A group of folks from @wecuk (and internationally) thinking about the future of mission. Tweets mainly by @simoncozens
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"We all know the homogenous unit principle. But we must be careful not to foster nationalism in our church planting. In these polarized times our churches should be models of reconciliation."
Brainstorming new models of mission over breakfast with Koreans mobilising Romanians in Spain. God is “redrawing the old maps”.
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A speaker on fruitful best practices for ministry to migrants in Europe:
We don’t know yet. Situation too new. Ask again in ten years.
Clever, clever.
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Stuart Murray on fruitful best practices for agencies supporting CP:
“Good leadership & a balanced team” - integrity of heart and skilful hands
“Relational accountability” - narrative not bureaucratic
“Strategic development” - lift CPers eyes to big picture
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Stuart Murray on best practices for post-Christian church planting:
“Missional listening” - to God and community.
“Food and hospitality” - no eating, no meeting!
“Core values and non-essentials” - what matters to us most?
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Enjoying the robust engagement on this, but the irony is that any large scale evangelisation in India will not be due to Western or foreign evangelists but to the vibrant indigenous missions movements.
Today I’ve been contemplating the implications of @FlettJohn’s Trinitarian missio dei: mission as the fundamental act of Christian worship because it is the means by which we are brought into the life of God. That’s gonna change things...
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“Previous models don’t work in our context,” Mugera said. In those missions models, “you have to be in school for a long time. You have to raise a lot of financial support. You need a missions agency.”
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“New immigrants are more likely to be religious and to say it’s important in their lives than the general population... immigration has repeatedly injected energy and piety to the American religious landscape.”
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At some point we moved from "Mission? You'll want to learn about church planting" to "Mission? You'll want to learn about aid and development".
Not saying it's a bad thing; just that it's definitely a thing.
Interested in working in the mission field? Why not come check out our Aid and Development Unit!? Hear from speakers such as John Dickson, Claire Rogers and Tim Costello. bit.ly/33rYNr4
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@kouya @ptrrowan Have you come across this book? Sounds interesting... amazon.co.uk/Mission-Triune-…
"Empowering churches to reach their neighbours" sounds great. But it's been tried before, and it doesn't always go well.
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On Strategy: "Resourcefulness... must be theologically judged and contextualized in order to become genuinely resourceful. Resourcefulness must then be crucified. When it is resurrected it will become a 'theologically-baptized resourcefulness'." - Koyama.
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