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A Holistic Small Group Approach for Discipleship and Witness Through a Kingdom Paradigm at Avon Wesleyan Church Please HONOR the copyright of these documents by not retransmitting or making any additional copies in any form (Except for private personal use). We appreciate your respectful cooperation. ___________________________ Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) P.O. Box 30183 Portland, Oregon 97294 USA Website: www.tren.com E-mail: [email protected] Phone# 1-800-334-8736 ___________________________ ATTENTION CATALOGING LIBRARIANS TREN ID# Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) MARC Record # Digital Object Identification DOI # Ministry Focus Paper Approval Sheet This ministry focus paper entitled A HOLISTIC SMALL GROUP APPROACH FOR DISCIPLESHIP AND WITNESS THROUGH A KINGDOM PARADIGM AT AVON WESLEAYN CHURCH Written by DANIEL P. JONES and submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Ministry has been accepted by the Faculty of Fuller Theological Seminary upon the recommendation of the undersigned readers: _____________________________________ Richard V. Peace _____________________________________ Kurt Fredrickson Date Received: March 15, 2015 A HOLISTIC SMALL GROUP APPROACH FOR DISCIPLESHIP AND WITNESS THROUGH A KINGDOM PARADIGM AT AVON WESLEAYN CHURCH A MINISTRY FOCUS PAPER SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE DOCTOR OF MINISTRY BY DANIEL P. JONES FEBRUARY 2015 ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of consumerism at Avon Wesleyan Church and presents an alternative culture of compassionate witness introduced through small groups. Transitioning from consumerism to compassionate witness is a slow and challenging endeavor. Research revealed that consumerism undermines a church’s witness and mission turning people away from others and into themselves. Part one describes the history of the church and the forces that have shaped its present culture which is then examined in light of a gospel of compassionate witness. Small groups are recommended as the best ministry to facilitate the cultural shift towards compassionate witness in the church. Part two provides theological support for the proposed culture change. Three topics are explored in depth: conversion as a process instead of a punctiliar event, spiritual formation as a communal discipline and compassionate witness as a necessary aspect of discipleship. Theological support for the recommendations is further demonstrated by drawing upon significant writers in the area of conversion, spiritual formation and evangelism. Utilizing small groups as a distribution method provides opportunity for the new culture to be both experienced and modeled. Part three explains how the project was implemented through a pilot group at Avon Wesleyan Church and its outcomes. The project revealed that culture change is difficult and slow and individualistic practices of spiritual formation are not easily surrendered. Even in the face of new information participants in the project resisted adopting communal practices of spiritual formation as primary disciplines. A culture shift from consumerism to compassionate witness requires that members adopt a new paradigm of salvation and discipleship. Additional time and participants are needed to determine if the introduction of a new culture will prevail at Avon Wesleyan Church. Throughout the project Richard Peace (PhD) provided key insight and content review. Word Count: 295 To my wife—Karen—who always encouraged me to pursue my dreams and gave me the time to complete them ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This project would not have been possible were it not for the support and assistance of multiple people along the journey. The members of Avon Wesleyan Church, especially the board, generously allowed me to have extra time to research and write. They also participated in the survey, pilot group and informal conversations about the project. Glenn McCarty provided key feedback on the first chapters. Kelly White gave extraordinary service editing and helping me to articulate my thoughts more clearly. The Doctor of Ministry office at Fuller Theological Seminary was supportive throughout the project answering my questions quickly and efficiently. Specifically, Dr. Peace was gracious with his feedback and served as an excellent advisor throughout my studies and writing. I am grateful to each one and thankful for their investment in this project and my life. iv TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS iv PART ONE: MINISTRY CONTEXT INTRODUCTION 1 Chapter 1. THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF 12 AVON WESLEYAN CHURCH PART TWO: THEOLOGICAL REFLECTION Chapter 2. A REVIEW OF PERTINENT LITERATURE 43 Chapter 3. A KINGDOM THEOLOGY FOR DISCIPLESHIP 73 AND WITNESS PART THREE: PRACTICE Chapter 4. MINISTRY PLAN 97 Chapter 5. IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS AND EVALUATION 115 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION 126 APPENDICES 143 BIBLIOGRAPHY 184 v PART ONE MINISTRY CONTEXT INTRODUCTION Leading a church in the fulfillment of a specific mission is challenging and perilous when a cultural shift is required to achieve the desired goal. Such a shift is necessary at Avon Wesleyan Church (AWC) in the town of Avon, New York, to reverse the decline of the past four years and reignite congregational passion around the church’s mission. This project presents a small group strategy to facilitate a change from a consumerist to a compassionate church culture at AWC. Since 2007, the official mission of the church has been “Helping every person in the Genesee Valley develop a life- changing, ever-growing relationship with Jesus Christ.” Presently, many members1 at the church have lost sight of this mission; instead of seeing their church involvement as a foundation from which they must reach out into their communities, their church involvement is predicated on the idea that the church is there solely to meet their perceived spiritual needs. A culture focused on compassion will create a paradigm where the church is viewed as existing to equip members to meet the needs of others, rather than as a convenient buffet for those looking to be passively ‘fed’. Changing the culture of a church to better equip the congregation for mission fulfillment requires ecclesiastical shifts as well as personal transformations. New wine 1 I use the phrase “AWC members” inclusively referring to people on the membership role and who actively participate in the life of the congregation but whose names are not officially on the membership list. This is due to the way membership functions in the church. By my count, there are approximately fifty people who are very active in the church but who are not members due to differences in personal convictions concerning membership requirements. 1 does not exist in old wineskins (Mark 2:22);2 neither will new cultures survive in old ecclesial paradigms. Ecclesiology must be the servant to missiology or the mission will be sacrificed for the preservation of the church. Alan Hirsch warns, “It is absolutely vital that we get the order right. It is Christ who determines our purpose and mission in the world, and then it is our mission that must drive our search for modes of being-in-the- world.”3 In order for compassionate witness to emerge as a central characteristic of AWC’s culture, ecclesiology must be reconnected with missiology.4 In essence, a new missional ecclesiology must be developed in tandem with the new initiative. The process through which such a transformation will take place is explained by providing the rationale for change, practices initiated and challenges encountered on the journey. This journey is ongoing and will continue to be refined as the church moves into the future. Avon Wesleyan Church is a mid-sized church of approximately 230 people5 located in a small town south of Rochester, New York. Vacillating between identifying itself as a small church and a large church, the congregation has struggled to find its ministry niche and purpose in the community. Congregants come from several 2 The Holy Bible: New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1984). All Scripture in this paper is from this version of the Bible unless otherwise noted. 3 Allen Hirsch, The Forgotten Ways: Reactivating the Missional Church (Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2006), 143. 4 Eddie Gibbs, Church Morph: How Megatrends are Reshaping Christian Communities (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academics, 2009), 42. 5Avon Wesleyan Church, Avon Wesleyan Church Statistical Annual Report to The Wesleyan Church, May 2014 (Avon Wesleyan Church, May 15, 2014). This number reflects the people who would identify Avon Wesleyan Church as their home church, not the current attendance numbers on a given Sunday. 2 surrounding communities, making AWC more of a regional church than a community church. This has created tension between members from different communities when the church has spent money responding to needs in one town which are not equally balanced by expenditures in another. Conservative politics, middle-class lifestyles and independent thinking characterize a people impacted by increasing taxes, a progressive state government6 and decreasing employment opportunities. For many who attend AWC, the desire to protect what they have is greater than their desire to reach out to others in compassionate witness resulting in clique formation, the hoarding of resources and a failure to evangelize. As a result, AWC has become an insular community where most people come expecting their needs to be met instead of mutually sharing resources and reaching outside the congregation in tangible expressions of love. I
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