Being and Doing in the 21st Century: Unchanging Mission in a Changing World The Reverend Dr. Al Tizon Sider Center for Ministry and Public Policy, Palmer Theological Seminary
Being and Doing
Missionary Being
Mission in the Bible Start Here: Genesis 11:31-12:4... in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed I will make of you a great nation...
To BE God’s People From Israel to Church
To BE God’s People But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will BE my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth” Acts 1:8
Missionary Being To BE God’s Own
Missionary Being To BE God’s Own To BE God’s Community
Missionary Doing
Being without Doing is Dead Take away from me the noise of your songs; I will not listen. But let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever- flowing stream. Amos 5:24 Faith without works is dead. James 2:26
Missionary Doing What GOD Doesn’t Like
Missionary Doing What GOD Doesn’t Like: Being at the Expense of Doing
Affluenza Def. “1. A bloated, sluggish and unfulfilled feeling that results from efforts to keep up with the Joneses. 2. It’s an epidemic of stress, overwork, waste and indebtedness caused by the pursuit of the American Dream. 3. It’s an unsustainable addiction to economic growth.”
Affluenza 4. a numbing, blinding, deafening indifference to the needs of the world
Missionary Doing What GOD Does Like
Missionary Doing What GOD Does Like: Doing as an Outflow of our Being
Being and Doing Being God’s own and Being God’s community and Doing God’s will in the world as an outflow of our being –that define our Unchanging Mission
Six Trends in Ministry and Mission
From Ecclesial to Missional
Six Trends in Ministry and Mission From Dualistic to Holistic
Six Trends in Ministry and Mission From Safe Forms to Experimental Forms
Six Trends in Ministry and Mission From Programmatic to Relational
Six Trends in Ministry and Mission From “Overseas” Mission Model to Globalization Model
Six Trends in Ministry and Mission From Western Dominance to Genuine Partnership
Six Trends in Ministry and Mission From Ecclesial to Missional From Dualistic to Holistic From Safe Forms to Experimental Forms From Programmatic to Relational From “Overseas” Mission Model to Globalization Model From Western Dominance to Genuine Partnership