Life-shapes for churches

THREE MODELSTHREE MODELSTHREE MODELS

• TraditionalTraditional• (Pastors who keep members (Pastors who keep members

happy)happy)• Maintenance before GodMaintenance before God

• 2. Attractional2. Attractional• (Programmes that attract (Programmes that attract

consumers).consumers).• Recruitment before God.Recruitment before God.

• 3. Missional3. Missional• (Plant new discipleship groups – (Plant new discipleship groups –

leaders join Huddles)leaders join Huddles)• Outreach before GodOutreach before God

As the heart is to a person so a Celtic church is to a community. And it has ..

1. A heart for God – sustained by daily prayer.

2. A heart for others – hospitality and friendship.

3. A heart for the world – cherishing the earth and society

Holistic – it seeks whole persons and a whole world

Earthed – in creation and the soil of its local society

Rhythmic – daily and seasonal rhytms of prayer and work

Open – to Christ in every person

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HERO

Celtic Cross

Heart: Its heart is the dwelling of the Three Loves in God’s heart, the Trinity where the church makes it home.

Base: it is earthed in Scripture and saints, seasons and soil,  the environment and the population.

Top: Praise, devotion, contemplation, heaven.

Left arm:  We become one with Christ giving his life to serve the world. Right arm: We become one

with Christ giving his life to save the world.

Celtic Cross

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Spokes: connecting to focal points of the wider church and society

Spaces: for re-creation, fun, solitude.

Circle: the whole of life. Making persons, places and the world whole.