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The Missional Church – Part 1: The Missional Nature of God
week 3
John 3:16, 5:24, 14:26, 17:18, 20:21
Missional Living Homework:
- What did you do (plan to do) to encourage proximity in your neighborhood?
- What did you do (plan to do) to encourage presence in your neighborhood?
Three Movements in the missio Dei
God the Father ->
God the Father & the Son ->
God the Father, Son, & the Spirit ->
It’s about Priority
It is not so much that God has a mission for his church in the world, but that God has a church for his mission in the world.
Mission or Missions
John 20:21 As the Father has sent me, So I am sending you.
The Four Ds
Discover
Discern
Do
Debrief
Questions:
- What thoughts do you have as you reflect on the quote: “It is not so much that God has a mission for his church in the world, but that God has a church for his mission in the world”?
- In what ways are the Four Ds helpful?
Missional Living Homework:
- Where do I see God at work? Where and how do I see God working in the lives of those around me? Where and how is God working in my neighborhood? What about my place of vocation?
- In light of my gifts and resources, how does God want me to partner in what he’s doing?