The outreach centered congregation lives to serve its community. Their central value is service (διακονέω) meaning embodying the good news in word and deed. Their heart beats to connect with new people and build relationships.
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This is a community of people who rally around the faithful preaching and teaching of Scripture. Worship services and Bible studies are the life stream of this congregation.
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Congregations, while incredibly unique in a diversity of ways, have a collective personality type, here’s an overview of the five types.
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Discover An Ancient Pathway for Congregational Renewal in the 21st Century
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Learn your congregation’s unique personality!
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Circuit riders, traveling great distances across the frontier and overseeing multiple communities, had to employ a leadership strategy that was shared, relational, decentralized, and self-organized. Their approach has implications for the network society today.
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Bringing back the circuit rider for a new missional frontier requires us to rethink what we mean by “parish.” If the world is truly our parish, how do we re-envision
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Part Two – “Digital Circuits and Riding the Flows“ The early circuit riders crisscrossed wide swaths of terrain on horseback. 21st century circuit riders are traveling a new global
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Part 1 “The Lost Genius of Early Methodism” In A Field Guide to Methodist Fresh Expressions, I suggested we need to rethink and reemploy the tradition of the circuit rider.[1]
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To all my friends who have not seen the inside of your sanctuaries for over a year. If you have known the pain of long-time members leaving to worship or even join the so-called “open” church around the corner. I want to give you a word of hope and encouragement.
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