Elders and mission

This part of the course explores what mission means; how mission is actually God’s agenda and how the spirit can support and define mission, for us as individuals, and for the wider church.


5. Thinking about mission in a church context

 icon- think about this       What does mission mean in your church?

What aspects of Christian life are important to you and other people within your Church? This exercise, taken from Holy Habits by Andrew Roberts, may be an effective way of discovering more:

  1. Look at the list of the holy habits of the early church below.
  2. Using a scale of 1-5 rate how important they feel within your church community now.

  • learning
  • worship
  • fellowship
  • prayer
  • breaking bread/communion
  • serving
  • sharing resources
  • making disciples
  • eating together

Make a note of any insights that this exercise has produced - we will come back to reflect further on these later.