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From: eric
Date: Tue Nov 21 14:01:12 MST 2006
Subject: Missional Success

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benjipark: hmm (11/22/06)

MaryKay: OK but....... (11/22/06)

eric: Uh (11/23/06)

emily: nice (12/12/06)

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emily: nice (12/12/06)
eric: Uh (11/23/06)
MaryKay: OK but....... (11/22/06)
benjipark: hmm (11/22/06)

i found these on the friend of Missional website. They are a working definition of what a health/successful missional church would look like.
1. Not simply how many people come to our church services, but how many people our church serves.
2. Not simply how many people attend our ministry, but how many people have we equipped for ministry.
3. Not simply how many people minister inside the church, but how many minister outside the church.
4. Not simply helping people become more whole themselves, but helping people bring more wholeness to their world. (ie. justice, healing, relief)
5. Not simply how many ministries we start, but how many ministries we help.
6. Not simply how many unbelievers we bring into the community of faith, but how many ‘believers’ we help experience healthy community.
7. Not simply working through our past hurts, but working alongside the Spirit toward wholeness.
8. Not simply counting the resources that God gives us to steward, but counting how many good stewards are we developing for the sake of the world.
9. Not simply how we are connecting with our culture but how we are engaging our culture.
10. Not simply how much peace we bring to individuals, but how much peace we bring to our world.
11. Not simply how effective we are with our mission, but how faithful we are to our God.
12. Not simply how unified our local church is, but how unified is “the church” in our neighborhood, city and world?
13. Not simply how much we immerse ourselves in the text, but how faithfully we live in the story of God.
14. Not simply being concerned about how our country is doing, but being concern for the welfare of other countries.
15. Not simply how many people we bring into the kingdom, but how much of the kingdom we bring to the earth.

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From: benjipark
Date: Wed Nov 22 13:05:31 MST 2006
Subject: hmm

So I guess what I can take from this is that it's "not simple."

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From: MaryKay
Date: Wed Nov 22 14:29:24 MST 2006
Subject: OK but.......

These are wonderful reminders of what makes life have purpose and meaning. Thanks for posting them but I have to admit as a Villager the numbering makes me a little nervous. You aren't asking us to do them in order or come up with a formula are you?? :-)

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From: eric
Date: Thu Nov 23 01:32:48 MST 2006
Subject: Uh

Uh, well I thought they were interesting. I'm not sure I actually agree with them. They make for good discussion.
eric

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From: emily
Date: Tue Dec 12 15:51:20 MST 2006
Subject: nice

I like the list. It has a lovely rhythm. Take a self-focused or countable goal and change it in to a truly unselfish or unquantifiable goal. The challenge in the list is: are you up to it? Can you give yourself in a way that will often go unnoticed?
Emily Mc

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