Uniqueness=Culture
The starting point for vision – for thinking about our church’s future – is not deciding where we want to go or exploring what everyone else is doing that works for them. The key is understanding how we are unique.
Why do you think finding our uniqueness is crucial to our vision development? As Will Mancini points out in “Church Unique”, “It is not about worship style or programs offered; it is something more significant yet subtler at the same time. It is something that is often overlooked: a culture that is unique to a particular church.”
Culture is the combined effect of the interacting values, thoughts, attitudes, and actions that define the life of our church.
1) Is it important for us to discover our own DNA? Our a Unique Culture?
2) If yes, why is it important that we discover our own unique culture that only helps define Crosslink?
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October 19th, 2009 at 2:09 am
I am unique because I can have a personal relationship with the creator that made me special with only one dna that sets me apart and equip me with talents and gifts thru Holy Spirit thru Christ that abide in me.In the Holy Spirit I am call to serve and to minister thru Love and Grace to other That God recieves the Glory and Praise.If Crosslink can catch that vision of service to help the sick the hurting spiritual souls.He could help equip them and send them out to bring loss in to discover there talents and gifts that God gives to each and everyone that was created by God.That those that were commited to Excellence and have knowledge would experince and be motivated by His word that only comes thru His Living Word.To make sure we are communicating and holding our brother and sister in Christ accountable and the hardest thing to all this is to consistency.That will only come from God Himself and it will cost us to sacrifice self.After all that is what Jesus did for me. Amen
October 27th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
I discovered a part of my unique DNA last week in England. I have always supported missions and prayed for lost people in foreign lands. I now have a burden for the people in Cranoe, Leicester, Glooston and Wigston England. God showed us that the people of England have a rich history in religion, but do not understand what it means to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Most of them assume they are Christian because they were born into the Church of England. I think Crosslink now has a vision for England. I know that the Sikes family will be going back.
November 12th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
I too, along with Chet see missions as a part of the DNA for Crosslink. The experiences that I have had in Cuba and more recently in England leave you with a greater sense of responsibility when you have been enlightened to the darkness and the needs in the world. This past trip has really challeneged Abbey and I in a lot of ways, even to the point of asking ourselves “how can we live a simpler life and give more of us, our time, and our resources to the call to missions?” We really feel more of a burden for those who ae on the field, like Phil and Mary, to pray for them, encourage them, and support them in different ways. I believe we said it best when we came up with a new word…CONVACTION. Two words (conviction and action) joined together that really says it all. I belieive that God has used this trip and the people that went as a vehicle to help us define this DNA that has been in the body all along, just not realized. And I believe that collectively, we will see God use this in a might way in our Church…I just believe it is part of His plan for us.