Like I just mentioned, I am doing a seminar for Act 3 Ministries here in Chicago for my good friend, John Armstrong. Act 3 is a unique ministry that brings together mainliners and evangelicals for mutual conversation and mission – not always an easy thing to do – but John has the cred to do it.
Here’s the link – Act 3 Forum.
Diamond In the Rough:
Being a Multifaceted Congregation in a Postmodern World
Rev. Tom Lyberg
Sunday
February 17 @ 6:00 p.m.
Heritage Presbyterian Church
945 Kuhn Road
Carol Stream, Illinois 60188
Come join in an evening of exploring how established Christian congregations can navigate the mission transitions for relevant, multigenerational ministry while engaging the fading and emerging cultures of the 21st Century.
Rev. Tom Lyberg is an ordained minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America with 17 years of parish ministry in rural and suburban settings. In addition he is a writer and the host of the Wired Jesus Podcast: The Wired Wanderings of a Postmodern Pilgrim.
A quick examination of popular leadership books for pastors hold up monolithic megachurches or eclectic postmodern congregations as the models for mission in the 21st Century. However, most pastors find themselves in established congregations with multiple and often conflicting visions of mission that stand in stark contrast to the popular models.
Yet an examination of the Acts of the Apostles paints a picture of the local congregation that differs from most examples today. The local congregation in always in transition–multigenerational–engaging each generation in community; multicultural–speaking the languages of many local cultures; and missionally focused–the core of the congregation always centered on the biblical mission of making disciples of Jesus Christ.