Transcript Life-shapes for churches

Life-shapes for churches
THREE MODELS
THREE MODELS
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Traditional
(Pastors who keep members happy)
Maintenance before God
2. Attractional
(Programmes that attract consumers).
Recruitment before God.
3. Missional
(Plant new discipleship groups – leaders join
Huddles)
Outreach before God
As the heart is to a person so a Celtic church is to
a community. And it has ..
1. A heart for God – sustained by
daily prayer.
2. A heart for others –
hospitality and friendship.
3. A heart for the world – cherishing
the earth and society
Star
Holistic – it seeks whole persons and
a whole world
Earthed – in creation and
the soil of its local society
Rhythmic – daily and seasonal
rhytms of prayer and work
Open – to Christ in every person
HERO
Celtic Cross
Top: Praise, devotion, contemplation, heaven.
Heart: Its heart is the dwelling of the
Three Loves in God’s heart, the Trinity
where the church makes it home.
Right arm: We become one
with Christ giving his life to
save the world.
Base: it is earthed in Scripture and saints, seasons and
soil, the environment and the population.
Left arm: We become one
with Christ giving his life to
serve the world.
Celtic Cross
Spaces: for re-creation,
fun, solitude.
Spokes: connecting to focal
points of the wider church and
society
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Circle: the whole of life.
Making persons, places and
the world whole.