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Transcript of Faithful Remembering, Equipping & Encouraging Key Slides
John Briggs, Marc Brown, Kathy Merry
Virginia Annual Conference
June 15 & 16, 2010
Transformation
A movement of hopeinto a future
that is different from the past.
Matthew 4:18-22
Mark 1:16-20
Luke 5:1-11
Jesus’ Call has Two Parts
“Come follow me . . .”an invitation to be personally transformed in Jesus
“. . . and I will make you fishers of people.”an invitation to be a transformational leader for Jesus
Respond to present condition
Leaders
Shape present & future condition in alignment with a desired outcome
Shape present & future condition in alignment withJesus’ Call to Follow Him
Transformational Leaders
Christian Transformational Leaders
Lack
of age
diversi
ty
Changin
g neig
hborhood
Finan
cial c
hallen
ges
Aging f
acilit
y
Change
s in number
of mem
bers
Worsh
ip atten
dance
History
of conflict
Other
15%
7%
25%
9% 7%
18%
6%
14%
What are the current challenges that face your church?
What are the strengths within your congregation that can help your church overcome the issues it faces?
21%
11%
12%
23%
9%6%
10%
8%Other
Communication
Financial Strength
Facility
Mission
Spiritual Formation Opportunities
Location
Worship
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Faithful Remembering
After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned under their slavery and cried out. Out of the slavery, their cry
for help rose up to God. God heard their groaning, and God remembered God’s covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Exodus 2:23-24
He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy, according to the promise he made to our ancestors, to Abraham and to his descendants forever.
Luke 1:54
Faithful RememberingRemembering that God remembers us
Accepting Jesus’ invitation to follow
Participating in God’s faithful remembering through the means of grace
Living and leading toward the vision that God has already cast through Jesus
Faithful RememberingPersonal Application
Means of Grace
Personal Holiness
SocialHoliness
Faithful Remembering is Knowing Where You are Going
Faithful RememberingLeadership Application
Does a common vision that glorifies God unite your church?
67%
33%
YesNo
Faithful RememberingLeadership Application
Faithful Remembering . . .following Jesus byleaving the boats behind
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Faithful Equipping
On the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing there, he cried out,
“Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, and let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture has said, ‘Out of the believer’s heart shall flow rivers of living water.’”
Now he said this about the Spirit, which believers in him were to receive. . .
- John 7:37-39a
Sing to the Lord, all the earth.Tell of God’s mercy each day.
Declare his works to the nations,his glory among all people.
All praise to you, Eternal Father,through your Son Jesus Christ,who with you and the Holy Spiritlives and reigns forever.
Community Response
Faithful EquippingFlowing with living water
Aligning ourselves with Jesus’ call for our lives
Living in relationship with Jesus
Leading through relationship with Jesus
Faithful EquippingThey left that place and passed through Galilee. Jesus did not want anyone to
know where they were, because he was teaching his disciples. He said to them, "The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men. They
will kill him, and after three days he will rise."
But they did not understand what he meant and were afraid to ask him about it. They came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them,
"What were you discussing on the way?“ But they kept quiet because on the way they had argued about who was the greatest.
Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all.”
- Mark 9:30-35
Right Questions . . .• Invite dialogue• Promote understanding• Strengthen community• Foster relationships
Intent resides in the questions that are asked.
Faithful EquippingPersonal Application
Asking the Right Questions
“Can this person drive a
car?”
“How can this person drive a
car?”
Faithful EquippingPersonal Application
What does your church discuss most?
The pastFuture ministries
Who's right or who's wrongWhat happened on Sunday
FinancesLay leadership
Staff leadershipConcerns of your church
Concerns of your communityDefining your church's mission
Long-term survivalDisappointing ministries
Successful ministries
How to get more people involved
Worship attendance
5%7%
2%2%
14%2%2%
11%11%
5%4%
1%7%
19%8%
Asking the Right Questions
“Why do I have to do
it all?”
“What can we do differently to make it easy for others to
serve Jesus?”“What’s wrong
with these people?”
Faithful EquippingPersonal Application
Asking the Right Questions
“Why don’t people give?”
“How can our giving reflect our faith in Jesus?”“Don’t our members
know the importance of giving?”
Faithful EquippingPersonal Application
Margaret WheatleyManagement Consultant / Organizational Behaviorist
“In organizations, real power and energy is generated through relationships. The patterns of the relationships
and the capacities to form them are more important than tasks, functions, roles and positions.”
Faithful EncouragingLeadership Application
Getting the Order Right
TRANSFORMATION
Faithful EncouragingLeadership Application
Getting the Order Right
TRANSFORMATION
Faithful EncouragingLeadership Application
TEMPORARY
Getting the Order Right
TRANSFORMATION
Faithful EncouragingLeadership Application
TRANSFORMATION
Getting the Order Right
WANDERING
Faithful EncouragingLeadership Application
Getting the Order Right
TRANSFORMATION
Faithful EncouragingLeadership Application
IRRELEVANT
Getting the Order Right
TRANSFORMATION
Faithful EncouragingLeadership Application
Disagreements at our church are usually . . .
35% 29% 16% 20%
resolved by consensus resolved by key leaders resolved by pastor or staffavoided & unresolved
Actions
Current Reality
Goals
Mission
Call
Finding Agreement
Faithful EncouragingLeadership Application
WHY
WHAT
HOW
Faithful Remembering . . .following Jesus byleaving the boats behind
Faithful Equipping. . .following Jesus byflowing with living water
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First Follower
A Unique Kind of Leader
Faithful EncouragingEmbracing chaos for transformation
Living into a future that is different from the past requires change
Transforming self is first step toward leading transformation
Leading transformation requires the ordering of chaos
He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny
themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and
those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it.”
- Mark 8:34-35
Faithful Encouraging
Beyond & Within
BEYOND
WITHIN
Faithful EquippingPersonal Application
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BEYOND
Within & Beyond
WITHINWITHIN
Faithful EquippingPersonal Application
BEYONDBEYOND
Beyond & Within
WITHINWITHIN
Faithful EquippingPersonal Application
Most of our church ministries focus on . . .
The needsof our
members47%
The needsof our
community53%
CHAOS
In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind of God
swept over the face of the waters.- Genesis 1:1-2
Leadership Responses to Chaos
AvoidControlDestroyEmbrace
When your church encounters chaotic situations, has its history been to. . .
Avoid
30%
Control38%
De-stroy7%
Embrac
e25%
Leadership and the New Science
“. . . chaos is a necessary force that creates order.”
forming aligning
wandering forgetting
FocusBEYOND
FocusWITHIN
Non-OrderedCHAOS
OrderedCHAOS
The Chaos Modelfor Christian leadership
C H A O S
F O
C U
S
Faithful EncouragingLeadership Application
Faithful Remembering . . .following Jesus byleaving the boats behind
Faithful Encouraging. . .following Jesus byembracing the cross
Faithful Equipping. . .following Jesus byflowing with living water
Jesus calls ALL of us
to be leaders in a movement of hope.
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