1. @CofEPioneering

2. Guildford Diocese 10th June
Seeing in a New Way
Know how to see
Guildford Diocese 10th June

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

5. Acts 10 Peter & Cornelius
Seeing afresh
Two people

6. Acts 10 Peter & Cornelius
Seeing afresh
Two ports

7. ‘You don’t have to become like us.
Acts 10 Peter & Cornelius
Seeing afresh
Changing models
in context
‘You don’t have to become like us.
to become like us.’

8. “ this majority (66%) presents a major
“While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply
distressed to see that the city was full of idols.”
Acts 17 v 16
“ 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.”
Churchgoing in the UK.
A Research Report from Tearfund. April 2007

9. Playing Away

10. Who might be your Cornelius? Where might be your Caesarea?
How do you envisage increasing believers?
Who might be your Cornelius?
Where might be your Caesarea?

11. ‘how did the Spirit lead them to respond creatively & continually in
Stephen Bevans & Roger Schroeder, Prophetic Dialogue
‘how did the Spirit lead them to
respond creatively & continually in
new and surprising situations
as they preached the gospel.’

12. Seven key principles for action

13. 1. You feel /

14. ‘Its not the greatest people who change the world but
weak people in the
hands of a great God.’

15. 2. You are willing to follow the slipstream
of Gods Spirit and try to catch Him up /

16. Do I(we)really
believe this ?

17. 3. You understand the importance of a diversity of ministries/

18. Who are the Pioneers ?

19. There is a spectrum Pioneer Starter Pioneer Sustainer Sustainer
Innovator
Sustainer
Developer

20. 4. You want to break out and
see new possibilities /

21. What shape of church do we therefore need to be?21

22. “ 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.”

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

24. Church as four sets of relationships.up of
out in
“ The church is comprised of four sets of relationships centred on Jesus,
to the Godhead, between members of the
local church, to the world and
between each part and the whole body.’
Moynagh, Church for Every Context p 106.

25. This is where we live……. /

26. 5. This not flat pack church……./

27. Each new worshipping community is a unique story
Principle
Place
Process
Church ?
People
Prayer

28. This is about Adapting to the context Mission centred on those
outside church
Forming disciples
Creating new worshipping
communities

29. 6. You are willing to take a risk/

30. /

31. Values of risk taking teams
Curiosity
Creativity
Contextualisation
Chance
Courage /

32. 7. You have found some principles and people
to help you /

33. when we are too well pleased with ourselves,
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 /

34. to dare more boldly, to venture on wider seas,
Disturb us Lord,
to dare more boldly, to venture on wider seas,
where storms will show your mastery,
where losing sight of land , we shall find the stars.
We ask you to push back the horizons of our hopes,
and to push into the future
in strength, courage, hope and love .
Amen
Sir Francis Drake