1. Apostolic Ministry in the post-Postmodern Collapse Alternative Futures? Viv Grigg, hesitant voice March 2013

2. Successful…in the Wrong Direction? Called and successful as a local pastor? (Well as much as one can be!!) Hungry to move to the Apostolic? Beyond pastoring how do I get to be what I am meant to be? Aware that the culture is leaving the church behind? Perplexed. Is God doing something different to what I am doing? Beginnings of burnout?

3. Theologically disjunct? Jesus commanded us to make disciples? o He did this relationally? o He lived outside the synagogues, going to people? o He died outside the walls? o The disciples went and reproduced a lifestyle and value system – multiplication of grups o The Holy Spirit kept touching people Christndom: I am trapped in church systems? o Developing buildings and programs? o Running worship services where people are invited to come o The people are good people but culture bound o The Holy Spirit comes but rarely o Growth is by addition into pastoral care groups

4. Take a grain of wheat and a chess board Put one grain on one square two on the next, four on the next… How much wheat by the time you get to the 64 th.? Alternatively o Put 100 grains on the first square o Put 100 on the next o How much by the time you get to the 64 th You have 64 more years of ministry. Which approach will you use?

5. God’s method is men and women Without resources In power of Spirit Preaching outside the walls With clear alternative value system and community life

6. Personal Expansion of Gifts Timeline

7. Modern Period Postmod- ernism Collapsed Postmod- ernism Loss of a Civilization

8. Christendom Extended Rural Confusion Experim- entation urban Alternative Communities Mega-city Response to the Loss

9. Change in Church Culture RURAL IN CITYURBAN POST-MODERN CHRISTENDOMSECURLARISM, 20% MAX IN CHURCH CHURCH IS CENTRE OF COMMUNITY CHURCH IS ONE ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY UNITY OF LANGUAGE AND CULTURE MULTIETHNIC MODERNIST SENSE OF WHAT IS RIGHT MULTIPLEX TRUTHS LOKING BACKWARDSLOOKING FORWARDS Will you lead in the future?

10. Alternative Structure Pastor as preacherPastor is recruiter/teambuilder Community of CareMultiplying small communities with values systems Maintenance of BuildingsHoly Spirit/Word/Start a cell per month/Multiply in 9 months Monthly larger gatherings in school halls Add a few per yearMultiplying revival movments

11. Leadership in Traditional Model Pastor Pressure to fulfil Church Growth Pastors role Pastoral small groups Burnout Builds status Quo Salaried Staff Preacher

12. Apostolic Leadership Apostle Team Builder Start an evangelistic cell each month Leader of breakthrou ghs Creates an alternativ e value system Trains Lay staff Preacher becomes trainer Self- supporting till mutipicatio n

13. Embracing the Future Remain within declining 2% per year of institurional Christendom Or Create seeds of Multiplying revival movement out to 10,000

14. Learning Curve: Embracing the Future

15. Preaching Lay it aside for now inside the walls Go to the dispossessed Outside the Walls To thousands after you have multiplied the movement

16. Readings Mike Breen Alan Hirsch