1. A Pioneering Spirit

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6. A missional re-engagement with society

7. 2007 Tear Fund survey of 7000 adults in contact or not with church

8. “ this majority (66%) presents a major challenge to churches. Most of them are unreceptive and closed to attending church; churchgoing is simply not on their agenda.” simply not on their agenda.” Churchgoing in the UK. A research report from Tearfund. April 2007

9. Playing Away

10. ‘ the church is missionary by it’s very nature……. the church does not have a mission a mission but the mission has a church.’ Prophetic Dialogue. Bevans and Scroeder

11. ‘Mission is often described as if it were a planned extension of an old building. But it fact it has usually been more like an unexpected explosion.’ John V Taylor

12. A re-imagination of what church is (and could become)

13. “ And so from the start, where Jesus is, there is the church, the church is the assembly of those who are finding their relationships, their lives transformed by the presence of Jesus.”

14. A re-orientation towards whole life discipleship.

15. The glory of God is the human person fully alive Irenaeus of Lyon

16. ‘a discipleship movement shaped for mission’

17. What kind of people are we called to be? What kind of community is capable of raising people like that?

18. Dreamerswhodo

19. “We cannot solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” Albert Einstein

20. “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” Marcel Proust

21. Three pieces of advice about imagination 1.Forget everything you know 2.Remember everything you know 3.Re-arrange everything you know

23. Who is the mission for? Who is the mission by? Who is the mission with?

24. Dissenters who are loyal

25. ‘There can be no constructive change at all, even in church, unless at all, even in church, unless there is some form of dissent. there is some form of dissent. By dissent I mean simply the proposing of alternatives…. and a system that is not continuously examining alternatives is not likely to evolve creatively.’ Gerald Arbuckle, Refounding the Church

26. Four enduring features? Dissatisfied –Not grumbler but wanting change for the better Visionary –Looks beyond what is to what could be Hopeful –Change is possible and this inspires others Risk takers –Acts on convictions and out of comfort zones Stuart Murray: Ch 7 Planting Churches: who?

27. ‘not leaving the tradition but driving to it’s heart’ Gerald Arbuckle, Refounding the Church

29. Diversifiers who unite

30. ‘Take leave of the gospel for the sake of the gospel.’

31. Spectrum of pioneering Pioneer Starter Pioneer Sustainer Pioneer Sustainer Developer

32. Danger of one model for pioneering

33. Disturb us Lord, when we are too well pleased with ourselves, when our dreams have come true because we have dreamed too little, when we arrived safely because we sailed too close to the shore. Sir Francis Drake http://davemale.typepad.com/churchunplugged/

34. The Qualities of a Pioneer ?

35. People who are first

36. People who are on the edge

37. People who are moving out

38. People who are loving change

39. People who know when to stay or go

40. People who know when to bring order or chaos

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