Hit the brakes! Moving away from a problem-solving approach to mission Brought to you by Presbyterian World Mission www.missioncrossroads.org
Welcome! � Monthly Webinars: www.missioncrossroads.org � Using your phone or joining online? � Speakers: ◦ Dr. Doug Tilton , PC(USA) Mission Co-Worker and Regional Liaison for Southern Africa; ◦ The Rev. Wil Howie , Founder and Director of Living Waters for the World; and ◦ The Rev. Elizabeth McLean , Associate Pastor for Mission and Evangelism, Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church in Dallas, Texas.
Today’s Webinar ◦ Healthy relationships lead to healthy mission work ◦ Presbyterians Do Mission in Partnership ◦ Five guiding principles ◦ Four ways of engaging in mission ◦ The PC(USA) is a connectional church ◦ Your questions and comments ◦ Prayer
Healthy mission relationships � Presbyterians Do � Mission in Partnership 2003 General Assembly Policy Statement Mission is: “God’s work for the sake of the world God loves,”…. “centered in the Lordship of Jesus Christ and made real through the active and leading power of the Holy Spirit.”
Healthy mission relationships � Presbyterians Do � Mission in Partnership 2003 General Assembly Policy Statement “We are called to mission in the discipline of partnership.”
Healthy mission relationships � Presbyterians Do � Mission in Partnership 2003 General Assembly Policy Statement “The practice of partnership guides our whole connectional church.”
Healthy mission relationships Presbyterians Do Mission in Partnership 2003 General Assembly Policy Statement Five guiding principles: � Shared Grace and Thanksgiving. � Mutuality and Interdependence. � Recognition and Respect. � Open Dialogue and Transparency. � Sharing of Resources.
Healthy mission relationships � Four ways to engage in mission: ◦ Relationships ◦ Project-oriented ◦ Learning ◦ A combination of two or more of the above “Short-term mission”: promise or peril? Why do we go?
Healthy mission relationships How to get ready: � Cultivate missional attitudes ◦ Respect ◦ Compassion ◦ Humility � Practical ways to get ready ◦ Scripture ◦ Study ◦ Prayer ◦ Meals � Resources for getting ready
Resources � “Presbyterians Do Mission in Partnership” policy statement. Adopted by the 215th General Assembly 2003, "Presbyterians Do Mission in Partnership" is the newest denominational statement about partnership in mission. The updated "Presbyterians Do Mission in Partnership" statement names and describes five principles of partnership. It lists several questions that Presbyterians can use to guide us all towards more faithful participation in God‘s work in the world God loves. Download here: http://gamc.pcusa.org/ministries/global/mission-partnership/. Or order free pamphlets here: http://store.pcusa.org/7420003001. Available in Spanish. � When God’s People Travel Together, Volumes I, II and II:. Louisville, Kentucky: Presbyterian Peacemaking Program. This is a complete set of the three volumes that make up the popular When God's People Travel Together series. Volume I is subtitled A Trip Leader's Planning Manual ; Volume II is Reflecting and Acting on Mission Trip Experiences and Volume III is Bible Studies for Mission . PC(USA) Church Store , click here . � Called as Partners in Christ’s Service: The Practice of Doing God’s Mission by Sherron Kay George. Geneva Press, 2004. ISBN 0-664-50262-8
Resources “Misguided Mission s: Ten Wo rst Practices,” by Mark Wm. Radecke. Christian � Century, May 18, 2010. http://www.christiancentury.org/article.lasso?id=8440. When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor…And � Yourself by Steve Corbett & Brian Fikkert. Moody Publishers,2009. ISBN 0802457053. A Mile in My Shoes: Cultivating Compassion by Trevor Hudson, Upper Room, � 2005. ISBN 0835898156. About showing compassion without robbing dignity. A Hole in the Gospel by Richard Stearns. Thomas Nelson Publishing, 2009. � ISBN 9780785229186. The story of his transformation from CEO of Lenox China to CEO of World Vision, and how he hopes the world will learn to do "mission.” Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace…One School at a Time by � Greg Mortenson and David Olivier Relin. Viking Penguin, 2006. ISBN 978014303825. How a mountain climber listened to the expressed longings of the local people and began to make a evolutionary difference in their lives.
Healthy mission relationships The PC(USA) is a connectional church: � Embedding mission relationship within the larger relationship: our denomination � Role of mission personnel: connectors
Thank-you! � This Webinar was recorded � Links to the recorded Webinar and a document with resources listed herein will be posted within the “Webinars” tab of Mission Crossroads: www.missioncrossroads.org/webinars.htm � Join us next time! � Questions or comments? Contact Ellen Sherby, ellen.sherby@pcusa.org, 1-888-728-7228, ext. 5539 � Prayer
Our Panelists Dr. Doug Tilton, The Rev. Elizabeth The Rev. Wil Howie, mission co-worker McLean, Associate founder and director of and Regional Liaison Pastor for Mission and Living Waters for the in Southern Africa Evangelism, Preston World Hollow PC in Dallas
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