date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 10:19:49 -0000 from: "Alan Strange" subject: Re: mission to: "f037" Thank you - I shall give this further thought, but I warm to it on first glance. You may like to note the Anglican 5 marks of mission, agreed at some terribly-high-up gathering. Interesting overlap. To Proclaim, the good news of the kingdom To Teach, baptise and nurture new believers To Respond, to human need by loving service To Seek, to transform the unjust structures of society To Strive, to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of the earth Ever, Alan ----- Original Message ----- From: "f037" To: Cc: Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 9:12 PM Subject: mission > Alan, > > A few thoughts following our conversation from a few weeks back. > > "Towards full-member mission: a new framework for Trinity" > > Principles > 1. Mission is what the church exists for - so each member has a mission role > 2. A functional rather than a geographical approach to mission > 3. Equipping the whole church for holistic mission > 4. Financial portfolio should be spread broadly across the five functions > 5. The mission display board should reflect the five functions > 6. Each function should have a "champion" > > Five functions (in no order) > A. Social justice - e.g. Matthew Project, the Sextons, Traidcraft, Fergus > Drake > B. Personal evangelism - e.g. Friends International, the Jesus video project, > Christianity explored > C. Community service - e.g. the Mustard Tree, the Jenny Lind sports > initiative > D. Training, educating, resourcing - e.g. the Smiths, Rob Crofton, the > Bearups, Emily Singleton > E. Professional service - e.g. Liz Bennett, David Thomson, the London > Institute for Contemporary Christianity, Alison Vinall, Jill Leggett, Alison > Talbert, etc., etc.] > > [Notes: The examples are of course exactly that, mere examples. Every member > of the church should fit into one of the five functions. The functions can be > fulfilled anywhere in the world, i.e. no geographic bias. "Mission partner" > would take on a different meaning. It would be interesting to map our current > "mission" expenditure against these five functions]. > > Mike >