PPT-The Church and Culture

Understand how the deepest level of cultural reality  worldview is the backbone of religious systems  Integrate concepts of culture that have been explored thus far in Prefield Training into an evaluation of culture and its role in the life of the Christian community the Church . Overview of Covenant. Historically, how explicit has the teaching of the Covenant in your society and culture?. Would most people in your society recognize the meaning of the word “Covenant”?. What meaning might they give it?. Communications. Operations 102—Communications. Strategy. : T. he . Culture of Your Church. .. Strategy. : Parsing . the . Preaching . Pastor. Web. Hardware . & . IT. Productivity Tools. Multisite & . th. Annual Beach Retreat. E. vangelism & Outreach the Empowers. Rev. . Dr. Jerry L. . Cannon. Presenter. Evangelism & Outreach that Empowers. Understanding the Culture and Context of Church Leadership. Church Planting. The Gospel . proclaimed. Christian. The Gospel . experienced. Switching. . from. . event-orienation. To. . valuing. . people. Non-Christian. Christian. Non-Christian. Weighing. . Northern Ireland . Europe. Protestant North,. Catholic South . Orthodox East. . Islam, Communism, Secular Humanism. New Age.. Northern Ireland Today . 1.8 million people . 30% attend Church – down from 45% ten years ago –. . Palasari. Bali. Marcella Aurell Lukito 6A. Enculturation In Catholic. Enculturation is a term that Catholic Church use referring to the different kinds of culture that influence the teaching. It is more comfortable when people pray with their own traditions and culture.. How traditional mainline in the Reformed . tradision. can give birth to a Fresh Expression of church? . Frederick Marais & . Communitas. The . Communitas. FE strategy. . Church attendance weekly 2008 EVS. 76% of New Christians Come from 40% De-Churched . finding faith today 1992. This section of the population is older and decreasing over time. The Census . 2011 vs 2001. 1) Creating . a . welcoming building. 2) Being . a . welcoming people. 3) Welcoming . through . inclusion. Deepening your . church’s culture . of welcome. The crucifixion, . Francis N Souza (1924-2002). . In Words and Images. The . JOY of the Gospel. “Before all else, the . Gospel invites us . t. o . respond. . to the God of love who saves us, . to . see God in others . and. to . go forth . from . ourselves to . …for a culture of dialogue in the Church. “Dialogue, dialogue, dialogue… It is the only way for individuals, families, and societies to grow along with the culture of encounter, a culture in which all have something good to give and all can receive something good in return.”. and the Catholic Church. Graeme Mundine. Executive Officer. Aboriginal Catholic Ministry. Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney. Acknowledgement of Country. Jingee. . walla. . Bundjalung. . I pay my respect to the Elders and Ancestors of the lands on which we stand today. The Contemporary Missional Story. Lesslie Newbigin – Missionary to India – 1974. The Gospel & Our Culture Network – 1980’s. A network in North America that followed the work of Newbigin in Great Britain.. Worldviews At War Session 4: Cultural Decadence What is Culture? An integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon the capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations; the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a group; the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices…(Merriam Webster)