This document outlines 17 characteristics of the type of church the author dreams of and wants to belong to. Some key characteristics mentioned include a church where Christ is central, people live as the church wherever they are, signs and wonders occur in the marketplace, leadership is vulnerable, and the church confronts society's ungodliness while shining its light so that kings come to its brightness. The overall message is a vision for a church focused on transformation through theology, worship, and missional outreach.

1. “I have a
Dream...”
Martin Luther
King
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2. “I have a dream of
a church”
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3. Acts 11:19-30
13:1-3
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4. What church do you
dream of?
What sort of church do
you want to belong to?
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5. This presentation was inspired by
an original idea of Barney Coombs
from Salt and Light Ministries
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6. 1. Where Christ is central
Php 1:21, 3:7-11, Matt 16:16, Col 1:18
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7. 2. Where people don’t go to
church but live in the
revelation that they are the
church, wherever they live
and work
1 Cor 12:27
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8. 3. Where signs and wonders
are done in the marketplace
rather than in the church
Acts 5:15, 19:11-12
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9. 4. Which is strong
in the Lord and
spiritual warfare
Jn 15:5, Php 4:13,
Eph 6:10-12
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10. 5. Which is
washed clean
from religious
bondage and
spiritual heresy
Matt 23:3-7, 15,
23-25
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11. 6. Where salvation is free but
to follow Jesus costs
everything
Lk 14:26, Matt 19:23, Lk 9:23
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12. “The old cross is a symbol of
death. It stands for the abrupt,
violent end of a human being. In
Roman times, the man who took
up his cross and started down the
read was not coming back. He was
not going out to have his life re-
directed. He was going out to have
it ended.”
A.W. Tozer
Saturday 27 November 2010

13. 7. Which is vibrant and
extravagant in praise and
worship
Ps 100:1-5, Col. 3:17
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14. 8. Where each
part is working
properly with
ligaments of
sacrificial love
1 Cor 12:12-31, Gal
6:2, Rom 15:1, 2
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15. 9. Where
backbiting and
gossip are
regarded as
wicked crimes
Matt 12:36, Luke
12:3, James 3:6,
Eph. 4:29, Col. 3:7,8
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16. 10. Where
leadership is
vulnerable to
one another
Matt 26:38ff
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17. 11. Where the eldership is
male but the ministry is male
and female
Acts 2:17,18; Gal 3:28
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18. 12. Which is strongly
theological and where the
saints are taught the full
counsel of God
Are you Pentecostal, Baptist, charismatic
or, a disciple of Jesus Christ?
Matt 22:29, 2 Tim 3:5, Jn 8:31-32
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19. “[Evangelicals and Emergents]
both accuse the Western church of
being shallow, ahistorical and more
focussed on pragmatic issues than
real transformation and cultural
renewal...
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20. Both sides are calling on the church
to recover its heritage - the breadth
and depth of Christian theology,
worship and practice - and to be
informed by a missional
ministry...all to the glory of God”
Jim Belcher, Deep Church (p.13)
Saturday 27 November 2010

21. 14. Which is neither afraid nor
ashamed to confront society
with God’s viewpoint about its
own ungodliness
Matthew 5:13-16
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22. 15. Where the
leaders are
more
dangerous than
conservative
Taking RISKS
Acts 10, Acts 13
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23. 15. Where the
leaders are
more
dangerous than
conservative
Taking RISKS
Acts 10, Acts 13
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24. 16. Which has the nation and
the nations at its heart
Matt 24:14, 28:19, Psalm 2:8, Rev 7:9
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25. 17. Which is
letting its light
shine in such a
way that kings
will come to its
brightness
Isaiah 60:1-3
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