The document discusses how churches can adapt to cultural changes and better fulfill their mission. It argues that churches should move towards a model of smaller "oikos environments" or missional communities based on the extended family model seen in the New Testament. This would allow the church to meet people's growing needs for community while also spreading the message of Jesus through intimate, personal relationships as the early Christians did by gathering in both temples and homes.
3. WHAT WON’T
- Who we are & Why we exist
CHANGE
- What we’ve been working
towards for 3+ years
- When & HOW we gather
as a church family
- HOW we lead the Vintage
church family
4. WHAT WILL
“I am not Seth…
CHANGE
that’s pretty much it.”
- Deacon
5. ACTS 2:42-45
They devoted themselves to the
apostles’ teaching and to fellowship,
to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
Everyone was filled with awe at the many
wonders and signs performed by the
apostles. All the believers were together and
had everything in common.
They sold property and possessions
to give to anyone who had need.
6. ACTS 2:46-47
Every day they continued to meet together
in the temple courts. They broke bread in
their homes and ate together with glad and
sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying
the favor
of all the people. And the Lord added
to their number daily those who
were being saved.
7. WHAT WE
HAVE & WHAT
- We have a MESSAGE
Jesus is King & His Kingdom Is available for you!
WE DON’T
- We have a MISSION
Growing disciples of Jesus…
8. THE BIG
“You have a MISSION,
QUESTION OF
but to what end?”
THE WEEK
9. WHERE ARE
WE community as a whole
& of our HEADED?
Towards the transformation of lives
10. WHAT WE
HAVE & WHAT
- We have a MESSAGE
Jesus is King & His Kingdom Is available for you!
WE DON’T
- We have a MISSION
Growing disciples of Jesus…
- We need a METHOD
How we get from POINT A to POINT B
- We need the MIRACULOUS
13. VEHICLES FOR
- We have FRIENDSHIPS
MOVING FORWARD
The vehicle for intimate space
- We have HUDDLES/STUDIES
The vehicle for personal space
- We have SUNDAY SERVICE
The vehicle for public space
27. ACTS 2:46-47
Every day they continued to meet together
in the temple courts. They broke bread in
their homes (oikon)
and ate together with glad and sincere
hearts, praising God and enjoying
the favor of all the people. And the
Lord added to their number daily
those who were being saved.
28. ACTS 5:42
Day after day, in the
temple courts and from
house (oikos) to house (oikos),
they never stopped teaching
and proclaiming the good news
that Jesus is the Messiah.
29. ACTS 8:3
But Saul began to destroy the church.
Going from house (oikos)
to house (oikos)he dragged off
both men and women and
put them in prison.
30. ACTS 20:20
You know that I have
not hesitated to preach
anything that would
be helpful to you, but have
taught you publicly
and from house (oikos)
to house (oikos).
31. 1 Corinthians
The churches in the province
16:19
of Asia send you greetings.
Aquila and Priscilla greet you
warmly in the Lord, and so does
the church that meets at their
house (oikos).
35. The HISTORICAL
continuum
ROMAN CELTIC
If we
build it,
they will
come
36. The HISTORICAL
continuum
ROMAN CELTIC
If we If we
build it, go,
they will we will find
come them
37. The HISTORICAL
continuum
It was in the combination of the
“temple” & “home” that the whole
of Europe was reached, which is
why WE are here!
38. WHERE ARE
WE community as a whole
& of our HEADED?
Towards the transformation of lives
39. HOW WILL WE GET
THERE?!
- Through a network of oikos environments
(missional communities) that will serve
as the “extended family” vehicle our
world wants and desperately needs
40. WHAT OUR
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So I’m inviting all my friends
The people who are close
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