It is not always easy to see the world through the lens of Jesus' empty
tomb. In the face of the church's Constantinian hangover, its
uncertain and often fearful shift into postmodernism, and its
temptation in the daily grind to succumb to maintenance ministry,
transformational church leaders benefit from partnerships in a team
setting for inspiration, resourcing, efficiency, and accountability.
Because of this, we imagine...
Our Vision
We imagine...
God's reign is breaking in all around us, and our discernment of what
Holy Spirit is up to is done communally. For this reason, MDIVnet
operates with some important communal genetic markers:
tomb. In the face of the church's Constantinian hangover, its
uncertain and often fearful shift into postmodernism, and its
temptation in the daily grind to succumb to maintenance ministry,
transformational church leaders benefit from partnerships in a team
setting for inspiration, resourcing, efficiency, and accountability.
Because of this, we imagine...
Our Vision
We imagine...
 | a network of servant leaders | |
| committed to a resurrection hope | |
| regularly connecting and mutually resourcing each other for vibrant | |
| mission and a passionate and synergistic, trans-local expression of team ministry | ||
| committed to the local and contextual expression of the church as God's | |
| fulcrum for transformation in this world |
God's reign is breaking in all around us, and our discernment of what
Holy Spirit is up to is done communally. For this reason, MDIVnet
operates with some important communal genetic markers:
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| Mission Driven in Vision network |
| "facilitating trans-local team ministry for the sake of adaptive leadership in Jesus' mission" |
| Our Vision and Values |
Jesus is risen; he lives and
reigns! Therefore the gospel he
proclaimed and embodied in his
mission two thousand years ago
is the same gospel and embodied
mission of his followers today:
"The time is fulfilled. The
Kingdom of God has come near.
Repent and believe."
reigns! Therefore the gospel he
proclaimed and embodied in his
mission two thousand years ago
is the same gospel and embodied
mission of his followers today:
"The time is fulfilled. The
Kingdom of God has come near.
Repent and believe."
Genetic Markers
| we are formed as "witnesses to the resurrection," and live and act with | |
| this hope in all situations and relationships | ||
| we value communication, understanding that the basis of this is the | |
| earnest seeking to understand first and only THEN asking to be understood | ||
| we value ministry done in team where a Church formed of a kaleidoscope | |
| of gifts for ministry, aptitudes for leadership, and wealth of experiences shares its resources openly and ardently for the vitality, strength, and integrity of the body of Christ | ||
| even for leaders who serve in a local team setting on site, all people | |
| discern more faithfully through communal partners with an outsider's perspective | ||
| we value an OPEN-SOURCE, architecturally flat, organizational | |
| structure. Every participant has an important contribution to make both to the Emmaus Team and the larger network | ||
| we understand ourselves as a NETWORK and COLLABORATION that | |
| exists, not over and against our denominational heritages and allegiances, but as servants within them committed to dreaming God's Church through the power of the Holy Spirit for a new day, and connecting together across all lines and boundaries towards a church that empowers, lives, and resources in new and powerful ways for passionately living out the reign of God | ||
| Because we are Christ's servants and are called to exist in the light, we | |
| are NOT an anonymous network but in all interactions us our real names and when possible real and accurate images to depict ourselves |