Disciplemaking & Mission are we willing to make a difference? Pastors Brian Conyers & Scott Guhlke, September 2, 2012
What do we mean by Disciplemaking & Missional?
Disciplemaking
Missional ✤ Obedience to God’s call if you’re a Christ-follower ✤ Outwardly focused - public ✤ Mindful and effective culturally ✤ A way of living
Missional Writing about the early Church (1 st & 2 nd century)... “Christians were different--too different, in most people’s view. Whether non-Christians admired or despised them, everyone could see that the early Christians were a distinct people living a distinctive way of life. As people, for example, they had an evident care for one another. And they handled the aspects of daily living--family and work, time and money, ambition and anxiety--in a noticeably distinctive way.” - LEADING CHRISTIANS TO MATURITY, by Kevin Perrotta
Missional
VISION for Harvest: Disciplemakers on Mission!
Missional Community ✤ 25-40 people on “mission” ✤ Led by trained Disciplemakers ✤ People drawn to the mission rather than personalities or study topics ✤ Not a small group, but could be made up of a few existing small groups ✤ Extended family
You are EQUIPPED ✤ We say “I can’t do this” -- but God can, through you, Act 1:8 ✤ Moses’ 5 objections - do these look familiar? ✤ Who am I that I should go? ✤ Who should I say sent me? ✤ They won’t believe me ✤ I can’t speak well ✤ Send someone else
You are EQUIPPED ✤ Peter also pushed back... ✤ his own strength got him in trouble ✤ Then...he became the ‘rock’ that the church was built upon ✤ For YOU ✤ Acts 1:8 ✤ Acts 2:38
Look for OPPORTUNITY... read the blog at www.brianconyers.com
What is a Missionary? Are we willing to sacrifice?
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