Re-Imagining Mission
Over the last two decades, our culture has been in continual flux, shifting at an ever-increasing rate. In fact, quite possibly, the one constant within our culture may be our constantly shifting culture. This has been most notably aided by the emergence of the internet. Our grandchildren will, most likely, not know a world without the internet having seeped into every facet of life.
In the not so recent past, the primaryvoice in shaping our culture was the media. However, in our day and age,the primary shaping voice within our culture is the ever evolving presence of socialmedia. We no longer primarily rely upon the evening localnews or morning newspaper to break matters of local, national, or internationalimportance. We simply check our Twitterfeed.
Itbegs the question: “If the gospel isto be translated into our constantly shifting cultural context, how can thechurch cultivate a gospel-infused imagination that enables us to faithfullyparticipate in God’s mission?” In other words, “How do we encourage one anotherto Re-imagine Missionwithin our culture?”
The church in our culture is oftenfixated on what “works” rather than asking the question, “What does gospel faithfulness look like?” Because of this tendency,the methods/methodology of large, growing churches are often held up as theexamples to be emulated. And yet, Jesus looked to the small kingdom seed asthat which possesses the DNA of movement (Matthew 13:1-33). As this seed isplanted within a culture, it begins transforming everyone and everything ittouches. This is profoundly countercultural, even within church culture.
In view of this, we are calling church,community, and business leaders together to Re-Imagine Missionat the Forge in the Rockies RegionalConference in Colorado Springs, CO. During this gathering,we’ll explore:
- Key paradigm shifts the church needs to experience toequip and activate all the people of God to engage in His mission.
- Participating in God’s mission through neighboring.
- The difficult grassroots work of movement.
- Various ways the church is re-imagining mission in ourcontext.
Engage in the conversation with BradBrisco, JR Woodward, LanceFord and many more practitioners April 5-6 in beautiful Colorado Springs, CO.
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