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 Mission Statement:
Turning Inwardly Focused Congregations Outward.
The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod World Missions, through its National Missions Staff has developed a process designed to assist local congregations in revitalizing their sense of mission. Based on research among effective mission movements world wide, and pilot projects field testing materials over a number of years, the Mission Revitalization Process includes three areas and a number of ancillary resources.
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Groups Ablaze! is an important TCN Resource
Groups Ablaze! is a system of 6 six-week study modules designed to assist small groups within a parish to reach out to their unchurched neighbors with the Gospel. It is a major resource for congregations in the Transformation process, as reaching out to unchurched people lies at the core of this process. Details of these modules can be found on our web site: www.GroupsAblaze.org.
It is strongly suggested that congregations that have scheduled a consultation weekend in the TCN Process would prepare by forming one or more small groups to go through the first of these six-week modules, Motivation for Mission. To introduce this module, there is a power-point presentation which can be downloaded by clicking on this link:
Groups Ablaze! Motivation for Mission Powerpoint
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Share information, best practices, prayer needs and more with pastors and leaders of congregations involved in the TCN process. Forums, groups, threaded discussions.
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View pictures from February's seminar in Omaha, Nebraska. Credits and comments are appreciated.
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*Be sure to take a moment and fill out the Covenant to Pray and Fast during January, 2010, by clicking here!
According to the Chinese calendar, 2010 will be known as the Year of the Tiger. (How ironic is that, in light of the famous fall from grace of a certain athlete with that same moniker?) Others are hailing 2010 as the Year of the Mac (the computer, not the burger), the Year of Living Dangerously, The Year of Online Shopping, and on it goes. Compared to past years of the Rat and Pig, I suppose some of these new “years” wouldn’t be so bad. Recently, one guy even wrote a book about his Year of Living Biblically, a fascinating account about his quest to live the ultimate biblical life. His goal was to follow every single rule in the Bible – as literally as possible.
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by Roland Lovstad.
Originally printed in The Reporter, December 30, 2009. View the original article here.
There is an unknown constituency in the midst of the Ablaze! goal to revitalize 2,000 congregations by 2017: they are the ones with no church home or those who don't yet know Jesus as their Savior.
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Pastors Andy Nelson and Greg Prauner of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Ridgewood, NJ, were excited by the interactions they had with people in the community when they tried prayer walking and community surveys as a consequence of their involvement in a Pastor's Learning Community. After the congregation's consultation weekend, they organized members of the congregaiton to employ the same activities as part of their envisioning process. More then 50 people participated in the surveys in Ridgewood and three neighboring communities, and prayer-walked in teams, meeting people and engaging them in conversations. Everyone was apprehensive to start with, but when they reported back after the events they were very enthusiastic about their positive experiences out in the community. A concerted effort was also made to survey community leaders, who were very helpful in pointing out needs in the community which the congregation could address. A large amount of responses to the surveys was collated by two members who have a business and marketing background. Now that the congregation is going forward with the envisioning process, they have first-hand information on their community as they pray about which mission targets to engage first.
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One of the key principles of the TCN process is measurement. By tracking our progress we can see what works and what doesn't, as well as our specific impact on church growth and health. New statistics from the Mid-South District show an average growth rate of 13.9% for consulting churches six months after consultation, with numerical growth as high as 71 people. Click here to download the full report.
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HELP US ASSESS THE TCN PROCESS
Measuring progress is important to each congregation involved in the TCN process to celebrate wins and concentrate on areas that need improvement. It is also important to the TCN process itself to track how congregations are doing in order to constantly measure effectiveness and upgrade quality. Congregations which have held consultations are asked to submit monthly statistics to TCN using an Excel spreadsheet provided below. Download the spreadsheet, fill in the metrics and send it as an e-mail attachment to Resources@missions.com
Download the Monthly Metrics Tracker spreadsheet
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 Hear Terry Tieman's interview on the Ablaze! segment of the KFUO Morning Show. AM 850 KFUO is the radio ministry of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.
Download the MP3
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| Florida-Georgia Dist. Conv. Video
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