Indaba: Introduction to msm
Fresh Expressions International
Conference. Cape Town. Feb 2016
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Aims of msm:
• To equip people to begin fresh
expressions of church
• To enable those in traditional church
to transition towards more missional
effectiveness
• To help Permission Givers, Strategists
and Trainers gain an understanding of
fresh expressions of church
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Aims of msm
To see people and communities
transformed by the Gospel through
equipping practitioners in contextual
church planting.
It’s not just about a course but about
a strategy of which equipping is a
part.
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msm key features
a one year learning
journey to equip
people for starting and
sustaining fresh
expressions of church
• taught 24 unit course
• augmented by
coaching/mentoring
• supported by
published and online
resources
suitable for all
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course development
• 130 UK courses
• Over 4000
participants
worldwide
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msm values
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ecumenical
formative spiritual journey
flexibility of approach
building community
best adult educational practice
valuing diversity of traditions
connecting
prayer
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core values
• prayerful – Godcentred
• creative
• community
• hospitality
• contextual
• best educational
practice
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course content
six main subject areas
• personal formation
• Christian formation
• missiology and ecclesiology
• cultural exegesis
• starting a fresh expression
• sustaining and maturing a fresh
expression
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unit contents
• framework of prayer and worship
• teaching of principles
• stories and case studies
• exercises and group work
• application for local context
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Three modes of delivery
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strategic considerations 1
a spectrum:
classic
flexible
coaching plus
suitable for different teams/contexts:
mixed economy?
(NB: the intentional, the remote, the
young, the busy, the disconnected and
those who “don’t do” courses)
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typical course structure
• one year long
• 24 core units
– 6 weekday evenings (6 units)
– 3 saturdays (10 units)
– 1 weekend away (8 units)
• optional units available to enable
localisation
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local team
• administrator
• course
director(s)
• support team
– hospitality
– prayer and
worship
– technology
– resources
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resources provided
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learning outcomes
teacher’s notes
members’ notes
presentations
worship companion
further reading
multimedia
resources
all downloadable /
continually revised
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What is flexible?
• the pace of engagement with
material
• the order of engaging with material
• which material is used
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what is flexible?
• venue and times: we go to them
• mode of communication: face to
face or virtual
• who facilitates/teaches
• costs
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coach/mentoring advantages
• added effectiveness of fe leaders
• focussed interest, support, challenge
and prayer
• allows bespoke application of
principles and insights: just in time
not just in case
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coach/mentoring advantages
• promotes ownership and affirms freedom to
move
• promotes accountability: mostly to themselves
• maintains connectedness to the wider church
• potentially multiplicative
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msm Online and Hybrids
Online is like classic with set programme
and teachers but delivered to groups
online who interact with each other and
host plus those teaching.
Combinations possible to suit context.
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outcomes
• 90% testify to at least one of:
• start a fresh expression of church (26%)
• develop a fresh expression (32%)
• apply msm principles to their present
'inherited' church (58%)
• clarify a call to pioneer ministry (20%)
• grow in support or oversight of a fresh
expression (38%)
• grow in discipleship or ministry (66%)
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tentative criteria for an,,,,,,
individual’s accreditation
• familiar with msm materials
• agree with msm course values
• experience of a fresh expression of
church
• coaching/mentoring experience
• will give commitment to use
contemporary and full materials
• will give commitment to evaluate, learn
and share learning
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