A Testimony to God at Work

Building Christ's Church and God's Kingdom In Classis Atlantic Northeast (CANE)

Raising CANE can be

hard work!

But it has

sweet results !!

It takes team work

to bring in

the harvest

We are

yoked together as a TEAM

TEAM WORK

- be vulnerable - demand debate - go for clarity and closure - confront hard issues - focus on Godly outcomes together

TEAM WORK

The CMT discerns and follows the movement of God’s Spirit in the ministries of CANE, so

together

we are growing in Christ-likeness as we

minister

to the whole person and their local and global communities.

CMT’s DESIGN

The Classical Ministries Team (CMT) consists of four sub team leaders , the diaconal coordinator , and one Classical Interim Committee liaison person. The CMT designates its own officers and meets as often as necessary to do its work.

CMT’s PURPOSE

God’s Spirit enables CANE’s Classical Ministry Team (CMT) to discerningly

Christ follow

God’s intent and work in the ministries of Classis Atlantic Northeast. In the path of this obedience people and their communities broken by sin are

healed

through the power of God, who in Christ is reconciling the world to himself. And in this path God

forms us

in the likeness of who gave himself for the redemption of the world.

CMT’s VALUES

VITALITY DIVERSITY DISCOVERY

with VITALITY

As God sovereignly builds his kingdom, the Holy Spirit assigns specific leadership roles to a wide variety of people in CANE as his

life-giving

agents to equip them for ministry. When these assignments are eagerly welcomed and diligently worked at in a Christ like, servant manner as the Spirit provides direction, God uses them to bring LIFE.

in DIVERSITY

These leadership ministry assignments are diverse in nature, requiring the use of all the

variety of gifts

God has given all his

diverse people

work.

to accomplish God’s

at DISCOVERY

Leading God’s people is a constant adventure of

discovering

obediently what God is sovereignly doing, and

responding

to the new assignments the Holy Spirit gives.

TEAM WORK

Each of CMT’s 4 sub-teams works together in the spirit of interdependence in the spirit of these 3 values – VITALITY-DIVERSITY-DISCOVERY

TEAM WORK

Each sub-team’s focus is unique , yet all are intimately interrelated , demanding clear, frequent communication and creative synergy between the four team leaders.

TEAM WORK

Each of CMT’s 4 sub-teams has a corporate responsibility for all the work of the CMT.

TEAM WORK

Each of the CMT’s four sub-team’s incorporates in its work a deaconal component so that the ministries of CANE intentionally and effectively integrate God’s Word with their godly deeds.

TEAM WORK

Each of the four sub-teams leads in discerning and following the direction and work of God’s Spirit among us, so that the disciple-making multiplication mandate of the Great Commission and the which results from our obeying it may flourish.

THE FOUR TEAMS Church Planting & Development Mission – Focused Churches

Did you notice

the FIFTH OX?

More important than you may think!

Church Planting & Development Mission Focused Churches

Church Planting & Development Mission Focused Churches

The Four Ministry Teams

To redevelop Mission-Focused Churches by:

- Helping churches see & accept MFC their God-given opportunities. - Providing focus-sharpening training. - Facilitating the sharing of resources & ideas.

- Challenging, training, & assisting churhes to parent new ones.

The Four Ministry Teams

To empower Church Planting & Development by:

- Equipping, enlisting, & supporting our leaders & churches in understanding, celebrating, & creating new healthy, CPD MFC relevant, and holistic congregations.

- Planting at least one new church each year.

- Assisting churches which desire affiliation with the CRCNA toward a possible life together.

The Four Ministry Teams

To cultivate a Leadership Culture by:

I dentifying, recruiting, and resourcing persons with the spiritual gift of leadership.

- Promoting training conferences for all God’s people – local and regional. CPD LC - Providing training conferences for elders, deacons, & pastors at classis in such a way that recipients may pass it on in their local churches .

MFC - Providing “student fund” assistance creatively.

The Four Ministry Teams

To engender Communication and Prayer by:

Facilitating communication by LC creatively “getting the word out” what God is doing in & through his churches. CPD C/P MFC - Eliciting petitions & praise for classis-wide prayer.

- Providing training & encouragement in developing a deep life of prayer in the churches.

- Assisting the flow of information from CRC institutions & agencies, hi-lighting pivotal items.

The Four Ministry Teams

Bathed in

DIACONIA

Word and Deed ministry Elders, Deacons, Pastors, all people LC CPD MFC C/P

WORKING TOGETHER

TEAM WORK

Last, but far from least, are those essential to keep the wheels turning, so that the

HARVEST

is delivered where the rubber hits the road: our

Classical Interim Committee

,

Classical Treasurer

, and our

Stated Clerk.

C I C CT

Church Planting & Development

SC

is something can do But we are called to

cultivate & harvest!

is part of Classical Renewal and a Testimony to God at Work

not only In Classis Atlantic Northeast (CANE)

But it is spreading

throughout

The Christian Reformed Church

Classical Renewal

was a to bring us where we are

vehicle

GOD used