1. WHAT IS THE FUNDAMENTAL IDENTITY OF A LOCAL CHURCH? Biblical Spiritual Leadership and Missional Church

2. WHAT?

3. UK Evangelical Models of Church EpiscopalPresbyterianCongregational Apostolic / modified congregational Plural lay elder Gift stewardship No leadership Extra-church mission team

4. WHERE DO DNA ASSUMPTIONS COME FROM? 3 FACTORS Structural factors Structural factors Functional Factors Functional Factors Individual Factors Individual Factors

5. KEY POINT: Assumptions about church (and therefore about leadership) depend on a lot of factors They can therefore be highly resistant to change

6. GOD’S NEW COMMUNITY 2 Cor 1:3-6 2 Cor 1:3-6 Acts 1:14; 2:42-6 Acts 1:14; 2:42-6 Eph 5:19; Phil 3:3; Heb 12:28 Eph 5:19; Phil 3:3; Heb 12:28 Rom 15:26; Gal 2:10; James 1:27 Rom 15:26; Gal 2:10; James 1:27 Matt 28:18-20 Matt 28:18-20 Heb 3:13 Heb 3:13 1 Jn 1:7 1 Jn 1:7