Elders and mission
This part of the course explores what mission
means; how mission is actually God’s agenda and how the
spirit can support and define mission, for us as individuals, and for the wider church.
5. Thinking about mission in a church context
What does mission mean in your church?
What aspects of Christian life are important to you and other people within your Church? This exercise, taken from Holy Habits by Andrew Roberts, may be an effective way of discovering more:
- Look at the list of the holy habits of the early church below.
- Using a scale of 1-5 rate how important they feel within your church community now.
- learning
- worship
- fellowship
- prayer
- breaking bread/communion
- serving
- sharing resources
- making disciples
- eating together