what’s so special about methodism session 4: methodism: past, present & future
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What’s So Special About Methodism
Session 4: Methodism: Past, present & Future.
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The Past
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Societies
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Classes
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• love of God• love of neighbour• Humility• mortification and self-denial• resignation• Meekness• thanksgiving.
The ‘one thing needful’ was a soul renewed in the image of God.”
Bands
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Failure & Reform
• His desire to reform the Church of England, and
• His failures, both real and perceived.
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Failure & Reform
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Failure & Reform
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Failure & Reform
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Failure & Reform
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No New Ideas
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The Present
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Comfortable Institutionalisation
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Decline
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Transition
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Break
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Future
“A discipleship movement shaped for mission”
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Our Calling
• Worship• Learning and Caring• Service• Evangelism
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Inspire
• How is my life with God?• How is my life in training?• How is my life with others?• How is my life in the world?
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Fresh Expressions
• A fresh expression is a form of church for our changing culture, established primarily for the benefit of people who are not yet members of any church.
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Fresh Expressions
• It will come into being through principles of listening, service, incarnational mission and making disciples;
• It will have the potential to become a mature expression of church shaped by the gospel and the enduring marks of the church and for its cultural context.
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Fresh Expressions
• serve those outside church;• listen to people and enter their culture;• make discipleship a priority;• form church.
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Fresh Expressions
Intention:• new community or congregation,
for un-churched or de-churched - Fresh Expression
• Do mission better in order to attract people existing church or congregation.
- Not Fresh Expression
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Fractal Theology
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Norwegian Fjords as seen by a satellite
Fractal Theology
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‘Romanesco Broccoli’ - Shows visible fractal qualities
Fractal Theology
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A landscapegenerated entirely on a computer
using fractals
Fractal Theology
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