I'm going to have to shift responsibilities, put people in unknown waters, and most importantly, place key people in each of the three main circles of influence. Picturing five spheres, the inner sphere is the worship experience: it is the nuclear reactor that powers everything else. The next outer sphere is the transformative sphere where small groups and intensive training prepare people for genuine maturity so that they can resource the outer three spheres that attach to and grow from the transformative sphere. Clear as mud? Well, I'm still working on the communication plan. But it's clear in my heart. So here goes . . .
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Realignment 2
So how to realign my leadership to maximize our resources on three groups of people: the under-resourced, the overwhelmed, and the far-away. I started thinking about the values we needed to emphasize: glocal (meeting physical needs locally and globally so we can meet spiritual needs), restorative (helping those who are struggling with marriages, addictions, and finances), and contagious (reaching those who are far from God in our everyday lives). We also need to elevate being transformative, lives changed so that genuinely mature believers perform solidly in three areas: taking responsibility for their own spiritual growth, finding their synergistic sweet spot of ministry, and becoming entrepreneurial in their contagion.
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Are you familiar with the book "The Shaping of Things to Come" by Alan Hirsch and Michael Frost? It's one of those transformative books for me. Because of it I have begun to reconsider the placement of worship in the church. Ok, no jumping to conclusions about this liberal guy who ran off to California for his masters and now lives in Europe;)
ReplyDeleteYour comment about worship as the inner sphere just doesn't sit right with me any more. I am beginning to view worship as the result of mission. Worship is our expression when we let God be God. And that is never more true than in mission. The church is purposed for mission. And when the church (followers of Jesus in community) finds itself in mission, worship results.
But I do think it's a bit too narrow to say that mission is the centre of the church. The centre of the church MUST be a collision of mission and worship - both resulting from the other and fuelling the other.
This is a journey of learning for me open to all sorts of input. I would love to hear your take.