by Phil Miglioratti, Curator
#ReimagineFutureChurch: If Church is The Answer ... "What's The Question?"
I believe the Lord is (re)building the Church with question asking men and women who see beyond our current crises and conflicts by seeking-pursuing the Spirit's leading into what will become the future Church.I am inviting Thought-Leaders and Featured-Contributors at The Reimagine.Network
to help me engage and equip ministry leaders
by challenging them with a thought-provoking, paradigm-shifting, ministry-transforming question
the Lord can use to prompt them to pursue (asking-seeking-knocking) as a path into the future.
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Answers are ineffective until we ask the right questions.
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So, rather than suggesting what you do
{new programs, specific methods]
We focus on how to think.
Spirit-Led ~ Scripture-Fed.
- Use the template below as a worksheet for the 1-Question that captures your mind & heart for your ministry
- Share this with friends and colleagues
- Comment with your feedback (click menu above to get Free All-Access to comment and/or post on this network)
- As you pray for your ministry/mission ... Pray also for 10,000 pastors and church leaders to ask-seek-knock for a Spirit-led path into the future Church
If he Lord wills, this could be movemntal toward the reviewed-then-renewed Church!_____________________________________________
√Here for the Expanded Author Interviews
Scroll Comments below for the "1-Question" List ...
New questions from new perspectives added regularly ...
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TEMPLATE
•WHAT? - What is the 1-Question leaders must ask in order to #ReimagineFutureChurch?
Read thought-leaders'/authors' "1-Question" to begin a #ReimagineFutureChurch journey
• SO WHAT? - What makes this an urgent need for leaders to contemplate/explore/discuss/pray into?
Think about the implications of living out that question ... and the risks if you ignore it
• NOW WHAT? - What action do you recommend we initiate?
Determine how you would enlist your team / others to move forward with Spirit-led action steps
•PRAY THAT …
Paraphrase the "1-Question" you selected into a prayer, pray it daily, invite others to pray this prayer with you…
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We asked though-leaders, authors, bloggers, commentators ~
"What is the 1-Question leaders must ask in order to #ReimagineFutureChurch?"
√Click on underlined names for their additional commentary-interviews-resources
Phil Miglioratti * Curator @ Reimagine.Network
Holy Spirit, how can we partner with you as servants of our Lord Jesus who is rebuilding the Church into a thriving global movment of the Gospel?
Dee Stokes * The Year of the "Shift"
My heart is broken for the witness of the Church and the lack of accountability. So, when will Church leaders submit to authority and accountability and to the lordship of Jesus? Really surrender?
John Burton * A Fresh Look at "Church"
• WHAT? - What is the "1-Question" leaders must ask in order to #ReimagineFutureChurch?
How would leadership, vision, strategic thinking and the end goals change if we defined the church on a city-level instead of the local-level?
Michael Douglass * Pastor, Community Ministry Facilitator
• WHAT? - What is the "1-Question" leaders must ask in order to #ReimagineFutureChurch?
For me, in light of the speed of change in our culture today, I ask God, “Am I accurately noticing where You are leading the church today in my locale; am I responding to where and how You are leading; and am I perceiving where You are going and want me to go with You?: (Isaiah 43: 18-19a) "Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?…."
Dr. Jason Hubbard * International Prayer Connect
• WHAT? - What is the "1-Question" leaders must ask in order to #ReimagineFutureChurch?
Since the prayer level of a church will never rise any higher than the personal example and passion of the senior leader, how can I grow in a lifestyle of being devoted to the ministry of the Word AND prayer? Acts 6:4
Gail Dudley * The Audacious Advocate
When is the church acknowledge the division among individuals who have faced marginalization and disenfranchisement in the realm of human rights across diverse cultures and ethnicities, and what steps will the church take to bridge this gap?
Gerard Long * Executive Director, Prayer at the Heart; former Executive Director of Alpha USA
Why don’t we encourage Christians to unite where they live and work to pray and share God’s love with the ‘Lost and Broken’ people around them?
Mac Pier * Movemnt.org, Concerts of Prayer New York, New York Leadership Center
Curtis Sergeant * Missional Multiplies; Chruch Planting Strategist
Jeremy Story * Every Student Sent
Howrd A. Snyder * Author, Professor, Thought-Provoker
• WHAT? - What is the "1-Question" leaders must ask in order to #ReimagineFutureChurch?
Are we focusing constantly and consistently on Jesus Christ — his life, ministry, teachings, and the explanation he himself gave of his identity and mission and the way he interpreted the Scriptures (e.g., in Luke 24 and the Sermon on the Mount).
Don Cousins * Lead Pastor of DIscovery Church
The ministry of Jesus was characterized by salvations (repent and believe), teachings, healings and deliverances … To what degree and by what means does your church reflect the ministry of Jesus?
Freddy Davis * Radical Discipleship Training; Chllenge- Teach - Encoruage
• WHAT? - What is the "1-Question" leaders must ask in order to #ReimagineFutureChurch?
What is the unifying factor that pulls the entirety of church ministry together in order to make sure a church is doing everything it needs to do as a church?
Adam Shields * Churches will have to change"
How do we move to teach Christians to discern; to hear from God, seek after where God is leading, understand the spiritual world around us, both God's leadership and satan's temptations)?
Neil Cox * Citywide Ministry Facilitator
• WHAT? - What is the "1-Question" leaders must ask in order to #ReimagineFutureChurch?
My answer: "Is the body of Christ ONE in your city?
Leiton Edward Chinn * Ministry Catalyst to Internationals
Am I teaching disciples to obey everything Jesus has commanded us?
Jarvis Ward * Resourcing Neighborhoods
What would loving God, loving others, and serving both well look like in the lives and lifestyles of fully discipled church members?
Jeff Hilles * Biblical Christian Worldview
Where is the line between Romans 12:18 and Acts 5:29
Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone. Romans 12:18
Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than any human authority. Acts 5:29
Chuck Proudfit: Transforming Work Life
What is the Church?
David Bryant * Proclaiming Hope for a National Christ Awakening
• WHAT? - What is the "1-Question" leaders must ask in order to #ReimagineFutureChurch?
What is the greatest crisis the American church is facing today--one which if confronted and cured would create a powerful Christward revolution in this generation?
Rich Carney * Transforming A CIty Through The power of Connection
What makes me dance? (think of David bringing in the Ark into Jerusalem)
Pastor Jonathan Peters * A Pastor to Pastors
Holy Spirit, what in me needs healing, hope, and redirection? How might you work deeply in my life in Christ in order that I might lead others well in following you?
Jim Morgan * Compassion Catalyst @ Meet The Need
What is “church” and who is its intended, biblical “customer”?
Ken Oliver * Chicago Ministry Catalyst
What does it mean to follow Jesus?
Pastor Larry Dewitt * From 60 to 6,000
Why do some churches grow and thrive while many struggle to stay alive?
Why don't Christian Pastors lead off with John 12:47 instead of John 3:16?
...or they could reimagine John 3:16