best of It: The Story and the Mission (Part 7)
[Series Index] Today we wrap up Chapter Six from John Stackhouse's Making the Best of It. We've been talking about "The Story and the Mission." In the previous two posts, we looked at the Creation Commandments: Creation Mandate and the Great Commandments. Today we turn to the two Redemption Commandments: The New Commandment and the…
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Best of It: The Story and the Mission (Part 6)
[Series Index] Yesterday we looked at the cultural mandate as part of the Creation Commandments, as discussed in John Stackhouse’s Making the Best of It. Today we turn to the other part of the Creation Commandments, “The Great Commandments.”Creation Mandates The Great Commandments Drawing on the teaching of the Torah, Jesus identified the greatest commandments…
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Best of It: The Story and the Mission (Part 5)
[Series Index] The last half of Chapter Six in John Stackhouse's Making the Best of It is titled "Mission: The Four Commandments." Stackhouse identifies two sets of commandments. Creation Commandments: The cultural mandate and the great commandments. Redemption Commandments: The new commandment and the Great Commission. Today we start with the first of the Creation…
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Best of It: The Story and the Mission (Part 4)
[Series Index] We continue Chapter Six, "The Story and the Mission," in John Stackhouse's' Making the Best of It. Yesterday we ended with this observation by Stackhouse: Implicit in this vision of the New Jerusalem and fundamental to the Christian ethos is what I call the principle of "win-win-win." Shalom is an all-embracing life of…