I was greatly encouraged by the post that dropped onto my mat this morning. Alove’s regular mailing included their new D:Pack, a nice shiny booklet highlighting discipleship in 2009 and beyond with some great, practical and earthed resources and strategies. Alove, which has been around for a wee while now has, in my opinion, been … More Pleasant Surprises
Get ready for some stuff thats so simple and relatively uncomplicated that it might just blow your mind! Floyd McClung offers five simple steps for planting. As we build the Kingdom we need simple and biblical strategies for doing that all emcompassing task of making disciples of all nations. Here is what he suggests: 1) … More A Five Step Strategy to planting
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The shape of our corps changes from tomorrow…the first key shift as we usher in our ‘Under the Fence’ strategy (see below). Last Sunday was our last weekly public meeting based on the old ‘build it and they will come’ paradigm. From tomorrow, we throw ourselves wholeheartedly into being a cell/ward corps. We’re calling our … More Changing Shape, Changing Mission
I came across this banner on a simplechurch website. I think it is a good reminder of the simplicity of our mission. I think this little equation works on an individual and corporate level, with the both being interlinked, of course. Let me just expand on how I understand the terms. Good Soil: now, I … More Going Organic
Sometimes we get the impression that in order to be successful in mission and have a successful corps, that all we need to do it continue to add more and more programme on top of what, for many folks, is an already busy programme. As in many cases, 80% of the work gets done by … More Overload
By far the most beneficial meetings I’ve been in of late have been ones which have purposely created space for allowing the Holy Spirit to minister. The practice of giving ourselves time to reflect, for example, on a sermon/message/teaching, allowing the Holy Spirit to apply it to our hearts in the context of the worship … More Waiting and Prayer
Many plans for how we see Torry develop were firmed up as Tracy and I took our strategy to the Divisional Strategy Council. It was good to have the input of the various divisional directors/officers, not only in terms of their affirming the plans, but in terms of the good positive suggestions in areas we … More Accountability in Mission Leadership
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