an unexpected journeyNATIONAL GATHERING 2013

What happens when people you love and respect don’t want to come with you….

or even worse,

think you shouldn’t go?

I still have seven

thousand followers in Israel who have not

bowed their knees to Baal."

See what kind of love the Father has given to

us, that we should be called

children of God; and so we are.

The reason why the world

does not know us is that it did not know him.

Beloved, we are God's children now,

and what we will be has not yet appeared;

but we know that when he appears

we shall be like him, because we shall see

him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself

as he is pureFirst John 3

REFORM

REDISCOVER

RECAPTURE

RESTORE

BAD HABITS

TOO MUCH BAGGING AND

TAGGING

when most of it is already dead anyway

post-commitment,post-boomer,post-denominational,post-christendom,post-capitalism,post-colonial,post-feminism,post-impressionistic,post-modern,post-philosophical,post-political,post-quasistatic,post-racist,post-recession,post-religioius,post-scientific,post-zygapophysis,post-transitional,post-national,post-

are we there yet?

ARE WE PAST

the

‘POST’?

CHRISTENDOM – the end is nigh ?

Perpetuating the toxic traces of

compromise

CHRISTENDOM – what happened

1. Granting favour but losing autonomy2. Gaining wealth but losing prophetic

lifestyle3. Gaining the church but losing Jesus –

worshipped but not followed4. Systematized doctrine rather than

Jesus hermeneutic5. Spotlight on the letters at the expense

of the gospels.

CHRISTENDOM – what happened

6. Religion at the expense of discipleship7. Social order at the expense of social

justice8. Self-centred control at the expense of

servanthood.9. Killing others at the expense of dying

for others.10. Citizenship of the realm at the

expense of commitment to Jesus

CHRISTENDOM – what happened

11. The kingdom of this world at the expense of the kingdom of God

12. Top down influence at the expense of power under influence.

13. The cross as a corporate symbol of power at the expense of the cross as an expression of love.

14. Professional ministry at the expense of ministry of the saints.

15. Hierarchical systems at the expense of Holy Spirit anointed

CHRISTENDOM – what happened

16. Power of legislation at the expense of the power of the gospel

17. External ordering of behaviour at the expense of heart transformation.

18. Letters at the expense of gospels19. Old Testament principles at the expense of New

Testament principles20. Selective moral values at the expense of all-

embracing kingdom values21. Chaplaincy at the expense of prophetic 22. Management at the expense of mission

CHRISTENDOM – what else happened

1. Donatists Vs Augustine2. Pelagius3. The Nestorian movementAND LATER5. The Waldensians6. The Hussites7. The Pietists and Anabaptists

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

1. Granting favour but losing autonomy

2. Gaining wealth but losing prophetic lifestyle

3. Gaining the church but losing Jesus – worshipped but not followed

1. REPLACING NATIONALISTIC THEOCRACY WITH PROPHETIC KINGDOM POSTURE

2. RADICAL VALUES THAT PROCLAIM THE KINGDOM OF GOD

3. FOLLOWING JESUS BY OBEYING WHAT HE HAS COMMANDED

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

4. Systematized doctrine rather than Jesus hermeneutic

5. Spotlight on the letters at the expense of the gospels.

4. RIGOROUSLY LOOKING TO JESUS as FULFILLMENT AND FULNESS

5. REDISCOVERING THE GOSPEL AS A PRACTICAL MINISTRY MANUAL

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

6. Religion at the expense of discipleship

7. Social order at the expense of social justice

8. Self-centred control at the expense of servanthood.

6. ESTABLISHING NEW TESTAMENT DISCIPLE-MAKING PRACTICE AND METRICS.

7. RESHAPING GOSPEL MINISTRY AS SOCIAL JUSTICE MINISTRY

8. BECOMING DISCIPLESHIP EQUIPPERS RATHER THAN CLUB MANAGERS

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

9. Killing others at the expense of dying for others.

10. Citizenship of the realm at the expense of commitment to Jesus

11. The kingdom of this world at the expense of the kingdom of God

9. LEARNING AND MODELING LEADERSHIP THAT LAYS DOWN ITS LIFE FOR OTHERS

10. RE-SHAPING LIFESTYLE ON THE BASED ON BEING A CITIZEN OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD

11. RESTORING KINGDOM OF GOD AS THE NORMAL PERSONAL AND COMMUNAL LIFESTYLE.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

12. Top down influence at the expense of power under influence.

13. The cross as a corporate symbol of power at the expense of the cross as an expression of love.

14. Professional ministry at the expense of ministry of the saints.

12.LEARNING HOW TO HAVE INFLUENCE BY ANOINTING NOT STATUS

13.LEARNING HOW TO LOVE INDISCRIMINATELY AND REDEMPTIVELY

14.LEARNING TO DO MAWL MINISTRY

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

15. Hierarchical systems at the expense of Holy Spirit anointed

16. Power of legislation at the expense of the power of the gospel

17. External ordering of behaviour at the expense of heart transformation.

15.LEARNING TO WORK AS A TEAM WHERE WE HONOUR ONE ANOTHER’S GIFTS.

16.REDISCOVERING THE REAL POWER OF REAL GOSPEL

17.CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT OF SEL-DISCOVERY AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

18. Old Testament principles at the expense of New Testament principles

19. Selective moral values at the expense of all-embracing Jesus values

20. Chaplaincy at the expense of five-fold equipping

21. Club Med at the expense of missionary training, sending and supporting

18. STAY WITH THE JESUS HERMENEUTIC

19. KEEP EMBRACING WHAT JESUS COMMANDED

20. DELIBERATELY PLAN FIVE FOLD EQUPPING OF ALL SAINTS

21. START A FIVE YEAR PLAN TO TRANSFORM YOUR CHURCH PROGRAM AND FACILITY INTO A MISSIONARY TRAINING, SENDING AND SUPPORT BASE

FOUR QUESTIONS

WHERE DID YOU GET IT?

WHAT WILL IT LOOK LIKE?

WHO DO I TELL?