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Participating in the missio Dei

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?