Holistic Churchplanting and Economics

                                                                                        BY Viv Grigg June 88

I. SUMMARY OF CHURCHPLANTING
Diagram 1:The Four Seasons Chart. But this is only part of the ministry — the spiritual.

II. HOLISTIC
LUKE 2:52
Diagram 2:A Fourfold Approach God’s Intentions: Maturity in all four areas a.For indivlduals(Col 1:28,29) b.for the Church(Eph 5:27) — without spot or blemish c.for the world(Matt 6:10) — thy kingdom come The gospel deals with all areas:

Diagram 3:The cross, linkage between man’s need and God’s resources -All things hold together in Him(Col 1:17). The gospel embraces all of and creation.

III. R PE Piø t1IN! (Within an existing church in a poor community)
1.Freach the holism of the Kingdom and show biblically how it affects all aspects of life.
2.Draw together the leaders of the church. From these a committee wil be elected. Try to not let the pastor be on this committee.
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3.Get a blackboard, divide it into four parts arid dream with people.
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SPIRITUAL SOCIAL ECONOMIC POLITICAL
Bible study on!youth football!land rights Kingdom
New altar !teach adults !jobs to read !crechelciay care! electric
!care -for widows coop
recreation area!herbal plants! scholarships
land rights
godly community leaders
-funeral coop
3.Priorltize these
4.Make goals/plans for one c-f each of these areas
5-For the top priority of these a.plan field trips b.contact authorities for info on programs c.contact NGO’s
d.make a plan
e.work with community leaders — possibly draw them this committee. 5.Start with a realizable project
6.Build people’s sense of ability authority(lay a base for political acti 7.When negotiations break down develop techniques that defuse violence but eff B.Before these break down make sure dependence on the sovereignty c-f God has been internalized.
IV. THE RULE OF THE RICH CHURCH
DIAGRAM 5 : ACTS 4:32—34
DIAGRAM 6:TI-IE ROLE OF THE CHURCH INTERNATIONALLY
Major successful ways-to use e,<ternal funding.
1.For aid to widows and orphans, refugees, and others -for whom there is Immediate calamity or no long—term solution. Dependency on the church is normative.
2-Get the means and control of the means of industrial production into the hands of the poor.
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to deal with those on slowly). manageable con-frontational ect change:
a thorough theology of in the midst of suffering
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a. CAPITAL TRANSFER
i.Transfer of seed capital through a credit/loans coop for activities people have already initiated
ii.Transfer of expansion capital for functioning businesses
b.TRANSFER OF EXPERTISE
i.vocational training in existing schools ii.credit coop
iii.small business development
iv.community leadership development
C.Function in role of middlemen between the two sectors of society
i.Loans among the poor are flexi—loans to benefit of borrower and lender
ii.Often these loans are in goods
iii.It is possible to cut out the middleman from rural areas or distibutor in the city
V.HOW THE HOLY SPIRIT CAUSES A CHURCH TO CHANGE
Diagram :Acts 2:42—44
VI.TOWARDS A THEOLOGY OF ECONOMICS
VII.THE ROLE OF THE RICH IN EXTERNAL DEVELOPMENT FACTORS
Causes are determinative of appropriate response?. What causes slums? What 7. of the poverty is due to personal sins, calamities, oppression,social structure?
What can we do to effect justice
See notes on developing movements in development paper.
 

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