1. The Missional Journey Being the Presence of Christ Ircel Harrison Pinnacle Leadership Associates
2. Ircel Harrison Pinnacle Leadership Associates How Things Have Changed “We’re not in Kansas anymore!”
3. Ircel Harrison Pinnacle Leadership Associates The Missional ContextFrom Loren Mead, The Once and Future Church Christendom Unity of church, state, and society Need for uniformity Mission: a far off enterprise Laity: obey rules, maintain order Post-Christendom Church marginalized by state and society Diversity of belief Mission: at our door Laity: do mission and ministry
4. Ircel Harrison Pinnacle Leadership Associates The Missional Context First, we live in a time of discontinuous change. Second, we are in transition, but we don’t know the destination. Third, “The Spirit of God is among the people of God; therefore, the wisdom to address the challenges of witness and mission in a discontinuous environment exists among the people and needs to be called forth within each and every community.” --Alan Roxburgh
6. Ircel Harrison Pinnacle Leadership Associates “The church exists by mission as fire exists by burning” --Emil Brunner
7. Ircel Harrison Pinnacle Leadership Associates Missional Church: The Basics CHURCH – The church is. Community created by the Spirit as Holy and Human. MINISTRY – The church does what it is. Community led and taught by the Spirit. ORGANIZATION – The church organizes what it does. Organization as contextual and provisional.
8. Ircel Harrison Pinnacle Leadership Associates The Marks of a Missional ChurchFrom The Missional Journey: Being the Presence of Christ Missional churches make disciples. Missional churches embrace a biblical worldview. Missional churches engage in spiritual formation. Missional churches maintain dependence on God. Missional churches celebrate the presence and promises of God. Missional churches passionately proclaim the Gospel.
9. Ircel Harrison Pinnacle Leadership Associates The Marks of a Missional Church Missional churches model authentic community. Missional churches think and act locally and globally. Missional churches develop and deploy suffering servants. Missional churches look long term.
11. A NEW WAY TO DO CHURCHFrom a concept by Alan Roxburgh Ircel Harrison Pinnacle Leadership Associates
12. Ircel Harrison Pinnacle Leadership Associates The Missional Church—A Balance High Tech – High Touch Outreach – Inreach Presence – Passion Practical – Theological Absolute Truth – Ambiguous Truth Process -- Program
13. Ircel Harrison Pinnacle Leadership Associates Patterns of the Missional Church Pattern 1: Missional Vocation Pattern 2: Biblical Formation and Discipleship Pattern 3: Taking Risks as a Contrast Community Pattern 4: Practices that Demonstrate God’s Intent for the World Pattern 5: Worship as Public Witness
14. Ircel Harrison Pinnacle Leadership Associates Pattern 6: Dependence on the Holy Spirit Pattern 7: Pointing Toward the Reign of God Pattern 8: Missional Authority (From Lois Y. Barrett et al. Treasure in Clay Jars: Patterns in Missional Faithfulness)
15. Ircel Harrison Pinnacle Leadership Associates A Missional Church and Its CommunityFrom Ten Paradigm Shifts Toward Community Transformation From building walls to building bridges. From measuring attendance to measuring impact. From encouraging the saints to attend the service to equipping the saints for works of service. From “serve us” to service—from inward to outward focus. From duplication of human services and ministries to partnering with existing services and ministries. From fellowship to functional unity.
16. Ircel Harrison Pinnacle Leadership Associates A Missional Church and Its Community From condemning the city to blessing the city and praying for it. From being a minister in a congregation to being a minister in a parish. From anecdote and speculation to valid information. From teacher to learner.
17. Ircel Harrison Pinnacle Leadership Associates The Missional Church The church of today MUST know its field of possibilities and plan accordingly! Profile FIRST then Plan with Relevance!
18. Ircel Harrison Pinnacle Leadership Associates The Missional Church—A Challenge Very few churches will thrive in the 21st century because we are . . . Too nice to sweat Too proud to cry Too stubborn to change Too sophisticated to laugh Too busy to celebrate
19. Ircel Harrison Pinnacle Leadership Associates “A ship is safest in port, but that’s not what ships are for.”
20. Ircel Harrison Pinnacle Leadership Associates For additional information, contact Tennessee Cooperative Baptist Fellowshipwww.tncbf.org or 1-888-661-8223
