Rock 2009

Interactive

God is Good All The Time

Get into groups of four with people who you did not know until you arrived at Rock.

Each person will have two minutes to tell about a time that God has been good to them.

Guidelines for ministry to Young Adults

•Relationships are more important than rituals

•Purpose is more important than activity

•Significance trumps loyalty

Interactive

Do you feel that your life has a

significant meaning or purpose?

The Complex Relationship Between Religion and Purpose

• Takeaway: Regardless of whether they affiliate themselves with a religion, more than 8 in 10 respondents across 84 countries say their lives have an important meaning or purpose. However, religion does make a difference: Those who claim no religious affiliation are more than twice as likely as those who do claim one to say they do not feel their lives have an important purpose.• WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR CHURCHES

ENGAGED IN REACHING THE MILLENIAL GENERATION?

I Have:• Purpose Significance Impact

Interactive

a fringe

The Joshua Generation Church

Or are these the churches that are emerging?

A new ring on the tree…catholic

reformed

baptist

pentecostal

Or are both forms of the church that is emerging?

catholic

reformed

baptist

pentecostal

How will they relate?

Rules for Doing Ministry to Young Adults

• There are no absolute rules• Maps are more important that

strategic plans• Environment makes a difference• Loyalty goes to the place where

the most needs are met

Guiding Principals

•Missional-Emergent•Be Interactive•Be Engaging•Be Experiential

1.Recentering the gospel on Christ and the Kingdom of God …

“May your kingdom come…”Sanctification … Social holiness

At the heart of “the great emergence” is a rediscovery of the

gospel of the kingdom - and of

the biblical narrative of which it is the

center.

All the rest flow from #1 …

2. Engaging culture without a sacred-secular dualism

Field preaching, songs, abolition

3. Doing life together in community between Sundays

Band, class, society

4. Listening with openness, including the outsider

5. Serving those in need without ulterior motive

Social holiness

6. Involving participants actively in worship

Calling, Equipping, nurturing and sending leaders … licensing preachers, certified lay speakers

7. Valuing creativity in the image of the Creator – Reclaiming the Arts

Charles’ hymnody – Dance – Drama – The Spoken Word

8. Leading through networks, with or without hierarchies

Renewal through parallel “marginal” structures … itineracy as flexibility

9. Integrating ancient and avante-garde in spiritual formation

Spiritual direction … Anam cara … monastic community

As the center

Liturgical

Charismatic

Social Action

Evangelical

Liturgical

Charismatic

Social Action

Evangelical

Missional - Emergent

Old

Paradigm/

Model

Early

Transition

Late

Transition

New Paradigm/

Model

Old

Paradigm/

Model

Early

Transition

Late

Transition

New Paradigm/

Model

Medieval Catholicism

Reformation

Old

Paradigm/

Model

Early

Transition

Late

Transition

New Paradigm/

Model

Medieval Catholicism

Reformation

Methodism

Calvinism

Old

Paradigm/

Model

Early

Transition

Late

Transition

Mainline Churches

Post Modern Churches

Missional

Emerging

Joshua

Generation

Missional Emergent

What is your experience with

Jesus Christ that the world can not live

without?

Missional Emergent

• The message and mission must be about Jesus

• The form may not be comfortable for established leaders

• Developing, empowering and releasing new leaders is essential

• Relationships are more important than rituals

Interactive• Team ministry/ Shared

Leadership• Leadership Listens to Lead• Culturally Sensitive

Be Engaging

• Technology Engaged• Socially Engaged• Culturally Engaged

This must all take place where the young adults are.

Be Experiential

• Servant Evangelism• Fight for Justice• Outreach to the marginalized

Be Experiential

Be Experiential

• Servant Evangelism• Fight for Justice• Outreach to the marginalized

What is working?

• Small Group Studies• Online Bible Studies• Market place discussions• Short Term Mission Groups• House Worship

BWC Resources• Conference Young Adult Council• Regional Young Adult Councils

• Annapolis• Darius Butler – gospelpreacher7@aol.com• Alicia Brooks – Aliciakimbrooks@gmail.com

• Baltimore• LA McCrae – lammrae@gmail.com• Josh Gillen – gillen7@comcast.net

• Western Region• Rev. Katie Bishop – pastorkatiebishop@yahoo.com• Rev. Jennifer Karsner – jen@calvary-mtairy.org