Missio Dei

Elder Meetings… my past experiences with elder meetings has been less than desirable. From my experience they were often meetings where the elders of the church would come together on a monthly basis, dragging their weary bodies and Robert’s Rules of Order into a cold room to sit around a board room to discuss and sometimes micromanage the life of the church.  

Honestly, I was scared that the same might be true for Missio Dei Church, but it hasn’t been true so far.

On a weekly basis, every Thursday morning from 5:45 – 7:30 AM, Nathan and I meet together for the purpose of shepherding the church that God has entrusted to us.  This is not just a light meeting of friends but as elders who know that we will have to give an account for the church.

For the past four months, Nathan and I have been wrestling with vision, direction, refocus, redirecting, and remembering what it is that God has been and still calls us to as a local church. The process has been intentionally long, but has been a tremendous blessing to us as we even need to be reminded of the call that God has placed on us.

Out of those conversations, has come a document: Missional Vision ’10.  This document will serve as a tool and guide (for the Elders, future deacons, ministry leaders, missional community leaders, Covenant Members, and MDC family members) as we talk about the here and now and the what is to be.

At Leadership Community on Saturday, March 20, we will talk in more depth about what this really means for all of us.  In the mean time, we want to encourage you to slowly read and pray through this document, post questions or comments here in The City, and then join us on March 20 for Leadership Community (RSVP here if you haven’t already).

Peace be with you,

Paul

VISION DOCUMENT