This document discusses different types of churches and proposes developing missional and disciple-making communities within or as churches. It suggests focusing most energy on helping people live with qualities like love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Churches should see themselves as collaborating with, not competing against, each other.

1. our greatest challenges
are …
Theological and missiological,not
methodological
But sometimes the best way to
better theory is better practice.

2. Deep Church can be a
framework for fresh
approaches to church.

3. Majesterial
Churches
Institutional
Churches
Micro/Emerging
Churches
Cell/Home
Community
Churches
Churches

4. Eastern Orthodox
D
Roman Catholic
E
E
Anglo-Catholic
P
Anglican
E
C
Lutheran
C
L Presbyterian
E
Methodist
S
IO
Baptist
L
O Pentecostal
G
House, Cell, Storefront
Y
Micro, quantum, liquid, ghost, ephemeral, unconscious, etc .4

5. Believe that each type has a
role to play in collaboration,
not competition & criticism.

6. See all churches as departments
within the whole Church

7. Develop monastic,
missional
disciple-making
communities
…as or within churches

8. Monastic:
Oriented around shared spiritual
disciplines:
Communities of spiritual practice

9. world
Missional
church =
for the good of the world
self

10. For the good of the …
School, Outcasts,
Family, Elderly,
Neighborhood, City,
Nation,
World

11. What would it take to focus 80% of
your energy on helping your people
become people of …
Love
Joy
Peace

12. Love
How would you
Joy
help people
Peace
learn these
Patience of living?
ways
Kindness
Goodness
Faithfulness
Gentleness
Self-control