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Definitions
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.
‘the birth and growth of Christian communities that serve
people mainly outside the church, belong to their culture,
make discipleship a priority and form a new church among
the people they serve.’
M. Moynagh, Church for Every Context, introduction p x.
The problem is we have too many churches,
the solution is we need a whole lot more.
Pioneering
Leadership
London, June 25, 2015
Seeing in a New Way
Know how to see
“The real voyage of discovery consists
not in seeking new landscapes
but in having new eyes.”
Marcel Proust
Seeing what is to come!
The power of imagination
“We cannot solve problems by
using the same kind of thinking
we used when we created them.”
Albert Einstein
Who is a pioneer?
Archegos
Archegos
‘looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfector of our faith’
Hebrews 12;2
‘in bringing many children to glory, should make the pioneer
of their salvation perfect through sufferings.’
Hebrews 2:10
‘and you killed the pioneer (author) of life, whom God raised from the
dead’
Acts 3;15
God exalted him at his right hand as Pioneer (Leader) and Saviour’
Acts 5;31
Archegos
‘one who takes a lead in,
or provides the first
occasion of anything.’
Archegos
•about Jesus
•uniquely centred on cross and resurrection
• derived pioneering
•costly
Archegos
How was
Jesus pioneering
in his practice?
•Kingdom innovatory practices
•What are our innovatory practices
of the Kingdom?
A pioneer is a person called by God
who has the character and gifting to
respond first to the Holy Spirit’s initiatives,
within a particular context, for those
outside the church,
and to create, with others,
something in response
to these promptings
which might then open
up further new horizons.
“God grant me the serenity to accept
the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the
things I can,
and the wisdom to know
the difference.”
Reinhold Niebuhr
Some important
qualifications
There is a spectrum of pioneering
Pioneer
Starter
Pioneer
Sustainer
Sustainer
Innovator
Sustainer
Developer
This is not solo pioneering leadership
‘ Pioneering gifts are widely distributed in the
team and beyond , and the pioneer leader
is to help create a context where these gifts
can be exercised.’
Mike Moynagh
Pioneering teams
‘ one of the great myths of entrepreneurship has
been the notion if the leader as a lone hero…
The reality is that successful entrepreneurs either
built teams about them or were part of a team
throughout.’
Thomas Cooney, What is an Entrepreneurial Team
Imaginative Team
Values of the team
• creativity
• curiosity
• risk
• contextual
• prototypes
• serve
Questions for discussion?
•How might this understanding
of pioneering influence your own
work ?
Ten Common
Traits of Pioneers
People who are
first
People who are
on the edge
People who
take risks
People who
love the gospel
and people
People who are
robust/resilient
characters
People who know
when to stay or go
People who know
when to bring order
or chaos
People who are
moving out
People who are
dissenters
‘There can be no constructive change
at all, even in church, unless
there is some form of dissent.
By dissent I mean simply the proposing of
alternatives….
and a system that is not
continuously examining alternatives
is not likely to evolve creatively.’
Gerald Arbuckle, Refounding the Church
People who
reflect, connect
and don’t know
Questions for discussion?
•Which of these do you
most resonate with and why?
• Would you add any other common
traits of pioneers?
The Innovators DNA
The Five Habits of Highly
Innovative Leaders
Questioning
/
Observing
/
Networking
/
Experimenting
/
Associational Thinking
/
Need leaders with discovery skills
rather than delivery skills
/
Possible processes for creating
new contextual communities, centred
around Jesus, for those outside
the church
Prayer
Love
Relate
Prayer
Create
Effectuation thinking
Saras Sarasvathy
http://www.effectuation.org/
Effectuation
Effectuation
• organisational mindset
– objectives, strategic plans, timelines
– love market research
• pioneering mindset
–
–
–
–
–
start with what you have got
collaborative
experimental
objectives arise from experience
prefer to network than do market research
• both are valid – in the right context
‘ Entrepreneurs thrive
on Sarasvathy,
contingency.Effectuation, 2008
Saras
The best ones improvise their way to an
outcome that in retrospect feels ordained.’
Three key questions for creativity
Who am I ?
What do I know?
Who do I know ?
Four good practice questions
• Who is the mission for?
mission goals questions
• Who is the mission by?
mission resource questions
• Who is the mission with?
mission partner questions
• What sort of resulting community?
mission outcome questions
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Thirst Café Church
Barnwell, Oaks
Saturday Gathering, Halifax
The icebergs
The danger of expectations
The problem of measurement
The problem of measurement
• Who is the evaluation for ?
•What is the evaluation for ?
•What is to be measured ?
The problem of measurement
• What measurements might be used ?
The problem of measurement
•Expectations
•Time frame
•Criteria
•Who assess
Beware of the default position
Staying the course and
passing on the baton
Losing the focus
Isolation
Taking the tough decisions
The danger
of
domestication
Questions for discussion?
•Which of these dangers have
you experienced?
Disturb us Lord,
when we are too well pleased with ourselves,
when our dreams have come true
because we have dreamed too little,
when we arrived safely
because we sailed too close to the shore.
Sir Francis Drake
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