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 Alright, today we're going to talk about partnership in missional communities.

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 Community disclaimer.

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 We are not passionate about missional communities.

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 What?

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 Why are we talking about this?

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 We're not passionate about missional communities.

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 We're passionate about the kingdom of God and all of life together.

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 Okay?

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 So missional communities are just the way that we've chosen to flesh that out in our church.

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 If missional communities ever get in the way of that,

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 then we just stop doing them and organize our people in some other way.

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 So that's important.

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 Okay?

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 That's key.

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 Hebrews 13, 17.

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 It says,

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 Obey your leaders and submit to them,

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 for they are keeping watch over your souls as those who have to give an account.

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 Let them do this with joy and not with groaning,

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 for that would be of no advantage to you.

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 Okay?

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 Every church's leadership has to decide how they will live out the one another verses

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 and obey the commands of the Bible.

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 Alright?

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 You might be familiar with the Bible has quite a few one another verses,

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 commands that God has given us to do one to another.

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 I'm actually going to read through a bunch of those just to give us kind of a feeling of the weight of this.

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 But missional communities are the way that we are shepherding our people to obey the one another verses.

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 And again,

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 every church has to decide how are we going to do that?

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 How are we going to best facilitate that in the context of our church?

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 So let me just give you some examples of these.

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 John 13, 34.

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 Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.

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 Romans 12, 10.

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 Love one another with brotherly affection.

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 Outdo one another in showing honor.

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 Romans 12, 16.

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 Live in harmony with one another.

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 Romans 15, 7.

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 Welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you.

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 2 Corinthians 13, 11.

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 Comfort one another.

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 Agree with one another.

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 Live in peace.

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 And the God of love and peace will be with you.

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 2 Corinthians 13, 11.

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 Agree with one another.

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 13, 12.

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 Greet one another with a holy kiss.

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 Galatians 5, 13.

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 Serve one another.

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 Galatians 6, 2.

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 Bear one another's burdens.

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 Ephesians 4, 2.

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 Bearing with one another in love.

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 4, 32.

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 Be kind to one another.

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 Tenderhearted.

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 Forgiving one another as God in Christ forgave you.

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 Ephesians 5, 21.

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 Submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

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 Philippians 2, 3.

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 Count others more significant than yourselves.

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 Colossians 3, 16.

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 Teaching and admonishing one another.

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 1 Thessalonians 5, 11.

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 Build one another up.

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 5, 15.

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 Always seek to do good to one another and to everyone.

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 Hebrews 3, 13.

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 Exhort one another every day.

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 10, 24.

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 Let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works.

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 10, 25.

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 Encourage one another.

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 James 5, 16.

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 Confess your sins to one another.

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 James 5, 16.

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 Pray for one another.

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 1 Peter 4, 9.

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 Show hospitality to one another without grumbling.

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 1 Peter 4, 10.

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 As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another.

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 And 1 Peter 5, 5.

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 Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility towards one another.

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 So, that's a lot, right?

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 That's a lot of the one another verses.

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 But, basically, we've chosen to facilitate the exercise and the obedience to those commands in the context of missional communities.

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 Okay?

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 So, what is a missional community?

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 What is a missional community?

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 Missional community is a small family of believers committed to living out God's mission together in everyday life to a particular people and places.

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 Okay?

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 So, missional communities are committed to Jesus.

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 Missional communities are committed to each other.

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 And missional communities are committed to the lost.

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 All right?

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 Our missional communities are where most of the life of our church happens.

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 This is where we do counseling, prayer, deliverance, discipleship.

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 This is where we do mission together.

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 These are the people who would help us move, who would be working on our houses with us, who we would look to and maybe babysit our kids.

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 These are the people we party with, cry with, eat with, do Bible study with, all of the above.

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 All right?

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 This is the people we do life together with.

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 And a missional community is people-centric.

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 Okay?

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 A missional community is people-centric.

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 It's a people.

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 So, that's what a missional community is.

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 Sometimes one of the best ways to understand what something is is to also describe what it's not.

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 Especially because all of us come from different church backgrounds.

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 We've had different church experiences.

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 You know, many of us have done different types of small groups or different ways of the church structuring itself together.

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 And so I think it's important to talk as well about what a missional community is not.

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 All right?

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 So, you have eight different things that a missional community is not.

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 Number one, a missional community is not meeting-centric.

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 It's not primarily a weekly meeting.

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 You can't go to it.

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 It's not a night of the week.

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 But it does meet regularly.

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 So, how does that work?

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 You're saying you can't go to it, but it does meet regularly.

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 Yes.

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 Because it's like saying, hey, I'm going to go to family.

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 You can't go to family.

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 You are a family.

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 Right?

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 Does a family meet regularly?

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 I would hope so, if it's a healthy family.

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 But you don't go to family.

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 Just like you don't go to your missional community.

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 Your missional community is the people that you're committed to.

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 Okay?

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 So, it's not meeting-centric.

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 Now, that's why a partnership in the context of missional communities is important.

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 Because if the only time we're seeing each other is on a Wednesday night and a Sunday morning,

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 we're not going to be able to fulfill those one-another commandments.

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 We're not going to be able to do what the Bible is calling us to do together.

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 We're not going to be able to do effective mission or be an effective family to one another.

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 If we're just majoring on a gathering once a week and then seeing each other on a Sunday morning.

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 Okay?

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 So, it's not meeting-centric, although we do meet.

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 You follow me on that?

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 So, it's not centric on the meeting.

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 But, of course, you have to meet in order to facilitate that life together.

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 And, ideally, you're going to have at least one meeting a week where everybody's together.

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 But you might have other meetings together where they're more informal or more intentional around a specific thing.

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 Okay?

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 And if our missional community is only based on a meeting, it's going to be pretty lame, honestly.

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 I mean, there's really not a whole lot exciting about just seeing people once a week out of obligation.

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 But, hopefully, the meeting is just a thing that facilitates the rest of life together through the rest of the week.

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 Number two, a missional community is not study-centric.

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 It's not primarily a book or Bible study.

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 It's discipleship in all of life, which includes study.

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 Okay?

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 So, again, a lot of these things, it's not the thing, but it includes the thing.

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 So, it's not primarily a Bible study, but most definitely it's going to involve studying the Bible together.

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 It's going to involve discipleship.

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 But many people, when they hear the word discipleship, think of a lot of different things.

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 And when we're talking about discipleship, we're talking about discipleship in all of life.

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 Much like when you see in the Bible in Deuteronomy when it talks about parenting your kids.

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 It says talk to them while you're on the way and when you're going to bed and when you're, basically, when you're doing all the stuff that life consists of.

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 You're doing discipleship.

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 And, ideally, we are doing discipleship in the context of everyday life.

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 Now, if that never involves any kind of intentional scheduled time, it's probably not going to be very effective discipleship.

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 But if it only includes just a specific, deliberate, special time of discipleship and doesn't include the everyday stuff of life,

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 where we'll be able to see each other and talk to one another, then we're going to miss out.

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 And that's one of the biggest drawbacks or missing components to any kind of professional therapy or professional counseling,

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 is that a therapist or a counselor can only counsel what you give them.

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 You give them the information, they give you feedback.

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 And if they're a good counselor or therapist, they're hopefully going to give you good stuff.

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 But they can't speak to your blind spots because they're not in your life.

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 They can't speak to the things that they don't see.

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 That's the benefit of discipleship in the everyday stuff of life,

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 is that we'll do counseling with one another, we'll do discipleship with one another.

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 We're not just speaking to the things that someone comes to us needing counsel for.

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 We're also going to speak to the things that they're not asking counsel for.

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 We're also going to speak into the things that they don't see.

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 And we all have to realize in humility towards one another that we all have blind spots.

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 And that we all need to have people speak into our blind spots.

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 And that's the kind of discipleship we should all want and need.

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 And that's the kind of discipleship that's really going to be effective.

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 That's why you can't also only have discipleship be in a formal atmosphere.

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 A lot of times churches can become just these teaching centers or these conference centers

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 where discipleship happens from behind a pulpit like this, primarily.

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 But discipleship should happen behind a pulpit like this.

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 But it should never happen only behind a pulpit like this.

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 We're looking for a holistic expression of that.

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 So it's not study-centric, although it will include some.

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 It's discipleship in all life.

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 Number three, a missional community is not inward-centric.

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 So it's not primarily a small group.

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 It exists both for those inside the group and for those outside.

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 This is important.

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 Some people, you know, they call their missional community a small group.

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 Or they call it group, whatever.

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 You know, and you say, what's the big deal?

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 It's all semantics.

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 Well, it's not semantics.

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 There's actually intentionality behind what we're doing.

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 One of the best ways to cause any kind of small group to become a bad group is when it becomes inward-focused.

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 Okay?

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 When it doesn't have a purpose bigger than itself or outside of itself.

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 And this is one of the reasons we don't call them communities.

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 We call them missional communities.

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 Because we don't want people to get inward focus.

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 That is a great way to turn people on one another.

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 That's a great way to have a version of community, but a pretty lame version of community.

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 Okay?

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 We were never meant to live for something so small and impish as ourselves.

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 We have to have a purpose bigger than ourselves.

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 And I've been a part of groups that had a lot of familial kind of experience.

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 But because they had no outward experience, eventually they lost steam.

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 They lost momentum.

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 And eventually they got ingrown and weird.

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 Okay?

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 So we're not primarily a small group.

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 Although we will meet with smaller groups of people.

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 Right?

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 But it exists for both the people in that small group of people, the missional community, but also for people outside of it.

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 Number four.

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 A missional community is not friend-centric.

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 Okay?

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 So it's not primarily a friendship group.

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 It values the necessity of all the parts of the body, regardless of friendship.

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 And seeks to keep people from falling through the cracks who aren't yet friends.

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 All right?

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 That's the beauty of the church.

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 Is that when we come together based on similar interests.

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 And if the interests that we're coming together on are not our interest in Jesus and his primacy and his supremacy,

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 what ends up happening is certain people who don't share our same interests are excluded.

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 And certain people fall through the cracks.

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 The only same interest group we're interested in is the supremacy of Christ.

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 Is that we love Jesus more than anything.

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 And that we're relating in the fellowship of the Spirit.

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 So that we're all connecting with one another.

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 If people only got together in missional communities, this has been for years as I've been doing this.

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 This gets asked all the time.

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 But can't we just do it with our really close friends?

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 Can't we just do it with so-and-so?

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 We already have this great relationship.

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 And it's going to be effective for this.

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 And it's like, you can do it with our really close friends.

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 But you can't do it with only really close friends.

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 Because someone somewhere is someone who doesn't have really close friends.

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 And you were that person at some point in time.

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 And the only reason that you're close friends with the people you're close friends with now

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 is they brought you into things when they weren't close friends with you.

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 So you've got to say, I want to become relationship poor that others might become relationship rich.

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 Jesus became poor so that we could become rich.

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 And his people should do the same thing.

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 That means sometimes we're going to have to give up time with our friends,

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 the ones that are closer to us,

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 and spend more deliberate time building friendships with people that we're not as close with in the church

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 so that the church can be a body.

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 And the way you do that and you value that is you recognize that every part is necessary

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 and we need every part.

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 And that those people who haven't experienced the same kind of friendship and love and family

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 that you experience in the church,

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 the only reason you experience it is someone started with you when you weren't in.

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 So you start with people when they're not in and bring them in.

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 Bring them in.

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 Help them feel together and feel like a part of the family.

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 Okay, so it's not primarily a friendship group.

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 Number five, missional community is not home-centric.

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 It's not a house church.

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 Okay, so it goes where the people it's on mission to are.

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 It shares the load with everyone, not just one homeowner.

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 It meets in multiple homes, not just one.

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 Okay, so over the years we've had this where if you end up meeting just in one home,

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 what ends up happening is anyone who's facilitating, whoever's home that is,

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 gets burnt out over time.

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 Or what it does is it's just not, it fosters laziness and a lack of ownership in the other people in the missional community

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 when that missional community only meets in one person's home.

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 Share the load.

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 You might say, well, but that person's house is the best house for it.

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 I get it.

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 Sometimes there is a house that is the best house for it.

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 It's more conducive.

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 It's bigger.

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 It's got yard.

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 I mean, whatever it might have.

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 But let's look at the bigger purpose here.

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 We want to have ownership with everyone.

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 We want to have this connection and this partnership with everyone.

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 And that means we want to give people the dignity of opening up their homes and serving.

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 And we can make do.

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 And we can make the best of it.

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 People all over the world meet in homes that have one room.

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 I'm not talking about one bedroom.

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 I'm talking about one room.

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 Okay?

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 So sometimes we just need to get a little reality check and just realize, oh, I can't meet in my house because my bathroom isn't nice.

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 I can't meet in my house because it's small.

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 And then we have people.

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 I just saw a picture of a church meeting without a roof.

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 It was pouring rain.

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 And they're just worshiping the Lord and meeting.

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 And, you know, we feel a little uncomfortable because it's 111 degrees today.

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 And maybe the AC is three degrees hotter than it was normally because it's a little hotter outside.

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 We can't keep up.

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 And these guys are meeting outside in the rain.

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 Sometimes they're just a little soft and we just need to realize, hey, we can do these things.

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 We can make these sacrifices so there's a sense of ownership.

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 Let's mention, it's not a house church.

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 It's not primarily located in one person's house.

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 We want to be flexible.

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 We also don't want it to just be about Christians in a home.

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 It's a missional community.

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 So it's not home-centric.

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 We go where the people are.

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 The thing about church oftentimes is it becomes attractional.

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 There's nothing wrong with an attractional church in and of itself.

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 But I'm telling you, one of the drawbacks and the things that has to be worked into a church that is attractional,

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 meaning that their main form of mission is just inviting people to a Sunday morning service,

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 is that there's a lot of people who will never show up in a Sunday morning service.

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 There's a lot of unbelievers who would never show up in a Sunday morning service.

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 We have to go to them.

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 And Jesus sent us out to go to them.

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 And so it can't be house-centric because we need to go out where they are.

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 That means we're going to have to go out into places maybe we're not as comfortable with,

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 go out into places, and we put the uncomfortability on us

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 and keep the comfortability on the unbelievers so we can reach them.

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 Instead of inviting them in on our territory on a Sunday morning when they're just like,

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 this is a foreign land to me.

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 No, we'll go where they are.

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 A missional community should be seeking certain specific places and people that they're going to reach out to.

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 And that should be a regular engagement.

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 Okay?

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 Number six, a missional community is not attractional.

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 It's not an invitation-based evangelistic crusade.

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 What do I mean by that?

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 It doesn't seek to get unbelievers in front of one gifted person,

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 but rather in front of many Christians.

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 It avoids the laziness of trading personal evangelism for a meeting invite

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 and goes to where the people it's on mission are.

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 Okay?

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 So sometimes you might say, okay, I'm not going to invite them on Sunday morning,

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 but I'll invite them to our missional community gathering.

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 And it's just like, well, it depends.

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 What is the purpose of that particular missional community gathering?

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 Maybe we're doing a missional community gathering that is evangelistic in its purpose.

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 We're doing some kind of event, some kind of gathering, some kind of get-together

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 for the purpose of reaching lost people.

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 But if it's a bunch of us Christians getting together,

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 and we know that the leader is really good at sharing the gospel,

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 you don't get to be lazy and just send it to them and just say,

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 well, I'm not going to evangelize people.

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 I'm just going to invite people to come to our missional community gathering

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 so that the guru can speak to them about the gospel.

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 No, it's not some evangelistic crusade where you're just trying to get

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 your unbelieving friends in front of someone else

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 who can speak the gospel in the context of a living room

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 rather than on a Sunday morning service.

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 No, it is not attractional.

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 It's missions-based.

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 We are going out to where the people are.

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 Okay?

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 Number seven.

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 One more thing about number six.

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 That's why we shouldn't just randomly invite people to our gatherings.

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 We should ask the question,

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 is this the right gathering for someone to come to?

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 And sometimes it's just like, oh, I'm going to invite them to so-and-so.

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 And then someone's like, no,

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 tonight's probably not the best gathering from that.

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 And then someone gets offended like, what,

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 we can't invite unbelievers to these missional communities?

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 And it's like, you can't invite anyone to a missional community.

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 It's not a meeting.

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 It's people.

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 There are specific meetings that might be more conducive.

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 There are things that make more sense.

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 And so how about we just get together with that person?

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 How about we go grab a drink with that person?

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 How about we invite them into our living room?

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 How about we do one of those things

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 rather than just invite them to a Christian meeting

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 when they're not a Christian?

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 Let's do that first.

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 Number seven, a missional community is not leader-centric.

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 It's not exclusively leader-led.

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 It's not a spectator sport.

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 All partners in a missional community

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 should share leadership responsibilities

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 under the primary leadership of what we call a lead partner.

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 The lead partner is the first among equals.

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 So yes, there is a lead partner.

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 Without leadership, it's just not going to work.

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 We need leadership.

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 So there's someone who's primarily leading the missional community.

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 But partnership says,

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 hey, I'm not going to let everything fall on them.

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 I'm not, if they're making,

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 if we get together and we have a meal

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 and they're making the meal every time,

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 ipso facto no.

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 We're not doing that.

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 That's not sharing the load.

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 That's not partnership.

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 We're saying, no, you're leading the meeting,

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 but we're going to share that leadership burden.

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 We're going to share responsibility.

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 We're going to make sure we're going to open up our home.

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 We're going to make the meal.

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 We're going to not just have you be the only one

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 who thinks of any kind of missional opportunities,

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 but we're going to come up with missional ideas.

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 We're going to execute those.

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 We're going to spearhead some of those.

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 We're going to do this together.

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 And we're going to do it in partnership.

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 This is how a missional community works.

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 When a missional community is not in partnership,

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 where we're not sharing ownership and sharing the load,

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 it gets lame really fast.

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 It gets lame really fast.

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 So it has to be that shared responsibility.

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 It's not a spectator sport.

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 It's not like you have a long day,

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 so you just say, well, I'm just going to show up to the meeting

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 and I have no really responsibility here,

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 as if the person who's leading it didn't have a long day as well.

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 I mean, come on, that's selfish.

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 We need to come together and do this together.

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 Number eight, missional community is not one-person centric.

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 So it's not primarily one-on-one discipleship.

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 It seeks to do discipleship through multiple gifts

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 from multiple people who are in multiple different stages of life.

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 So does that mean you can't ever have more one-on-one kind of discipleship?

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 No, you can.

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 But missional communities are meant to mix up the people.

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 It's not just men.

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 It's men and women.

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 It's not just young people.

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 It's young people and old people.

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 It's making sure that it's not just one particular set of giftings

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 or one people that I feel more comfortable with or closer friendships with.

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 It's everybody together,

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 realizing that if every single person is a part of the body,

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 then every single person has a part to play in the discipleship of the body.

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 And I want to make sure that I'm valuing all those different parts,

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 both in valuing the sense that if I don't show up,

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 I can't just say, well, it doesn't really matter.

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 No, it does matter because we need you.

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 And we can't just say, oh, we just need this gender,

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 or we just need this age group, or we just need...

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 No, for discipleship, we need all those together.

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 Or this different gift mix.

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 We only need this person gifted this way.

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 No, we need everybody to participate in the process of discipleship.

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 It's not just you get one person who's quote-unquote discipling you,

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 but we're doing discipleship together in the context of everyday life.

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 Okay?

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 So that's what a missional community is not.

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 Like, wow, you just spent way more time on what it's not than what it is.

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 Yes.

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 Yes.

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 Because there's a lot of confusion about this,

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 and almost every single time you have someone new coming,

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 and they bring in some form of church experience, which makes sense.

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 Of course you're going to.

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 And so I want to describe what things are not so we can understand what things are.

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 Okay, why are they called missional communities?

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 They're called missional communities because we believe that both concepts of mission and community

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 are essential for maximum impact.

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 Right?

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 Both concepts.

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 So community without mission becomes selfish, codependent, and complacent.

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 Right?

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 And we used to be a part of the house church movement for a long time.

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 And there's a lot of great things that happen in the context of that.

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 A lot of real close familiar relationships.

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 But over time, because there was no missional focus,

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 what ended up happening is it just became selfish, codependent,

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 and there's a certain level of complacency that comes there

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 because you can only just keep doing the same thing over and over again for so long.

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 There's no just novelty of mission where you're reaching new people in new ways,

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 doing new things, and that's a healthy kind of novelty.

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 There's a craving for novelty that is unhealthy,

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 and that doesn't rejoice with the Lord in the main and plain.

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 But I'm not talking about that.

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 I'm talking about the excitement and novelty of being led by the Spirit

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 into places and where people are that are lost

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 and reaching them and preaching the gospel to them.

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 And so it's got to be mission and community.

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 Mission without community forfeits one of the greatest apologetics for the gospel.

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 To literally say, hey, God is a father who wants to adopt you into his family

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 and to give you the right to be called the children of God,

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 and then to become a child of God and have no family,

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 that doesn't make any sense.

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 So if you're highly missional and then we're adopting people into just a spiritual orphanage

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 where there's one leader behind a pulpit and everybody just attends meetings

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 and there's not a true familial relationship,

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 where they have the language of family without the experience of family,

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 which is one of the most disillusioning things,

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 that's not going to work.

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 So we need not just the words of the gospel,

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 but also the experience of the gospel,

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 and that is a church that acts as a family,

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 that when God adopts us into his family and gives us the right to be called children of God,

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 we function like brothers and sisters.

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 We believe that God is our father.

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 Older people are regarded as fathers and mothers,

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 and we relate to another as families do,

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 just like the Bible tells us to do.

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 Okay?

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 So let's look at the essentials of a missional community.

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 I can give you kind of over what it is, what it's not.

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 Let's look at, you know, what are the essential parts of a missional community.

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 And there's three essentials that I want to talk about.

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 First one, these are the core elements of a missional community.

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 Essential number one, the three pillars of partnership,

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 which we've talked about in the last three messages,

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 so I'm not going to go into it just by way of review,

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 the three pillars of partnership.

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 So partnership is the foundation of a missional community,

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 because there's no community without responsibility and accountability.

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 Let me say that again.

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 I've said this a bunch of times before,

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 but I'm going to keep saying this because it's so important.

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 There is no community without responsibility and accountability.

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 People are like, hey, I'm looking for community.

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 I want community.

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 Well, are you also looking for responsibility and accountability?

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 Because if you're not looking for responsibility and accountability,

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 you will never find true community.

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 It doesn't exist.

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 You have to have those things.

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 Each part or partner, as we say, or part owner,

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 these are the ones that we count on to do the work of a missional community,

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 to do the work of the church,

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 to do the work of what Christians do together as a church.

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 And the definition of the word partner is a person who takes part in any activity with another,

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 one who shares, one who shares a task with one another,

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 one who shares ownership with one another, a part owner.

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 And we get this word partnership from the Bible.

00:24:29.340 --> 00:24:32.000
 The Bible talks about our partnership with one another.

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 So, partner, someone we can count on to share in the following three pillars.

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:38.339
 Shared priorities.

00:24:38.819 --> 00:24:40.200
 Shared priority of the kingdom of God.

00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:41.640
 Shared vision.

00:24:42.380 --> 00:24:44.160
 The kingdom of God in all of life.

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 And then shared responsibility.

00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:48.119
 Kingdom of God in all of life together.

00:24:48.380 --> 00:24:51.220
 Shared priorities, shared vision, and shared responsibility.

00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:53.420
 If the kingdom of God is not our first priority,

00:24:53.880 --> 00:24:56.160
 and we don't share a vision of the kingdom in all of life,

00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:58.579
 and we don't share the responsibility together,

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 then there's no partnership.

00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:04.720
 There's no real, deep, meaningful community.

00:25:05.380 --> 00:25:07.539
 And there's definitely not going to be any effective mission.

00:25:09.600 --> 00:25:13.019
 Essential number two is the four core identities.

00:25:13.900 --> 00:25:17.079
 Our mission flows out of our gospel identity.

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:19.839
 If we forget this truth,

00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:24.400
 then we're in danger of finding both positive and negative identity in what we do,

00:25:24.640 --> 00:25:26.700
 and then we'll fall into a religious performance trap.

00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:27.140
 Okay?

00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:32.220
 So, Christ's work has given us identity that we work from and not for.

00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:34.460
 We're not saved by good works.

00:25:34.840 --> 00:25:37.059
 We're saved for good works.

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 Our doing flows out of our being.

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 Follow me on that?

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 Our doing flows out of our being.

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:44.200
 Ephesians 2, 8-10.

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 For by grace you have been saved through faith,

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 and this is not your own doing.

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 It is the gift of God, not a result of works,

00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:52.860
 so that no one may boast.

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 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works,

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 which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

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 So we work from, not for.

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 So our mission of community should have four identities that we seek to live out together,

00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:11.859
 so as they say, we can be firing on all four cylinders.

00:26:12.439 --> 00:26:13.739
 So the first one is family.

00:26:13.959 --> 00:26:16.839
 In Christ we are children of God, which makes us family.

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:19.039
 So the identity is that we're children.

00:26:19.479 --> 00:26:21.839
 The implication is that we are family.

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:23.839
 John 1-12 says,

00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:26.419
 He gave us the right to be called the children of God.

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 The fact that we are children means that we must function as family.

00:26:30.339 --> 00:26:31.959
 If we only care about our identities,

00:26:32.119 --> 00:26:35.559
 but we don't care about the outflow of that identity in the context of church,

00:26:35.919 --> 00:26:38.159
 we're always going to be falling short of the glory of God.

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:41.299
 We're always going to be falling short of the glory of God.

00:26:41.439 --> 00:26:44.899
 God gives identity, and those identities have implications.

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:47.199
 So we should function as a family together.

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:49.500
 When a church does not function as family together,

00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:50.859
 when we're in missional communities,

00:26:51.419 --> 00:26:53.220
 and we're not functioning as a family together,

00:26:53.220 --> 00:26:55.559
 it's not designed to work that way.

00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:59.140
 The church was not designed to work not as a family.

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 It was always meant to be that way.

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 It was created that way.

00:27:02.120 --> 00:27:04.640
 God meant the church to function like a family.

00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:06.920
 And the reason so often church doesn't work,

00:27:07.600 --> 00:27:09.180
 and people get so disillusioned,

00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:12.620
 is because we're aborting the things that God says the church is supposed to be.

00:27:12.900 --> 00:27:14.279
 This is one of the primary elements.

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 Second, servants.

00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:20.180
 In Christ we belong to God, which makes us servants.

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 So, God has purchased us.

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 1 Corinthians 6, 19-20 says you're not your own.

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 You're about the price.

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 And so because God owns us now,

00:27:29.559 --> 00:27:33.519
 because we are now servants of God by ownership of the king,

00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:36.639
 his ownership makes us servants.

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 It has implications.

00:27:38.859 --> 00:27:40.659
 And the way this fleshes out in the missional community,

00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:44.159
 if we're saying, God, you can have most of my life,

00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:45.899
 but not all of my life, it's not going to work.

00:27:45.900 --> 00:27:51.140
 When the man found the treasure in the field in the pearl of great price,

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:54.900
 it doesn't say he sold most of his stuff to get it.

00:27:55.380 --> 00:27:58.620
 It doesn't say, I sold all the stuff that I didn't really want,

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 but I kept what I liked.

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 And then I got Jesus in everything I want, too.

00:28:03.360 --> 00:28:04.680
 It's the perfect religion.

00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:08.040
 Jesus plus me over Jesus equals awesome.

00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:10.839
 That's how people kind of translate it.

00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:13.200
 But Jesus will not share his glory with another,

00:28:13.379 --> 00:28:15.920
 and Jesus will not let us function that way.

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:16.839
 He is king.

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:18.159
 He is Lord.

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:20.339
 And we have to get him all.

00:28:21.059 --> 00:28:23.539
 The man who found the treasure, he sold all.

00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:27.579
 The man who saw the pearl of great price, he sold all to get it.

00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:30.579
 And what ends up happening, if we're trying to do missional communities,

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:32.980
 where some of us are all in and some of us are not,

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:34.539
 this is what we talked about, partnership by him,

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:37.559
 some of us say, you can have all of my life,

00:28:37.639 --> 00:28:40.039
 but man, I don't want to hear about this topic.

00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:41.759
 I don't want you to talk about this.

00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:44.539
 This is kind of off limits.

00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:46.519
 And we have to ask ourselves,

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:48.519
 because all of us probably have at least one thing

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:49.920
 that either is off limits,

00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:52.599
 or it's like, we kind of want it to be off limits.

00:28:53.439 --> 00:28:54.839
 I don't like it when you touch this.

00:28:54.919 --> 00:28:55.839
 I get easily annoyed.

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:57.299
 I get kind of defensive.

00:28:58.519 --> 00:29:00.879
 I'm frustrated that you're going there.

00:29:01.699 --> 00:29:03.079
 And that's not true partnership.

00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:06.079
 When we just say, yes, Lord, whatever you say,

00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:08.259
 I am submitted to you.

00:29:08.359 --> 00:29:09.379
 I'm not my own.

00:29:09.439 --> 00:29:10.139
 I'm about with the price.

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:12.919
 Whatever you say, God, I will do.

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:14.299
 Even if I don't like it,

00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:15.879
 even if it's uncomfortable for me,

00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:17.079
 I give it to you.

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:18.679
 That is key.

00:29:18.859 --> 00:29:20.079
 That's key to have partnership

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:21.299
 with the context of missional community.

00:29:21.439 --> 00:29:22.139
 That's how we're servants.

00:29:22.599 --> 00:29:23.899
 Number three, we're disciples.

00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:26.439
 In Christ we abide in his word and bear much fruit,

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:28.159
 which makes us his disciples.

00:29:28.879 --> 00:29:29.899
 John 8.31 says,

00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:31.139
 If you abide in my word,

00:29:31.339 --> 00:29:33.399
 you are truly my disciples.

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:35.159
 And John 15.8 says,

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:36.299
 If you bear much fruit,

00:29:37.179 --> 00:29:38.859
 and so prove to be my disciples.

00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:39.719
 Okay?

00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:40.579
 So we're disciples.

00:29:40.819 --> 00:29:42.500
 That identity of discipleship means

00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:45.399
 that we live according to his word.

00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:47.719
 Where we have a relationship with his word

00:29:47.719 --> 00:29:48.199
 that says,

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:50.379
 Your word is law, King Jesus.

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:52.040
 In a kingdom,

00:29:52.320 --> 00:29:53.620
 the king's word is law.

00:29:54.420 --> 00:29:55.760
 And so we don't get to pick and choose

00:29:55.760 --> 00:29:56.860
 which things we'll believe

00:29:56.860 --> 00:29:57.240
 or say,

00:29:57.320 --> 00:29:58.220
 This one's for me,

00:29:58.460 --> 00:29:59.320
 but not for you,

00:29:59.380 --> 00:30:00.100
 or for me,

00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:01.580
 or for you and not for me,

00:30:01.660 --> 00:30:02.380
 or, you know,

00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:03.660
 I'll obey this,

00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:04.360
 but not that.

00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:05.240
 I'll go this far,

00:30:05.320 --> 00:30:06.100
 but not all the way.

00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:06.640
 No.

00:30:07.060 --> 00:30:08.000
 And if we're doing that,

00:30:08.040 --> 00:30:09.140
 we're going to have a lot of disunity

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:10.440
 in the context of missional community,

00:30:10.520 --> 00:30:11.260
 not true partnership.

00:30:11.760 --> 00:30:12.740
 Where we have true partnership

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.400
 is where we say,

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:13.680
 Hey,

00:30:13.680 --> 00:30:15.680
 I'm a disciple of Jesus.

00:30:16.320 --> 00:30:17.759
 A disciple of Jesus

00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:19.720
 lives according to your word

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.740
 and bears much fruit.

00:30:21.220 --> 00:30:22.140
 It abides in your word

00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:22.519
 and says,

00:30:22.620 --> 00:30:22.779
 Hey,

00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:23.840
 if your word says it,

00:30:23.900 --> 00:30:24.580
 I'm going to do it.

00:30:24.700 --> 00:30:25.900
 Even if it's not convenient,

00:30:26.140 --> 00:30:27.400
 even if I don't like to do it,

00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:29.740
 even if it's not socially acceptable to do it,

00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:32.160
 even if my pediatrician says not to do it,

00:30:32.420 --> 00:30:33.120
 whatever it may be,

00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:33.580
 I'm going to say,

00:30:33.660 --> 00:30:36.000
 I'm going to do what the Bible says to do

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:37.840
 because the Bible says to do it.

00:30:38.640 --> 00:30:40.840
 And that's the challenge

00:30:40.840 --> 00:30:42.660
 for us to be able to be in unity on that

00:30:42.660 --> 00:30:43.320
 and be disciples.

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:44.820
 And then we'll bear much fruit

00:30:44.820 --> 00:30:45.820
 and that bearing of fruit

00:30:45.820 --> 00:30:47.100
 will prove that we're disciples.

00:30:48.940 --> 00:30:49.340
 Fourthly,

00:30:49.420 --> 00:30:50.019
 missionaries.

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:51.000
 In Christ,

00:30:51.080 --> 00:30:52.100
 we are sent by God,

00:30:52.140 --> 00:30:53.240
 which makes us missionaries

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:54.259
 or people on mission.

00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:55.900
 I'm not talking about missionaries

00:30:55.900 --> 00:30:57.380
 in the context of we're all apostles,

00:30:57.779 --> 00:30:59.140
 but we're all a sent people.

00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:00.480
 So,

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.560
 John 20,

00:31:01.600 --> 00:31:02.360
 21 says,

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:03.660
 As the Father has sent me,

00:31:03.800 --> 00:31:05.320
 even so I am sending you.

00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:06.740
 Then Matthew 28,

00:31:07.180 --> 00:31:07.680
 19,

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:08.440
 the Great Commission,

00:31:08.600 --> 00:31:10.000
 Go therefore and make disciples

00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:11.160
 of all nations.

00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:11.279
 missions.

00:31:11.700 --> 00:31:12.800
 We have to be a people

00:31:12.800 --> 00:31:14.620
 who are on mission.

00:31:14.820 --> 00:31:15.680
 A people on mission.

00:31:16.320 --> 00:31:17.320
 We're sent out.

00:31:17.640 --> 00:31:18.700
 We're not looking to be comfortable

00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:19.920
 with the group of people

00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:22.180
 that our kids get along with

00:31:22.180 --> 00:31:22.740
 really well

00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:24.160
 and that we can experience

00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:25.320
 great relationship with.

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:26.440
 That's all awesome,

00:31:26.560 --> 00:31:27.540
 but ultimately,

00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:28.240
 at the end of the day,

00:31:28.560 --> 00:31:29.240
 there are people

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:30.920
 who are not going to spend

00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:32.019
 eternity with us.

00:31:32.380 --> 00:31:32.940
 There are people

00:31:32.940 --> 00:31:34.100
 who are going to spend eternity

00:31:34.100 --> 00:31:35.120
 in the place where the fire

00:31:35.120 --> 00:31:35.900
 does not go out,

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.680
 the Bible says.

00:31:36.680 --> 00:31:40.980
 And we seek those people

00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:42.600
 to preach the gospel to them

00:31:42.600 --> 00:31:43.880
 because they cannot believe

00:31:43.880 --> 00:31:44.779
 unless they hear it says.

00:31:44.860 --> 00:31:45.560
 How will they believe

00:31:45.560 --> 00:31:46.640
 unless they hear?

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:47.380
 And how will they hear

00:31:47.380 --> 00:31:49.220
 unless someone is sent?

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:50.440
 Who's going to be the people

00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:50.980
 who are sent?

00:31:51.340 --> 00:31:52.200
 The missional communities.

00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:53.840
 We want to be a sent people.

00:31:54.060 --> 00:31:54.860
 We're not just in this

00:31:54.860 --> 00:31:55.500
 for ourselves.

00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:56.779
 And does that involve

00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:57.500
 uncomfortability?

00:31:57.640 --> 00:31:57.960
 Yes.

00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:59.519
 Does that involve sacrifice?

00:31:59.860 --> 00:32:00.180
 Yes.

00:32:00.560 --> 00:32:01.120
 Does that involve

00:32:01.120 --> 00:32:02.140
 getting out of our comfort zones?

00:32:02.140 --> 00:32:02.500
 Yes.

00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:03.460
 Does that involve people

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:04.180
 laughing at us

00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:04.820
 and hating us?

00:32:04.819 --> 00:32:05.740
 Absolutely.

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:06.639
 It does.

00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:08.119
 But we do it

00:32:08.119 --> 00:32:09.619
 because we love Jesus.

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:11.439
 We do it because we love Jesus.

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:13.539
 And we do it

00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:14.359
 because we're the church.

00:32:15.159 --> 00:32:16.779
 A church that's on a mission

00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:17.779
 is a church that's dying.

00:32:18.299 --> 00:32:19.319
 A church that's on a mission

00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:20.460
 is a church of hypocrites.

00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:22.740
 A church that's on a mission

00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:23.980
 is a church that betrays

00:32:23.980 --> 00:32:24.720
 the very gospel

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:25.700
 that we were saved by.

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:28.019
 We must.

00:32:28.659 --> 00:32:29.379
 We must.

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:31.599
 And so we're family,

00:32:31.599 --> 00:32:32.240
 we're servants,

00:32:32.379 --> 00:32:32.859
 we're disciples,

00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:33.539
 and we're missionaries.

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:34.839
 And a missional community

00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:35.879
 will always be trying

00:32:35.879 --> 00:32:37.079
 to do those four things.

00:32:37.599 --> 00:32:38.519
 And just like a bike,

00:32:38.680 --> 00:32:40.019
 you're not always pushing

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:40.740
 both pedals.

00:32:41.099 --> 00:32:42.279
 You push the pedal that's up.

00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:43.099
 There are seasons

00:32:43.099 --> 00:32:43.879
 in a missional community

00:32:43.879 --> 00:32:45.220
 where you're pushing discipleship.

00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:45.700
 It's like,

00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:45.839
 well,

00:32:45.879 --> 00:32:47.079
 we need to just do

00:32:47.079 --> 00:32:48.480
 some real intense

00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:49.460
 kind of focus

00:32:49.460 --> 00:32:50.799
 on a particular few areas

00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:51.779
 because we're having

00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:52.299
 a hard time here.

00:32:52.339 --> 00:32:53.680
 Maybe you have a few people

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:54.039
 in your MC

00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:55.279
 just struggling financially.

00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:56.319
 Let's get in a word

00:32:56.319 --> 00:32:56.839
 and see what the Bible

00:32:56.839 --> 00:32:57.680
 says about finances.

00:32:58.519 --> 00:32:58.659
 Okay,

00:32:58.659 --> 00:32:59.779
 we have a few people

00:32:59.779 --> 00:33:00.119
 in your MC

00:33:00.119 --> 00:33:01.740
 struggling with marriage.

00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:02.519
 Let's get in the Bible

00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:03.259
 and look what it says

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:03.799
 about marriage.

00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:04.779
 Maybe it's parenting.

00:33:04.920 --> 00:33:05.400
 Let's get to look

00:33:05.400 --> 00:33:06.160
 at what the Bible

00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:06.920
 says about parenting.

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:07.859
 You know,

00:33:07.900 --> 00:33:08.720
 whatever it may be.

00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:09.259
 You know,

00:33:09.299 --> 00:33:09.799
 a bunch of people

00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:10.960
 are confused on this topic.

00:33:11.140 --> 00:33:11.859
 Let's look in the Bible

00:33:11.859 --> 00:33:12.259
 on that.

00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:12.680
 Okay?

00:33:13.099 --> 00:33:13.880
 Then there's other times

00:33:13.880 --> 00:33:14.620
 and you know

00:33:14.620 --> 00:33:15.940
 when it's 111 degrees out,

00:33:16.339 --> 00:33:17.200
 maybe not the best time

00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:17.640
 for mission.

00:33:18.180 --> 00:33:18.920
 But in the fall,

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:20.259
 when it's nice out

00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:20.920
 and people are out

00:33:20.920 --> 00:33:21.799
 and neighbors are out,

00:33:21.900 --> 00:33:22.079
 it's like,

00:33:22.140 --> 00:33:23.120
 it's a great time for mission.

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:24.359
 Let's push that pedal.

00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:25.019
 Let's hit it hard.

00:33:25.120 --> 00:33:25.660
 It's the holidays.

00:33:25.859 --> 00:33:27.259
 Let's have holiday parties.

00:33:27.400 --> 00:33:28.160
 Let's invite people in.

00:33:28.220 --> 00:33:29.620
 Let's go where lost people are at.

00:33:30.159 --> 00:33:30.279
 Okay?

00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:31.159
 There's different seasons

00:33:31.159 --> 00:33:31.779
 where we're going to

00:33:31.779 --> 00:33:33.379
 focus on different things.

00:33:35.959 --> 00:33:37.279
 But the last one

00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:37.659
 about mission

00:33:37.659 --> 00:33:38.399
 is really important

00:33:38.399 --> 00:33:40.319
 because let's make sure

00:33:40.319 --> 00:33:41.619
 that the missional community

00:33:41.619 --> 00:33:42.479
 never goes stale

00:33:42.479 --> 00:33:43.419
 and that we never forget

00:33:43.419 --> 00:33:44.359
 that people need

00:33:44.359 --> 00:33:45.099
 to hear the gospel.

00:33:45.979 --> 00:33:47.239
 And Charles Spurgeon said,

00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:47.819
 every Christian

00:33:47.819 --> 00:33:48.619
 is either a missionary

00:33:48.619 --> 00:33:49.500
 or an imposter.

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:50.439
 I agree with that.

00:33:50.899 --> 00:33:51.739
 You're never going to drift

00:33:51.739 --> 00:33:52.719
 into these four identities.

00:33:52.879 --> 00:33:53.359
 You have to be

00:33:53.359 --> 00:33:54.159
 radically intentional.

00:33:54.399 --> 00:33:55.399
 So it takes all of us

00:33:55.399 --> 00:33:55.759
 to say,

00:33:55.859 --> 00:33:56.000
 hey,

00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:57.139
 how's our missional community

00:33:57.139 --> 00:33:58.219
 doing in these four identities?

00:33:58.739 --> 00:33:59.319
 And then pressing

00:33:59.319 --> 00:34:00.200
 into them together.

00:34:00.939 --> 00:34:01.779
 Essential number three,

00:34:01.899 --> 00:34:02.939
 the five core actions

00:34:02.939 --> 00:34:03.399
 of mission.

00:34:03.939 --> 00:34:06.240
 So if we're prioritizing

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:06.919
 those three things,

00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:07.599
 the kingdom of God,

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:08.639
 all of life together,

00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:09.679
 and then we're functioning

00:34:09.679 --> 00:34:10.679
 together in our four core

00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:11.699
 identities of being

00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:13.119
 family,

00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:13.920
 servant,

00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:15.059
 disciples,

00:34:15.819 --> 00:34:16.599
 on mission together,

00:34:17.319 --> 00:34:18.739
 then while we're on mission,

00:34:18.860 --> 00:34:19.799
 we're doing five things

00:34:19.799 --> 00:34:20.619
 and we're just rinsing

00:34:20.619 --> 00:34:21.019
 and repeating

00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:21.840
 over and over again.

00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:22.199
 Okay?

00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:23.099
 Five things.

00:34:23.159 --> 00:34:23.480
 Number one,

00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:24.079
 we're relating.

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:25.039
 We're building new

00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:26.319
 and existing relationships

00:34:26.319 --> 00:34:27.759
 anywhere and everywhere.

00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:28.279
 Okay?

00:34:28.280 --> 00:34:29.080
 New relationships

00:34:29.080 --> 00:34:30.220
 and existing relationships.

00:34:30.640 --> 00:34:31.760
 We've got specific people

00:34:31.760 --> 00:34:32.660
 that we're on mission to.

00:34:33.120 --> 00:34:33.320
 Okay?

00:34:33.340 --> 00:34:34.000
 So we're relating to them.

00:34:34.060 --> 00:34:34.580
 We're trying to build

00:34:34.580 --> 00:34:35.100
 a relationship.

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:36.019
 Two,

00:34:36.120 --> 00:34:36.640
 we're preaching.

00:34:36.820 --> 00:34:37.760
 We're preaching the gospel

00:34:37.760 --> 00:34:38.800
 to strangers

00:34:38.800 --> 00:34:39.900
 and those who we're

00:34:39.900 --> 00:34:41.019
 building relationships with.

00:34:41.100 --> 00:34:41.820
 So new people,

00:34:42.120 --> 00:34:42.740
 old people,

00:34:43.240 --> 00:34:43.780
 either one.

00:34:44.300 --> 00:34:44.560
 Three,

00:34:44.620 --> 00:34:45.060
 we're praying.

00:34:45.120 --> 00:34:46.040
 We're praying for the gospel

00:34:46.040 --> 00:34:46.860
 to be proclaimed

00:34:46.860 --> 00:34:47.840
 and to believe.

00:34:48.840 --> 00:34:49.060
 Okay?

00:34:49.120 --> 00:34:49.420
 So we're,

00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:49.940
 hey,

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:50.460
 let's make sure

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:51.660
 we're actually preaching

00:34:51.660 --> 00:34:52.120
 the gospel,

00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:53.400
 but then once the gospel

00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:54.019
 is being preached,

00:34:54.100 --> 00:34:55.019
 let's pray that they believe it.

00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:56.519
 Let's pray that we believe it.

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:56.559
 Okay?

00:34:57.579 --> 00:34:58.480
 Interesting enough,

00:34:59.099 --> 00:35:00.420
 Jesus wasn't praying

00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:01.019
 for the lost.

00:35:01.119 --> 00:35:01.500
 He was praying

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:02.239
 for more workers.

00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:03.320
 Isn't that interesting?

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:04.099
 He didn't tell us

00:35:04.099 --> 00:35:04.699
 to pray for the lost.

00:35:04.759 --> 00:35:05.780
 He said pray for more workers.

00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:07.440
 It's an interesting thing.

00:35:08.679 --> 00:35:09.340
 Number four,

00:35:09.480 --> 00:35:10.099
 introduce.

00:35:10.619 --> 00:35:11.300
 Introduce the people

00:35:11.300 --> 00:35:12.019
 we're on mission to

00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:12.980
 to the family of believers.

00:35:13.219 --> 00:35:13.380
 Okay?

00:35:13.719 --> 00:35:14.079
 You got people

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:14.659
 we're on mission to?

00:35:14.739 --> 00:35:14.880
 Good,

00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:15.739
 that's being a Christian.

00:35:16.239 --> 00:35:17.239
 That's not being the church,

00:35:17.320 --> 00:35:18.300
 that's just being a Christian.

00:35:18.759 --> 00:35:19.320
 Being the church

00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:20.300
 is being on mission together.

00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:21.480
 So we're reaching out

00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:22.139
 to some unbelievers.

00:35:22.300 --> 00:35:23.199
 Let's get some other

00:35:23.199 --> 00:35:24.699
 believers involved with it.

00:35:24.759 --> 00:35:25.519
 Let's expose them

00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:26.360
 to the family of believers.

00:35:26.360 --> 00:35:27.599
 Let's invite them over.

00:35:27.700 --> 00:35:28.720
 Let's get some other people

00:35:28.720 --> 00:35:29.300
 involved with them.

00:35:29.780 --> 00:35:30.660
 I've seen over the years

00:35:30.660 --> 00:35:31.460
 so many times

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:32.300
 when someone who has

00:35:32.300 --> 00:35:32.940
 an unbeliever

00:35:32.940 --> 00:35:33.780
 that they're on mission to

00:35:33.780 --> 00:35:35.900
 alone just in the context

00:35:35.900 --> 00:35:36.400
 of everyday life,

00:35:36.460 --> 00:35:37.320
 maybe it's a co-worker,

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:37.760
 a neighbor,

00:35:38.420 --> 00:35:39.280
 someone brings in

00:35:39.280 --> 00:35:40.019
 another Christian

00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:41.860
 to reach out to that person

00:35:41.860 --> 00:35:43.200
 and then the other Christian

00:35:43.200 --> 00:35:44.380
 that gets involved

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:45.760
 ends up being better friends

00:35:45.760 --> 00:35:46.320
 with the person

00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:46.820
 than you were

00:35:46.820 --> 00:35:47.960
 who was the initial connection.

00:35:48.620 --> 00:35:49.220
 That's awesome.

00:35:49.780 --> 00:35:50.039
 I mean,

00:35:50.599 --> 00:35:52.059
 when I moved here

00:35:52.059 --> 00:35:52.900
 to Kansas City

00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:54.840
 and then moved

00:35:54.840 --> 00:35:56.220
 into Westport area

00:35:56.220 --> 00:35:57.099
 to plant a church,

00:35:57.700 --> 00:35:59.099
 I was working from home

00:35:59.099 --> 00:36:00.160
 for a company in Connecticut.

00:36:00.619 --> 00:36:01.599
 So I'm not reaching out

00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:02.639
 to any of my co-workers.

00:36:03.420 --> 00:36:03.559
 Okay?

00:36:03.940 --> 00:36:05.960
 So I relied heavily

00:36:05.960 --> 00:36:07.400
 on planting the church

00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:08.420
 on the group of people

00:36:08.420 --> 00:36:08.820
 that I was with.

00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:09.519
 I just said,

00:36:09.579 --> 00:36:10.500
 hey, introduce us

00:36:10.500 --> 00:36:11.059
 to your friends.

00:36:11.760 --> 00:36:12.740
 I want to meet your friends.

00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:13.079
 I want to meet

00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:14.160
 all your unbelieving friends.

00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:15.360
 We can do it at my house.

00:36:15.420 --> 00:36:15.880
 We can do your house.

00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:16.559
 We can do whatever you want.

00:36:16.639 --> 00:36:17.160
 I'll go anywhere,

00:36:17.260 --> 00:36:17.619
 anytime.

00:36:17.700 --> 00:36:18.180
 Let's do it.

00:36:18.599 --> 00:36:19.539
 I want to meet your friends.

00:36:20.259 --> 00:36:20.539
 Why?

00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:21.619
 Because I want to meet

00:36:21.619 --> 00:36:22.159
 lost people.

00:36:22.319 --> 00:36:22.819
 And if I don't have

00:36:22.819 --> 00:36:23.419
 a lot of lost people

00:36:23.419 --> 00:36:24.019
 in my life,

00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:25.219
 besides my neighbors,

00:36:25.419 --> 00:36:27.159
 I was dependent

00:36:27.159 --> 00:36:28.059
 on the people in my life

00:36:28.059 --> 00:36:29.139
 who had lost people

00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:29.460
 in their life

00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:29.719
 and say,

00:36:29.799 --> 00:36:30.779
 hey, bring me in.

00:36:30.819 --> 00:36:31.759
 And anytime new people

00:36:31.759 --> 00:36:32.679
 are coming into your life,

00:36:32.759 --> 00:36:33.259
 new believers,

00:36:33.940 --> 00:36:34.579
 new people are coming

00:36:34.579 --> 00:36:35.279
 into your missional community,

00:36:35.379 --> 00:36:35.879
 one of the things

00:36:35.879 --> 00:36:36.599
 you should say is,

00:36:36.679 --> 00:36:37.879
 hey, introduce me

00:36:37.879 --> 00:36:38.699
 to all your lost friends.

00:36:39.659 --> 00:36:40.719
 Not in some weird way

00:36:40.719 --> 00:36:41.099
 like, hey,

00:36:41.139 --> 00:36:41.919
 invite them to a missional

00:36:41.919 --> 00:36:42.679
 community gathering

00:36:42.679 --> 00:36:43.960
 where they're the only person

00:36:43.960 --> 00:36:44.719
 who doesn't know anybody

00:36:44.719 --> 00:36:45.359
 and we're going to talk

00:36:45.359 --> 00:36:45.739
 about things

00:36:45.739 --> 00:36:46.519
 that they're really uncomfortable

00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:47.239
 talking about.

00:36:47.239 --> 00:36:47.839
 And say,

00:36:47.879 --> 00:36:48.539
 wasn't that awesome?

00:36:48.859 --> 00:36:49.459
 No, we're not going

00:36:49.459 --> 00:36:50.000
 to do that.

00:36:50.439 --> 00:36:51.339
 We're actually going

00:36:51.339 --> 00:36:52.119
 to go where they are

00:36:52.119 --> 00:36:52.979
 and take that uncomfortability

00:36:52.979 --> 00:36:53.679
 on ourselves

00:36:53.679 --> 00:36:55.759
 and go to reach them.

00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:57.279
 And so we do it

00:36:57.279 --> 00:36:58.079
 in ways that are creative.

00:36:58.219 --> 00:36:58.719
 We do it in ways

00:36:58.719 --> 00:36:59.699
 that are natural,

00:36:59.859 --> 00:37:00.599
 normal, and neutral,

00:37:00.759 --> 00:37:01.479
 not weird,

00:37:01.899 --> 00:37:02.939
 unnecessarily weird.

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:03.719
 Okay?

00:37:04.259 --> 00:37:05.439
 And we do that

00:37:05.439 --> 00:37:06.159
 and that's exciting.

00:37:06.319 --> 00:37:06.699
 It's like, man,

00:37:06.699 --> 00:37:07.479
 when I meet someone

00:37:07.479 --> 00:37:08.239
 and they have unbelieving,

00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:09.279
 I love saying,

00:37:09.339 --> 00:37:09.500
 hey,

00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:11.019
 they start talking about,

00:37:11.579 --> 00:37:12.779
 you know,

00:37:12.779 --> 00:37:13.719
 Sam was talking to me once

00:37:13.719 --> 00:37:14.139
 about a guy

00:37:14.139 --> 00:37:15.059
 who was working with

00:37:15.059 --> 00:37:17.019
 and just started sharing about

00:37:17.019 --> 00:37:17.699
 this guy

00:37:17.699 --> 00:37:18.280
 and he's been talking

00:37:18.280 --> 00:37:19.079
 to him about the gospel.

00:37:19.199 --> 00:37:19.400
 I'm like,

00:37:19.440 --> 00:37:20.360
 hey, let me in on this.

00:37:20.920 --> 00:37:21.900
 How can I get to know him?

00:37:22.300 --> 00:37:22.960
 Well, he's going to come

00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:23.539
 to the poker there

00:37:23.539 --> 00:37:24.119
 and I'm there.

00:37:24.699 --> 00:37:25.199
 And I'm going to sit

00:37:25.199 --> 00:37:25.659
 at his table.

00:37:25.759 --> 00:37:26.460
 I'm going to get to know him.

00:37:26.860 --> 00:37:27.759
 And then after that,

00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:28.719
 then we both go out with him.

00:37:28.739 --> 00:37:29.739
 And then I get to have fun

00:37:29.739 --> 00:37:30.360
 sharing the gospel

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:31.000
 with him as well.

00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:31.380
 It's like,

00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:32.300
 this is exciting.

00:37:32.380 --> 00:37:33.000
 I want in on this.

00:37:33.079 --> 00:37:34.059
 I want to share the gospel

00:37:34.059 --> 00:37:34.900
 with lost people.

00:37:35.259 --> 00:37:35.840
 And I don't want you

00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:36.440
 to do this alone.

00:37:36.539 --> 00:37:37.659
 Let's tag team this together.

00:37:37.759 --> 00:37:38.699
 Let's do this together.

00:37:39.500 --> 00:37:41.039
 And that's a great experience.

00:37:41.360 --> 00:37:42.079
 Jesus sent them out

00:37:42.079 --> 00:37:42.699
 one by one?

00:37:43.400 --> 00:37:43.699
 No.

00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:45.460
 How many did he send them out in?

00:37:45.860 --> 00:37:46.739
 Two by two.

00:37:47.199 --> 00:37:47.400
 Okay.

00:37:47.880 --> 00:37:49.079
 So we're introducing people

00:37:49.079 --> 00:37:50.099
 to family believers

00:37:50.099 --> 00:37:51.139
 and then we're discipling people.

00:37:51.279 --> 00:37:52.539
 We're making disciples,

00:37:53.420 --> 00:37:54.380
 making people to disciples

00:37:54.380 --> 00:37:55.259
 who make disciples.

00:37:55.500 --> 00:37:56.460
 Doing those five things.

00:37:56.840 --> 00:37:57.559
 Building relationships,

00:37:57.880 --> 00:37:58.619
 preaching to them,

00:37:59.259 --> 00:38:00.059
 praying for them,

00:38:00.579 --> 00:38:01.139
 introducing them

00:38:01.139 --> 00:38:01.779
 to family believers,

00:38:01.940 --> 00:38:02.759
 and then making disciples.

00:38:03.079 --> 00:38:03.940
 And we just keep doing that

00:38:03.940 --> 00:38:05.480
 over and over and over again.

00:38:06.219 --> 00:38:07.260
 Those core things,

00:38:07.340 --> 00:38:08.240
 those three things,

00:38:08.780 --> 00:38:09.639
 those three essentials,

00:38:10.019 --> 00:38:11.119
 have to be in the context

00:38:11.119 --> 00:38:11.900
 of missional community.

00:38:12.780 --> 00:38:14.360
 A few details to go with that.

00:38:15.320 --> 00:38:16.340
 Locational proximity.

00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:17.340
 Is that a big deal?

00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:19.019
 It's important to consider

00:38:19.019 --> 00:38:20.760
 how far away you live from people.

00:38:21.139 --> 00:38:21.320
 Okay.

00:38:21.619 --> 00:38:22.740
 When forming a missional community.

00:38:24.240 --> 00:38:25.360
 Proximity makes a difference.

00:38:25.800 --> 00:38:26.260
 It does.

00:38:26.740 --> 00:38:28.079
 Now, people have different

00:38:28.079 --> 00:38:30.320
 kind of tolerance

00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:31.539
 for how far that could be.

00:38:31.980 --> 00:38:33.179
 But I think when you're aiming

00:38:33.179 --> 00:38:34.780
 for regular, healthy connection

00:38:34.780 --> 00:38:35.400
 with people,

00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:37.099
 generally living more than

00:38:37.099 --> 00:38:38.579
 20 minutes away from each other

00:38:38.579 --> 00:38:40.960
 just becomes more impractical

00:38:40.960 --> 00:38:42.380
 the farther away you get.

00:38:42.500 --> 00:38:43.460
 I'm not saying it's not possible.

00:38:43.539 --> 00:38:44.579
 You just got to realize that.

00:38:45.019 --> 00:38:46.340
 And when you live close to people,

00:38:46.840 --> 00:38:47.179
 it just,

00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:49.579
 it makes life on life

00:38:49.579 --> 00:38:50.460
 more conducive.

00:38:50.539 --> 00:38:51.000
 It makes it easier

00:38:51.000 --> 00:38:51.940
 to drop in on people.

00:38:52.059 --> 00:38:52.579
 It makes it easier

00:38:52.579 --> 00:38:53.960
 to just do things

00:38:53.960 --> 00:38:54.539
 when you're just like,

00:38:54.619 --> 00:38:56.519
 ah, I'm already got

00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:58.019
 about five excuses in my mind

00:38:58.019 --> 00:38:59.019
 of not to get together.

00:38:59.559 --> 00:39:00.240
 And then you can throw

00:39:00.240 --> 00:39:01.539
 on like a 25 minute drive

00:39:01.539 --> 00:39:02.159
 on top of that

00:39:02.159 --> 00:39:03.000
 or a 30 minute drive.

00:39:03.119 --> 00:39:03.679
 It's like, yep.

00:39:03.679 --> 00:39:06.619
 That's the last excuse I need.

00:39:06.779 --> 00:39:07.500
 We're not doing it.

00:39:07.619 --> 00:39:08.619
 You know, you just throw it out.

00:39:09.159 --> 00:39:10.099
 But when you don't have

00:39:10.099 --> 00:39:10.659
 that excuse,

00:39:10.779 --> 00:39:11.839
 it just becomes less likely

00:39:11.839 --> 00:39:12.839
 that you're going to abort mission.

00:39:13.239 --> 00:39:13.399
 Right?

00:39:13.779 --> 00:39:15.139
 So locational proximity

00:39:15.139 --> 00:39:15.899
 makes a difference.

00:39:15.980 --> 00:39:16.699
 And I can think of

00:39:16.699 --> 00:39:18.159
 multiple times in my life

00:39:18.159 --> 00:39:19.480
 when I've lived close to people

00:39:19.480 --> 00:39:21.699
 and it's been hugely productive

00:39:21.699 --> 00:39:22.219
 and fruitful.

00:39:22.219 --> 00:39:24.559
 and I think that's

00:39:24.559 --> 00:39:25.219
 an important value

00:39:25.219 --> 00:39:25.899
 just to aim for.

00:39:26.039 --> 00:39:27.679
 So what about size?

00:39:28.139 --> 00:39:28.839
 The ideal size

00:39:28.839 --> 00:39:29.539
 of a missional community

00:39:29.539 --> 00:39:31.000
 depends on multiple factors

00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:32.319
 and it's going to,

00:39:32.319 --> 00:39:32.679
 it's going to,

00:39:33.039 --> 00:39:35.179
 it'll depend on,

00:39:35.239 --> 00:39:35.839
 on the variance

00:39:35.839 --> 00:39:36.459
 of these factors,

00:39:36.539 --> 00:39:37.219
 but usually it's around

00:39:37.219 --> 00:39:37.959
 12 adults.

00:39:38.319 --> 00:39:39.139
 Work for Jesus.

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:39.699
 Okay?

00:39:39.759 --> 00:39:40.699
 So 12 adults

00:39:40.699 --> 00:39:42.519
 seems like a good focus.

00:39:43.159 --> 00:39:44.500
 The ideal minimum size

00:39:44.500 --> 00:39:45.519
 would be six adults.

00:39:46.259 --> 00:39:47.059
 Maximum size

00:39:47.059 --> 00:39:48.299
 may be around 15 adults,

00:39:48.419 --> 00:39:49.659
 maybe up to 20 adults,

00:39:49.659 --> 00:39:51.619
 but the 16 to 19 size

00:39:51.619 --> 00:39:52.920
 is not ideal,

00:39:53.039 --> 00:39:53.719
 but it'll work.

00:39:54.359 --> 00:39:55.839
 And once you get past 20,

00:39:55.899 --> 00:39:56.319
 it's like you,

00:39:56.319 --> 00:39:58.319
 you end up lacking momentum

00:39:58.319 --> 00:39:59.599
 and the proper ability

00:39:59.599 --> 00:40:00.739
 to be a family on mission.

00:40:01.019 --> 00:40:02.219
 You lose a lot of flexibility.

00:40:02.219 --> 00:40:04.679
 It's hard to manage that.

00:40:04.759 --> 00:40:05.379
 If it's too big,

00:40:05.420 --> 00:40:06.219
 it'll lack depth

00:40:06.219 --> 00:40:07.159
 and connectedness

00:40:07.159 --> 00:40:08.079
 and,

00:40:08.119 --> 00:40:09.239
 and it just kind of

00:40:09.239 --> 00:40:10.579
 renders it impotent.

00:40:10.699 --> 00:40:11.599
 So if it's too small,

00:40:11.960 --> 00:40:13.099
 you can't really get any traction.

00:40:13.239 --> 00:40:13.899
 If it's too big,

00:40:14.219 --> 00:40:15.139
 you lose momentum.

00:40:15.719 --> 00:40:16.500
 And so trying to find

00:40:16.500 --> 00:40:17.420
 more of that sweet spot

00:40:17.420 --> 00:40:18.440
 as much as possible

00:40:18.440 --> 00:40:19.440
 I think is great.

00:40:19.779 --> 00:40:20.539
 So we should think about that

00:40:20.539 --> 00:40:21.019
 when we're thinking about

00:40:21.019 --> 00:40:22.079
 joining a missional community.

00:40:23.779 --> 00:40:25.159
 And then when we get with people,

00:40:25.599 --> 00:40:26.480
 it's really important

00:40:26.480 --> 00:40:29.159
 to just develop the mission

00:40:29.159 --> 00:40:30.359
 in each missional community.

00:40:30.799 --> 00:40:30.980
 All right?

00:40:31.239 --> 00:40:32.799
 So making sure basically

00:40:32.799 --> 00:40:33.819
 in each missional community

00:40:33.819 --> 00:40:34.239
 we know,

00:40:34.619 --> 00:40:34.819
 all right,

00:40:34.879 --> 00:40:36.239
 who are the people and places

00:40:36.239 --> 00:40:37.719
 that we're on mission to?

00:40:37.859 --> 00:40:39.480
 Who's the who and the where?

00:40:39.879 --> 00:40:40.980
 And you're asking three questions.

00:40:41.319 --> 00:40:42.879
 Who am I already in contact with?

00:40:43.179 --> 00:40:44.559
 Already in locational proximity?

00:40:44.799 --> 00:40:45.679
 Already in relational,

00:40:45.879 --> 00:40:46.980
 relationship with?

00:40:47.879 --> 00:40:49.199
 Especially men and women peace.

00:40:49.199 --> 00:40:50.039
 Who am I already

00:40:50.039 --> 00:40:51.839
 doing this with?

00:40:52.039 --> 00:40:52.299
 All right?

00:40:52.339 --> 00:40:53.319
 Let's be on mission to them.

00:40:53.659 --> 00:40:54.259
 Where are we already

00:40:54.259 --> 00:40:55.019
 spending our time?

00:40:55.079 --> 00:40:55.919
 If we're all spending our time

00:40:55.919 --> 00:40:56.599
 in the same place,

00:40:56.960 --> 00:40:57.619
 you've got a bunch of people

00:40:57.619 --> 00:40:58.299
 in a missional community,

00:40:58.579 --> 00:40:59.559
 all their kids are in the

00:40:59.559 --> 00:41:00.619
 same soccer thing,

00:41:01.399 --> 00:41:02.480
 why wouldn't you be on mission

00:41:02.480 --> 00:41:02.719
 together?

00:41:02.759 --> 00:41:03.719
 You're already there anyways.

00:41:04.279 --> 00:41:05.139
 Just be intentional.

00:41:05.299 --> 00:41:06.419
 Use more gospel intentionally

00:41:06.419 --> 00:41:07.219
 with what you're already doing.

00:41:07.739 --> 00:41:08.299
 And then thirdly,

00:41:08.359 --> 00:41:09.139
 what are the new people

00:41:09.139 --> 00:41:10.000
 and our places

00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:11.219
 that God's specifically

00:41:11.219 --> 00:41:11.839
 calling you to?

00:41:12.340 --> 00:41:12.840
 Where does God

00:41:12.840 --> 00:41:13.400
 calling us to?

00:41:13.480 --> 00:41:13.860
 And then how are we

00:41:13.860 --> 00:41:14.720
 going to aim for that?

00:41:15.280 --> 00:41:16.000
 And we have to make sure

00:41:16.000 --> 00:41:16.800
 the mission is clearly

00:41:16.800 --> 00:41:17.740
 defined and understood

00:41:17.740 --> 00:41:18.300
 by all.

00:41:18.860 --> 00:41:20.380
 Every partner in an MC

00:41:20.380 --> 00:41:21.240
 should be able to answer

00:41:21.240 --> 00:41:21.860
 the question,

00:41:22.320 --> 00:41:23.120
 who and where

00:41:23.120 --> 00:41:23.820
 are you on mission to?

00:41:25.100 --> 00:41:25.800
 That should be,

00:41:26.120 --> 00:41:26.920
 everyone should just be able

00:41:26.920 --> 00:41:27.320
 to say that.

00:41:27.900 --> 00:41:28.760
 And there might be a season

00:41:28.760 --> 00:41:29.240
 where we're just like,

00:41:29.300 --> 00:41:30.140
 hey, we're figuring that out.

00:41:30.820 --> 00:41:32.320
 Or hey, we were on mission

00:41:32.320 --> 00:41:33.320
 to these people

00:41:33.320 --> 00:41:33.840
 or this place,

00:41:33.840 --> 00:41:34.059
 this,

00:41:34.180 --> 00:41:35.140
 and it's changed now.

00:41:35.559 --> 00:41:36.420
 But at some point in time,

00:41:36.500 --> 00:41:37.000
 everybody in the

00:41:37.000 --> 00:41:37.539
 missional community,

00:41:37.640 --> 00:41:38.400
 there should be a cohesive

00:41:38.400 --> 00:41:39.100
 to say, hey,

00:41:39.099 --> 00:41:39.739
 we're on mission

00:41:39.739 --> 00:41:40.519
 to these people

00:41:40.519 --> 00:41:43.259
 and or these places.

00:41:44.779 --> 00:41:45.519
 That's key.

00:41:46.500 --> 00:41:47.559
 That's super important.

00:41:48.000 --> 00:41:48.559
 Because guess what?

00:41:48.619 --> 00:41:49.500
 If you don't do that,

00:41:50.759 --> 00:41:51.920
 is it just going to happen?

00:41:52.539 --> 00:41:53.279
 Are people just going to

00:41:53.279 --> 00:41:54.719
 magically drift into mission

00:41:54.719 --> 00:41:55.299
 and get on mission

00:41:55.299 --> 00:41:56.159
 to specific people

00:41:56.159 --> 00:41:57.519
 and places by accident?

00:41:58.880 --> 00:42:00.000
 Rarely, if not ever.

00:42:01.039 --> 00:42:02.719
 There has to be intentionality.

00:42:03.099 --> 00:42:03.659
 But when there is,

00:42:03.679 --> 00:42:04.779
 it gives a sense of purpose,

00:42:05.119 --> 00:42:06.079
 it gives a sense of direction,

00:42:06.199 --> 00:42:07.759
 it gives us kind of

00:42:07.759 --> 00:42:08.779
 a framework to work around

00:42:08.779 --> 00:42:09.039
 and say,

00:42:09.099 --> 00:42:09.259
 hey,

00:42:09.539 --> 00:42:09.900
 how are we going

00:42:09.900 --> 00:42:10.579
 to spend our time?

00:42:10.719 --> 00:42:11.019
 How are we going

00:42:11.019 --> 00:42:12.179
 to allocate our interests,

00:42:12.759 --> 00:42:13.980
 our heart,

00:42:14.119 --> 00:42:14.839
 our prayers,

00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:15.659
 our planning,

00:42:15.860 --> 00:42:16.719
 our get-togethers?

00:42:17.159 --> 00:42:17.920
 Super important.

00:42:18.360 --> 00:42:18.920
 And then once you know

00:42:18.920 --> 00:42:19.619
 the who and where,

00:42:20.079 --> 00:42:20.659
 we've got to say,

00:42:20.779 --> 00:42:20.960
 okay,

00:42:21.079 --> 00:42:22.179
 what about the how and when?

00:42:22.719 --> 00:42:24.099
 How and when will we engage

00:42:24.099 --> 00:42:25.259
 the people we're on mission to

00:42:25.259 --> 00:42:26.420
 with no less than

00:42:26.420 --> 00:42:27.360
 two people at a time?

00:42:27.880 --> 00:42:28.940
 Some things might make sense

00:42:28.940 --> 00:42:29.579
 for your whole MC.

00:42:30.019 --> 00:42:31.099
 Some things it most certainly

00:42:31.099 --> 00:42:31.799
 doesn't make sense

00:42:31.799 --> 00:42:32.619
 to your whole MC.

00:42:33.239 --> 00:42:34.799
 But always a minimum of two.

00:42:35.759 --> 00:42:36.179
 You're saying,

00:42:36.259 --> 00:42:37.159
 how can these two people

00:42:37.159 --> 00:42:38.199
 engage in mission?

00:42:38.199 --> 00:42:39.159
 We do things like

00:42:39.159 --> 00:42:40.299
 eating together,

00:42:40.859 --> 00:42:41.699
 like maybe having events

00:42:41.699 --> 00:42:42.059
 together,

00:42:42.199 --> 00:42:43.000
 serving a blessing,

00:42:43.419 --> 00:42:44.059
 being a regular

00:42:44.059 --> 00:42:45.279
 at a particular restaurant

00:42:45.279 --> 00:42:46.019
 or a store,

00:42:46.500 --> 00:42:47.139
 grocery store,

00:42:47.219 --> 00:42:47.980
 coffee shop,

00:42:48.359 --> 00:42:48.899
 a barber,

00:42:49.099 --> 00:42:49.839
 a hairdresser,

00:42:50.480 --> 00:42:51.079
 a mechanic,

00:42:51.219 --> 00:42:51.819
 a chiropractor,

00:42:52.000 --> 00:42:52.500
 whatever it be,

00:42:52.559 --> 00:42:53.059
 a park,

00:42:53.219 --> 00:42:53.779
 a library.

00:42:54.379 --> 00:42:54.919
 And we're saying,

00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:55.079
 hey,

00:42:55.079 --> 00:42:55.559
 we're just going to be

00:42:55.559 --> 00:42:56.199
 a regular here

00:42:56.199 --> 00:42:56.739
 and hopefully we're

00:42:56.739 --> 00:42:57.259
 going to meet people,

00:42:57.319 --> 00:42:57.739
 we're going to do it

00:42:57.739 --> 00:42:58.099
 together.

00:42:58.960 --> 00:43:00.739
 Or it's cold call evangelism.

00:43:00.819 --> 00:43:01.419
 We're basically just

00:43:01.419 --> 00:43:02.079
 going to a place

00:43:02.079 --> 00:43:02.500
 and we're just going

00:43:02.500 --> 00:43:03.259
 to do evangelism.

00:43:03.260 --> 00:43:04.220
 We're just going

00:43:04.220 --> 00:43:04.600
 to go there

00:43:04.600 --> 00:43:05.280
 and meet strangers

00:43:05.280 --> 00:43:06.140
 and preach the gospel

00:43:06.140 --> 00:43:06.420
 to them.

00:43:06.500 --> 00:43:07.460
 That's the purpose.

00:43:08.140 --> 00:43:08.760
 Hopefully make some

00:43:08.760 --> 00:43:09.120
 connections,

00:43:09.280 --> 00:43:09.860
 hopefully see some

00:43:09.860 --> 00:43:10.420
 lost people.

00:43:10.960 --> 00:43:11.140
 One,

00:43:11.220 --> 00:43:12.520
 but you have to also

00:43:12.520 --> 00:43:12.860
 say,

00:43:12.960 --> 00:43:13.420
 what is the how

00:43:13.420 --> 00:43:13.720
 and when?

00:43:13.800 --> 00:43:14.020
 How are we going

00:43:14.020 --> 00:43:14.200
 to do it?

00:43:14.220 --> 00:43:14.580
 We're going to say,

00:43:14.660 --> 00:43:14.820
 hey,

00:43:15.020 --> 00:43:15.840
 I got a mission,

00:43:15.960 --> 00:43:16.340
 but we're not

00:43:16.340 --> 00:43:17.240
 actively engaging

00:43:17.240 --> 00:43:17.720
 that mission.

00:43:17.900 --> 00:43:18.460
 I know who we're

00:43:18.460 --> 00:43:19.040
 on mission to,

00:43:19.320 --> 00:43:20.080
 I know what places

00:43:20.080 --> 00:43:20.840
 we're on mission to

00:43:20.840 --> 00:43:21.900
 and or,

00:43:22.460 --> 00:43:22.720
 right?

00:43:23.460 --> 00:43:24.040
 But if we don't

00:43:24.040 --> 00:43:25.140
 have any specific ways

00:43:25.140 --> 00:43:25.480
 that we're going

00:43:25.480 --> 00:43:26.200
 to accomplish that,

00:43:26.260 --> 00:43:26.700
 then we're just

00:43:26.700 --> 00:43:27.800
 going to constantly

00:43:27.800 --> 00:43:28.400
 feeling guilty

00:43:28.400 --> 00:43:28.860
 like we're not

00:43:28.860 --> 00:43:29.240
 doing anything.

00:43:29.239 --> 00:43:29.379
 Well,

00:43:29.419 --> 00:43:29.559
 yeah,

00:43:29.599 --> 00:43:30.099
 because we haven't

00:43:30.099 --> 00:43:32.359
 planned anything.

00:43:32.519 --> 00:43:33.059
 Let's do it.

00:43:33.199 --> 00:43:34.019
 Let's get some

00:43:34.019 --> 00:43:34.799
 action with this.

00:43:36.039 --> 00:43:36.559
 And when you do

00:43:36.559 --> 00:43:36.919
 those things,

00:43:36.979 --> 00:43:37.519
 then execute.

00:43:37.839 --> 00:43:38.219
 Do it.

00:43:38.639 --> 00:43:38.939
 Try.

00:43:39.099 --> 00:43:39.419
 Fail.

00:43:40.019 --> 00:43:40.679
 Missional communities

00:43:40.679 --> 00:43:41.319
 will do things

00:43:41.319 --> 00:43:42.019
 that don't work.

00:43:42.259 --> 00:43:42.959
 So what?

00:43:43.779 --> 00:43:44.659
 I'd rather have us

00:43:44.659 --> 00:43:45.199
 doing things that

00:43:45.199 --> 00:43:45.779
 don't work because

00:43:45.779 --> 00:43:46.659
 we're actually trying

00:43:46.659 --> 00:43:47.599
 to engage on mission

00:43:47.599 --> 00:43:48.879
 than us just being

00:43:48.879 --> 00:43:49.739
 so afraid of making

00:43:49.739 --> 00:43:50.559
 a mistake that all

00:43:50.559 --> 00:43:51.139
 we do is have our

00:43:51.139 --> 00:43:51.959
 little bless me club

00:43:51.959 --> 00:43:52.579
 that doesn't involve

00:43:52.579 --> 00:43:53.139
 unbelievers.

00:43:53.839 --> 00:43:54.019
 Like,

00:43:54.039 --> 00:43:54.659
 that's not okay.

00:43:55.299 --> 00:43:56.259
 We have to make

00:43:56.259 --> 00:43:56.779
 mistakes.

00:43:57.039 --> 00:43:57.799
 And why are we so

00:43:57.799 --> 00:43:58.659
 afraid of mistakes?

00:44:00.000 --> 00:44:00.759
 So what?

00:44:01.679 --> 00:44:02.599
 That's how you learn.

00:44:03.099 --> 00:44:03.659
 That's how we get

00:44:03.659 --> 00:44:03.959
 better.

00:44:04.719 --> 00:44:05.599
 Most of the things

00:44:05.599 --> 00:44:06.879
 that I've learned

00:44:06.879 --> 00:44:07.599
 to do better in

00:44:07.599 --> 00:44:08.219
 a missionary community

00:44:08.219 --> 00:44:08.919
 is because we did

00:44:08.919 --> 00:44:09.500
 something that was

00:44:09.500 --> 00:44:09.899
 worse.

00:44:10.699 --> 00:44:10.799
 Right?

00:44:11.459 --> 00:44:12.259
 Or you're just like,

00:44:12.500 --> 00:44:13.359
 wow, that didn't

00:44:13.359 --> 00:44:13.659
 work.

00:44:13.859 --> 00:44:14.619
 Or that was a total

00:44:14.619 --> 00:44:15.000
 fail.

00:44:15.579 --> 00:44:16.319
 And it's like,

00:44:16.459 --> 00:44:17.039
 I'm not going to

00:44:17.039 --> 00:44:17.539
 do that again.

00:44:17.779 --> 00:44:18.679
 Or next time,

00:44:18.759 --> 00:44:19.279
 we're going to do

00:44:19.279 --> 00:44:19.739
 this.

00:44:20.159 --> 00:44:21.179
 And that's such

00:44:21.179 --> 00:44:22.000
 useful information.

00:44:22.419 --> 00:44:23.079
 That's information

00:44:23.079 --> 00:44:23.619
 a lot of times

00:44:23.619 --> 00:44:24.239
 you can't get

00:44:24.239 --> 00:44:25.439
 without making

00:44:25.439 --> 00:44:25.859
 a mistake.

00:44:25.959 --> 00:44:26.319
 And here's the

00:44:26.319 --> 00:44:26.919
 benefit, too.

00:44:27.099 --> 00:44:27.759
 When you make

00:44:27.759 --> 00:44:28.339
 mistakes,

00:44:28.340 --> 00:44:29.579
 you get to

00:44:29.579 --> 00:44:30.039
 give the other

00:44:30.039 --> 00:44:30.800
 people the privilege

00:44:30.800 --> 00:44:31.500
 of not learning

00:44:31.500 --> 00:44:31.980
 from their own

00:44:31.980 --> 00:44:32.360
 mistakes.

00:44:32.360 --> 00:44:32.820
 They can learn

00:44:32.820 --> 00:44:33.440
 from yours.

00:44:33.700 --> 00:44:34.500
 So share with

00:44:34.500 --> 00:44:35.079
 other people.

00:44:35.920 --> 00:44:36.640
 So we don't have

00:44:36.640 --> 00:44:37.059
 to have all the

00:44:37.059 --> 00:44:37.640
 missional communities

00:44:37.640 --> 00:44:38.220
 doing the same

00:44:38.220 --> 00:44:38.700
 mistakes.

00:44:39.519 --> 00:44:40.059
 We get to do

00:44:40.059 --> 00:44:40.800
 different mistakes

00:44:40.800 --> 00:44:41.380
 and then we all

00:44:41.380 --> 00:44:41.800
 get to learn

00:44:41.800 --> 00:44:42.519
 from those mistakes

00:44:42.519 --> 00:44:43.079
 and not have to

00:44:43.079 --> 00:44:44.019
 repeat the mistakes

00:44:44.019 --> 00:44:44.539
 of other people.

00:44:44.980 --> 00:44:45.860
 We all grow in that.

00:44:46.820 --> 00:44:47.180
 But really,

00:44:47.260 --> 00:44:47.620
 you should be just

00:44:47.620 --> 00:44:48.900
 looking to maximize

00:44:48.900 --> 00:44:49.600
 that missional

00:44:49.600 --> 00:44:50.059
 effectiveness.

00:44:50.280 --> 00:44:50.960
 So we should be

00:44:50.960 --> 00:44:51.860
 praying and fasting

00:44:51.860 --> 00:44:52.360
 for the mission.

00:44:52.360 --> 00:44:52.880
 This is what we

00:44:52.880 --> 00:44:53.059
 do.

00:44:53.340 --> 00:44:53.579
 We're going to

00:44:53.579 --> 00:44:54.000
 do a quarterly

00:44:54.000 --> 00:44:54.860
 fast again here

00:44:54.860 --> 00:44:56.140
 and we're going

00:44:56.140 --> 00:44:56.960
 to do a three-day

00:44:56.960 --> 00:44:58.000
 fast here in

00:44:58.000 --> 00:44:58.340
 August.

00:44:58.579 --> 00:44:58.740
 Okay?

00:44:58.920 --> 00:44:59.420
 That's a great

00:44:59.420 --> 00:44:59.880
 time to be

00:44:59.880 --> 00:45:01.280
 praying specifically

00:45:01.280 --> 00:45:02.059
 for missional

00:45:02.059 --> 00:45:02.579
 communities and

00:45:02.579 --> 00:45:03.420
 for lost people.

00:45:04.480 --> 00:45:05.240
 And that's both

00:45:05.240 --> 00:45:06.120
 corporate and we

00:45:06.120 --> 00:45:06.800
 want to just have

00:45:06.800 --> 00:45:07.500
 individual time.

00:45:07.620 --> 00:45:08.160
 We're just really

00:45:08.160 --> 00:45:08.940
 praying for the

00:45:08.940 --> 00:45:09.460
 missional community.

00:45:09.800 --> 00:45:10.220
 How many of us

00:45:10.220 --> 00:45:10.800
 are praying for

00:45:10.800 --> 00:45:11.120
 the missional

00:45:11.120 --> 00:45:11.740
 community we're in?

00:45:12.120 --> 00:45:12.740
 Praying for the

00:45:12.740 --> 00:45:13.519
 specific lost people.

00:45:13.660 --> 00:45:14.059
 Praying for the

00:45:14.059 --> 00:45:15.019
 people that we're

00:45:15.019 --> 00:45:15.680
 in those missional

00:45:15.680 --> 00:45:16.320
 communities with.

00:45:16.860 --> 00:45:17.420
 And then regularly

00:45:17.420 --> 00:45:18.120
 reporting on

00:45:18.120 --> 00:45:18.640
 victories and

00:45:18.640 --> 00:45:19.180
 struggles.

00:45:19.179 --> 00:45:21.899
 considering that

00:45:21.899 --> 00:45:22.940
 some times are

00:45:22.940 --> 00:45:23.679
 more conducive to

00:45:23.679 --> 00:45:24.940
 different seasons of

00:45:24.940 --> 00:45:25.339
 mission.

00:45:26.119 --> 00:45:27.079
 And then determining

00:45:27.079 --> 00:45:27.739
 how we'll continue

00:45:27.739 --> 00:45:28.699
 to cultivate family

00:45:28.699 --> 00:45:29.440
 and nurture healthy

00:45:29.440 --> 00:45:30.739
 discipleship while

00:45:30.739 --> 00:45:31.339
 we're on mission.

00:45:31.719 --> 00:45:32.539
 How we can continue

00:45:32.539 --> 00:45:33.419
 to serve one another.

00:45:34.199 --> 00:45:34.799
 Then we report

00:45:34.799 --> 00:45:35.179
 back.

00:45:35.299 --> 00:45:35.859
 We pray and we

00:45:35.859 --> 00:45:36.679
 plan next steps.

00:45:37.199 --> 00:45:37.319
 Okay?

00:45:37.359 --> 00:45:37.940
 We're constantly

00:45:37.940 --> 00:45:39.000
 evolving and figuring

00:45:39.000 --> 00:45:39.419
 it out.

00:45:40.179 --> 00:45:42.059
 And at the end of

00:45:42.059 --> 00:45:43.000
 the day, hopefully

00:45:43.000 --> 00:45:43.539
 we're growing.

00:45:44.039 --> 00:45:44.599
 Hopefully we're

00:45:44.599 --> 00:45:45.699
 reaching lost people.

00:45:46.059 --> 00:45:46.419
 Hopefully we're

00:45:46.419 --> 00:45:47.119
 seeing people get

00:45:47.119 --> 00:45:47.519
 saved.

00:45:48.059 --> 00:45:48.779
 And we've got to

00:45:48.780 --> 00:45:49.300
 be patient.

00:45:50.240 --> 00:45:50.980
 God's timing is

00:45:50.980 --> 00:45:51.660
 not our timing.

00:45:52.360 --> 00:45:53.440
 And the gate is

00:45:53.440 --> 00:45:54.580
 wide that leads

00:45:54.580 --> 00:45:55.220
 to destruction.

00:45:55.740 --> 00:45:56.700
 It's narrow that

00:45:56.700 --> 00:45:57.420
 leads to life.

00:45:58.960 --> 00:45:59.580
 In closing, a

00:45:59.580 --> 00:46:00.360
 partner demonstrates

00:46:00.360 --> 00:46:01.180
 the fruit of owning

00:46:01.180 --> 00:46:02.180
 the identity, mission,

00:46:02.300 --> 00:46:03.300
 and expression of a

00:46:03.300 --> 00:46:04.000
 missional community.

00:46:04.720 --> 00:46:06.260
 Do you own these

00:46:06.260 --> 00:46:06.580
 things?

00:46:07.040 --> 00:46:07.760
 Are you partnering

00:46:07.760 --> 00:46:08.420
 with your missional

00:46:08.420 --> 00:46:08.840
 community?

00:46:09.040 --> 00:46:09.920
 Not just attending.

00:46:10.640 --> 00:46:11.340
 Not just coming

00:46:11.340 --> 00:46:11.720
 around.

00:46:12.160 --> 00:46:13.660
 Not just participating

00:46:13.660 --> 00:46:14.280
 and saying, no.

00:46:15.080 --> 00:46:16.480
 This isn't the group

00:46:16.480 --> 00:46:17.920
 of people I am with.

00:46:17.920 --> 00:46:18.720
 These are the people

00:46:18.720 --> 00:46:20.360
 I'm partnered with.

00:46:21.019 --> 00:46:21.760
 You see the difference?

00:46:21.880 --> 00:46:22.639
 I'm not just going to

00:46:22.639 --> 00:46:23.159
 participate.

00:46:23.500 --> 00:46:24.480
 I want to own this.

00:46:24.599 --> 00:46:25.760
 I'm not just going to

00:46:25.760 --> 00:46:26.760
 spectate.

00:46:27.019 --> 00:46:27.940
 I want to jump in and

00:46:27.940 --> 00:46:28.519
 get in the arena.

00:46:28.720 --> 00:46:30.559
 I want to be in there

00:46:30.559 --> 00:46:31.659
 figuring things out and

00:46:31.659 --> 00:46:32.519
 making mistakes and

00:46:32.519 --> 00:46:33.260
 experiencing the

00:46:33.260 --> 00:46:34.000
 victories and doing

00:46:34.000 --> 00:46:34.460
 this together.

00:46:34.940 --> 00:46:35.440
 And that's what we're

00:46:35.440 --> 00:46:36.000
 looking for.

00:46:36.460 --> 00:46:37.340
 We don't just want a

00:46:37.340 --> 00:46:38.340
 committed leader or a

00:46:38.340 --> 00:46:39.220
 committed couple people

00:46:39.220 --> 00:46:40.300
 and then a bunch of

00:46:40.300 --> 00:46:41.059
 people who just kind of

00:46:41.059 --> 00:46:41.920
 do things on their own

00:46:41.920 --> 00:46:42.320
 terms.

00:46:42.920 --> 00:46:43.579
 No, we're saying,

00:46:43.880 --> 00:46:44.480
 what it would look like

00:46:44.480 --> 00:46:45.200
 when you have a group of

00:46:45.199 --> 00:46:45.839
 people that are doing

00:46:45.839 --> 00:46:47.480
 their life together on

00:46:47.480 --> 00:46:49.379
 God's terms and submitting

00:46:49.379 --> 00:46:50.259
 the things they don't

00:46:50.259 --> 00:46:51.159
 like to the Lord and

00:46:51.159 --> 00:46:51.980
 saying, Lord, your will

00:46:51.980 --> 00:46:53.480
 be done, not my will.

00:46:54.119 --> 00:46:54.980
 And they do it together

00:46:54.980 --> 00:46:56.759
 in partnership in the

00:46:56.759 --> 00:46:58.199
 context of church and

00:46:58.199 --> 00:46:59.739
 what our church does and

00:46:59.739 --> 00:47:00.500
 that is missional

00:47:00.500 --> 00:47:00.960
 communities.

00:47:01.159 --> 00:47:01.339
 Amen?

00:47:01.899 --> 00:47:02.299
 Amen.

00:47:02.460 --> 00:47:02.879
 Let's stand.

00:47:02.880 --> 00:47:32.860
 Thank you.