10 Tips for Missional Community Leaders
1. Know God
- Cultivate a steady devotional and prayer life.
- Participate in gospel-centered accountability, like a Fight Club.
- Serve with the strength God supplies (2 Peter 4:11).
2. Know Your People
- Pastor your Missional Community. Don’t just lead discussions.
- Take notice when somebody disappears and make sure they are loved well.
3. Know Your Neighborhood
- Know the culture and relate to it well.
- Know your neighbors and invite them into your community.
4. Don’t Go Alone
- Share leadership by appointing leaders for hosting, meals, prayer, and mission.
- Participate in monthly leaders’ meetings.
- Participate in monthly coaching meetings.
5. Say Who You Are (And Who You Aren’t) Every Week
- Graciously deconstruct the small group/Bible study/social group approach and reconstruct your Missional Community.
- Reaffirm your Missional Community practices each week.
6. Get Out of the Living Room
- Be on mission every month as a community.
- Celebrate life and good culture.
7. Live the Missionally
8. Eat, Laugh, Pray, and Serve Together
- A healthy group does all four.
9. Share Your Stories
- In the living room.
- On the blog.
- In social media. Use Twitter or Facebook to facilitate community (not replace it).
10. Come to Serve (Not Just Be Served) on Sundays
- Missional community doesn’t stop on Sundays.
- Always be the church.
From Jonathan Dodson with Nate Navarro on TheResurgence.com
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