Syllabus (jesus, The Kingdom, And Us)

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“Jesus,  the  Kingdom,  &  Us:       Living  Here  &  Now  as  God’s  Missionary  People”   New  City  Church:    Northridge  ~  Fall  2009       1. “The  Great  Commission:    What’s  That  Got  To  Do  With  Us?”     2.  Understanding  My  Story  in  Light  of  God’s  Story:                    Part  1—Creation  &  Vocation     3. Understanding  My  Story  in  Light  of  God’s  Story:       Part  2—The  Fall  &  the  Destruction  of  Shalom     4. Understanding  My  Story  in  Light  of  God’s  Story:       Part  3—Redemption  As  Far  As  The  Curse  Is  Found     5. Understanding  My  Story  in  Light  of  Gods  Story:       Part  4—The  Restoration  of  All  Things     6. Understanding  Jesus’  Mission:    “Your  Kingdom  Come”     7. Jesus  Enlists  People  Just  Like  Us  Into  His  Mission:                  “As  the  Father  has  sent  Me,  so  I  am  sending  you.”     8. Living  as  God’s  Missionary  People:       Part  1—Understanding  our  Spheres  of  Influence     9. Living  as  God’s  Missionary  People:       Part  2—Understanding  the  Message  Entrusted  to  Us     10. Living  God’s  Missionary  People:       Part  3—Understanding  God’s  Heart  for  the  City     11. Living  as  God’s  Missionary  People:     Part  4—Understanding  the  Necessity  of  Being  Outwardly  Focused  

    “God’s  mission  is  calling  and  sending  us,  the  church  of  Jesus  Christ,  to  be  a  missionary   church  in  our  own  societies,  in  the  cultures  in  which  we  find  ourselves…their  character   as  a  mission  field  is  so  obvious  as  to  need  no  demonstration.    The  issue  for  the  Christian   church  is  its  faithful  response  to  this  challenge.    But  that  is  also  its  problem….   Mission  is  not  just  a  program  of  the  church.    It  defines  the  church  as  God’s  sent  people.     Either  we  are  defined  by  mission,  or  we  reduce  the  scope  of  the  Gospel  and  the  mandate   of  the  church.    Thus  our  challenge  today  is  to  move  from  the  church  with  mission  to   missional  church.”   ~  Darrell  L  Guder,  Missional  Church