Presentation & Discussion 1

Agenda Background and Approach Vision Implementation Organization Partnerships Funding Timeline Summary & Next Steps 2

Background -RSG formed to explore church-daughtering -“Listening” phase results indicated discomfort with traditional church planting approaches 3

Approach -New approach emerged: “missional” model -Winnipeg as mission field -Develop and send a mission team from FGMB -Team members express and live out the gospel -Developing relationships in their various contexts -Becoming communities of people learning to follow Jesus -Gathering together of communities 4

Vision “FGMB will prayerfully identify and send a mission team into the city of Winnipeg to develop communities of people who are learning to follow Jesus.” These communities will have three foundational components: -Community -Mission -Communion 5

Vision Implications -Investing in “mission” is a long-term endeavor -FGMB will:  Assist to identify and commission community leaders, including the mission team leader  Actively pray and provide coaching support  Provide financial support  Create governance and accountability  Partner with external organizations such as MB Mission and Church Planting Manitoba/C2C  expertise and resources 6

Implementation Implementation has a “Missional Flow”* – Engaging Culture – Forming Missional Communities – Gathering * Based on “The Tangible Kingdom” by Hugh Halter and Matt Smay 7

Engaging Culture The first step for any missionary venture – Aligns with MBMission model Key focus will be to develop friendships – You’re a friend when they invite you to be with their friends Can take 2 years – hope for 5 to 10 friends in that time, per person, per community 8

Missional Community Community formation flows from friendships developed in first phase Three elements: – Community: saints and sojourners together – Mission: doing acts in the world – Communion: spiritual formation, worship, prayer Kingdom becomes tangible when these three elements intersect 9

Gathering Communities coming together to share stories, pray, worship “Family gathering” “The church is what God builds when we go on mission together” 10

Organization “Vision Winnipeg” Team Leaders Oversight Function (RSG) Council Intercessory Team Joel Missionary Communities Reports to Program Support & Oversight Status & Policy Prayer Support Partners 11 Coach

Role Description – “Missionary Pastor” Mission Team Development – Leader identification, recruitment, and training – Pastoral coaching and care Community development – Living out purpose of missional community – Cultural engagement and developing relationships Planning and oversight – Develop plans for launching missional communities – Monitor health and vitality of communities 12

Partnerships Church Planting Manitoba – Leader assessment – Program direction & evaluation – Financial (tbd) MB Mission – Leader assessment – Program direction & evaluation 13

Costs and Funding Preliminary Budget: – approximately $90k/year – Salary & benefits (Joel), expenses, mission costs (hospitality) Possible Funding Sources: – FGMB – Church Planting Manitoba – Part-time work (bi-vocational model) – Mission team/community tithing – Fundraising 14

Costs and Funding (example) 15 FGMB CPM 0510 Costs of Winnipeg Mission Total Combined Funding Level FGMB Commitment Year

Mar Nov 2012 June Aug Sept Nov Finalize plans Form intercession and support teams. 40+ day preparation for new ministry. Getting Started Equip Team 16 RSG Timeline (2013)

Summary FGMB’s history is marked by a sustained desire to expand the Kingdom of God in faith – Gospel Light Mission started as an inner-city church plant in 1959 – Moved to current location in 1963 to purposefully serve the University of Manitoba community – Several building expansions and renovations implemented to facilitate increased ministry, most recently the new foyer/gym expansion, and basement and main floor renovations 17

Summary The proposed initiative: – will develop and send a missionary team into Winnipeg, led by Joel Toews, that will create missional communities of Christians and “sojourners” that serve our city and worship together – is part of FGMB’s “DNA” and represents the next chapter in our response to God’s faithfulness to us and His call for us to be “salt and light” in the world – dovetails with the 50th anniversary celebration of the birthing of a faith venture that planted a new kind of MB Church in south Winnipeg in

Next Steps December-March: Promotion and discussion – Sunday School (Dec 2), sermon, announcements – Website info: Tangible Kingdom info, personal stories – Breakfast session – Refinement of partnership and financial specifics March: Congregational meeting – Final proposal presented for decision 19