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Partnership provides resources to help a church plant more churches in her region than she could working alone, including prayer, people, finance, encouragement, and skills. Sometimes churches go through immensely challenging seasons. For example, if a church loses a leader to burn out, sickness, or death, it is much easier to support the church and find a suitable replacement leader if the church is part of a partnership. Agreeing that church-to-church partnerships are Biblical and necessary is the easy part.
The challenge is working out how these partnerships worked in the Bible, and then faithfully imitating them. The clearest view that the Bible gives us of church-to-church partnership is the partnership that developed around Paul. This partnership was shaped around four main things, which we have also chosen to partner around: Similar Doctrine and Values.
It just matters that we plant more churches! See Document 5 Statement of Faith and Values for an overview of our doctrine and values. In addition to partnering around truth, Pauline partnerships were missionally productive. Together, they planted churches, strengthened churches, and pooled finance for worthy causes, such as drought relief in Judea 1 Cor. Advance exists because we are on mission together. The deep sense of camaraderie and belonging that we enjoy is a derivative of our missional partnership, not the purpose of our partnership.
The bandwidth of relationships ranged from brotherly connection on one side through to seasoned fathers like Paul on the other 2 Tim. Paul encouraged church leaders to lead their churches in a family manner 1 Tim. It was on that basis that he felt authority to encourage, comfort and urge them to live lives worthy of God 1 Thess.
With the pressures of a busy world and an expanding movement, we need to be clear that the relational aspect of church partnership is a Biblical imperative, or else it is easy to opt for a less relational style. Theologically convinced of the importance of genuine relationships and a family feel, we cultivate relationships characterized by genuine affection, respect, honesty, trust, and fun. Recognized, Suitably Gifted Leadership. Leadership is a gift from God, and necessary to help any group move together - including a movement of churches.
Leaders of our movement, and within our movement, are recognized on the basis of sound character and suitable gifts; and they play an important role in helping us partner together. See Document 6 Leadership and Regions for more about how leadership works in Advance.
We believe that the New Testament teaches that local elders are the highest human authority in the local church. Therefore, we consider partner churches as autonomous, but interdependent.
Partnerships such as the Gospel Coalition and the Simeon Trust deliberately choose to partner around one main thing: They play an excellent role in helping their partner churches develop similar doctrine and values , but they do not try to mobilize their churches to shared mission, or to genuine relationship ; and, therefore, recognized leadership is not a critical factor in the partnership. Or, think of a Pastors Fraternal in a town consisting of pastors from many different denominations. This would usually be based simply on genuine relationship - a worthy goal. If it made similar doctrine and values a component of partnership, the fraternal would soon fracture.
Or, if one pastor assumes too much in the way of leadership , the fraternal is probably on borrowed time. Single-issue partnerships such as these can be very valuable, but we believe they should complement Pauline-type partnerships. Partnering around all four elements is a glorious, yet audacious endeavor. For such a partnership to be successful, equal attention needs to be given to all four components, because they are all inter-dependent.
The New Testament model of partnership assumes all four aspects of partnership, resulting in a holistic, satisfying partnership. We believe that it is preferable for every local church to be involved in a holistic, Pauline-type partnership, as their primary partnership. They should also then enjoy some subsidiary, single-issue partnerships.
However, Advance partner churches will hopefully enjoy beneficial relationships with other single-issue networks. That said, some Advance partner churches maintain their affiliation with their denomination in a nominal sense, so long as they are free to fully partner with Advance. We describe our partnership as primary but not exclusive.
As a movement, we actively honor, learn from, and engage with churches and movements outside of our partnership.
How will the congregation feel the benefits of partnership? The congregation should feel the benefit of partnership with Advance by a being exposed to visiting ministers from Advance, b being enlarged by being kept informed about news and needs across the movement, c some congregants attending various Advance gatherings, and d benefiting from better ministry from their leaders , who will be blessed the most by Advance.
No waiting time 8. It was on that basis that he felt authority to encourage, comfort and urge them to live lives worthy of God 1 Thess. Lament, Justice, and the Persistence of the Gospel. In the United States, the movement has drawn many followers from the middle class [46] and is most popular in commuter towns and urban areas. Kate Bowler, an academic who studies prosperity theology, has criticized such seminars, arguing that though they contain some sound advice the seminars often emphasize the purchase of expensive possessions. These publications are loaded with news on church plants, and help everyone feel meaningfully connected to church planting and to Advance. A Devotional for Young Preachers.
Elders are warmly encouraged to ensure that all their members receive Advance publications the prayer mailer and online magazine , which are specifically designed to help each congregant stay current with regards to what is happening in Advance. How can we help our church engage with church planting and Advance?
Firstly, help your church become convinced that church planting is the primary way that the gospel advances, and that your church needs to be involved in church planting. You could preach a series on the book of Acts, or a single sermon on church planting, or you could do a minute mini-teaching on the theological basis for planting. Secondly, make sure your congregation knows about the money you sow into church plants each month. Remember, if you are giving to Advance, the majority of that money is going directly to church plants.
Thirdly, profile different church plants. You could schedule one Sunday a month to take a few minutes to profile a plant, and then pray for it together.
James Kay offers a detailed historical and theological analysis of the theologies of preaching that have dominated Protestant thought. Spanning several. Preaching and Homiletical Theory (PREACHING AND ITS PARTNERS) In part this is because he helps us think about the theological grounds of preaching.
You can show the church plant video, or communicate with the leader via live video conference, or have the leader send you a video message that you can play. Fourthly, make sure the online magazine and the prayer mailer reaches the inbox of every member of your church.
These publications are loaded with news on church plants, and help everyone feel meaningfully connected to church planting and to Advance. Fifthly, consider encouraging, or even tasking, various Small Groups to adopt a church plant for a year. Finally, and most importantly, try to be hands-on with a church plant in your region.