{"id":1589,"date":"2020-11-26T14:49:26","date_gmt":"2020-11-26T14:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estatechurches.org\/?p=1589"},"modified":"2022-01-14T13:22:46","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T13:22:46","slug":"apostolic-training-for-an-indigenous-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estatechurches.org\/2020\/11\/apostolic-training-for-an-indigenous-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"Apostolic training for an indigenous ministry?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Estates practitioner and priest, Joe Hasler offers some thoughts around training local people for God&#8217;s mission in extracts from his poem below. The whole reflection can be downloaded at the end of this post.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1414\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estatechurches.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Joe-Haslers-Estate.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bristol Estate\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Joe-Haslers-Estate.jpg 2048w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Joe-Haslers-Estate-300x225.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Joe-Haslers-Estate-1024x768.jpg 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Joe-Haslers-Estate-768x576.jpg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Joe-Haslers-Estate-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Apostolic means \u2018Go to\u2019<\/p>\n<p>or \u2018being sent\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>An Apostle meaning<\/p>\n<p>\u2018one sent on a mission\u2019.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 We have had the decade for evangelism,<\/li>\n<li>a pre-occupation with leadership,<\/li>\n<li>and now the emphasis on discipleship.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I hope this means<\/p>\n<p>the direction is getting closer<\/p>\n<p>to listening<\/p>\n<p>to the people on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>An important message I have heard in all this is,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo we want a \u2018Come to\u2019 church<\/p>\n<p>or a \u2018Go to\u2019 church.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Is it desirable to move from maintenance to mission?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>So how do the trainers<\/p>\n<p>and their institutions<\/p>\n<p>model God\u2019s mission<\/p>\n<p>in the way we do training?<\/p>\n<p>We have been trying to address these issues in the Northern Ark Mission Initiative in North Bristol.<\/p>\n<p>The pilot period has come to the end of its initial three years.<\/p>\n<p>Some things could have been done better<\/p>\n<p>but we ask<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Why do people from local council built housing estate congregations in Bristol come forward into growing ministry teams?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>38 people from 4 out of 6 parishes have stepped out so far;<\/p>\n<p>with some to become licensed readers (6),<\/p>\n<p>and some to become ordained priests (3).<\/p>\n<p>Making ministry training<\/p>\n<p>in a mission model<\/p>\n<p>must be one of the driving forces.<\/p>\n<p>But for all the things<\/p>\n<p>we might have done better<\/p>\n<p>here are four things we did well.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Take the training to the people.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Go in twos. (THE INTERVENTIONISTS)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Forming learning communities in the culture.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Practise what we want to preach.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The experience is that the trainers model a \u2018go to\u2019 approach<\/p>\n<p>and learning is integrated<\/p>\n<p>with activity in mission.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The beginning<\/p>\n<p>and the end<\/p>\n<p>is in becoming a more self-sufficient congregation<\/p>\n<p>that is more dependent on God.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Indigenous is not isolationist.<\/p>\n<p>It is making a stronger contribution to a bigger whole.<\/p>\n<p>But local interventions<\/p>\n<p>can bring the confidence<\/p>\n<p>to let this, happen.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I think this is mainly<\/p>\n<p>because the trainers,<\/p>\n<p>no matter how good they are,<\/p>\n<p>\u2018go to\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The result is of a local congregation that naturally goes to the wider world and church.<\/p>\n<p>This is what has been modelled in their training.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>(More information about the initiative can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joehasler.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.joehasler.co.uk\u00a0<\/a> \u00a0then find\u00a0 other stuff and click on drop down menu for northern ark publications.)<\/p>\n<p>To download the whole reflection click <a href=\"https:\/\/estatechurches.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Apostolic-Training-for-Ministry-and-New-Pathways.pdf\">Apostolic Training for Ministry and New Pathways<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Estates practitioner and priest, Joe Hasler offers some thoughts around training local people for God&#8217;s mission in extracts from his poem below. 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