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Church Planting in the Anglican Tradition: Developing a Church Planting Strategy for the Anglican Diocese of the South
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Church Planting in the Anglican Tradition: Developing a Church Planting Strategy for the Anglican Diocese of the South
Yazar:
Alger, Daniel T., author.
ISBN:
9780438029538
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1 electronic resource (189 pages)
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Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-10(E), Section: A.
Advisors: Bryan Collier; Ellen Marmon.
Özet:
The church planting work of the Anglican Diocese of the South brings together the specialized work of church planting with the unique tradition of Anglicanism. This study explores the interaction of this ancient tradition with the contemporary scholarship on and practice of church planting.
The Anglican Diocese of the South (ADOTS) is a diocese within the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA). ADOTS is still a relatively new organization, only being constituted in 2010. The Canons of the Diocese state "A principal work of the Diocese is to plant new congregations, to encourage and assist the Congregations in planting new congregations, and to strengthen newly planted congregations to become self-sustaining member Congregations." In other words, church planting is a fundamental aspect of the Diocese's purpose and mission.
Church planting is a specialized ministry. Starting new churches requires gifting and competency in a wide range of areas including theology, pastoral leadership, business administration, entrepreneurship, self-care, marketing, and strategic thinking, among others. The challenge for the Diocese as the overseeing body is to determine how to best develop new planters with the needed gifting and then properly support, equip and resource the planters in order for them to flourish in their work.
Anglicanism is a unique tradition. With roots in the ancient church, a particular experience of the Reformation as it took place in England, and a strong influence of the Celtic and monastic traditions, Anglicanism in its modern expression is a tradition with a distinct ecclesiology, approach to theology, ethos, and practice. Because of this fact, planting an Anglican church requires adaptation of commonly accepted planting practices in order to plant faithfully in this sacramental, liturgical, missional, hierarchical tradition.
This dissertation project creates a comprehensive strategy for church planting within the Anglican Diocese of the South that would enable the Diocese to be effective in its purpose of planting new Anglican churches. The literature review explores the biblical and theological foundations of planting, the missional effectiveness of church planting, the application of organizational and systems theory to the overseeing bodies within church planting, the historical and missional roots of Anglicanism, and the context of the Anglican Diocese of the South.
This study employs a framework for the components of a healthy church planting network: culture, convictions, constructs and collaboration. This framework is used to conduct focus groups with non-Anglican planting leaders to determine best practices for church planting established outside of the Anglican tradition. Next, these best practices are applied to the Anglican tradition through interviews of planting leaders within Anglican dioceses to determine what interpretation and adaption is required for these practices to be employed in the planting of Anglican churches. Finally, the collected research is then applied to the Anglican Diocese of the South to determine an effective church planting strategy.
The major findings of this study concluded that there are eight principle pursuits required for the Anglican Diocese of the South to become an effective church planting diocese. First, the Diocese must have firmly held convictions that church planting is a biblical mandate for the church. Second, the Diocese must create and maintain a missional culture that allows for risk, experimentation, and creativity. Third, the Diocese must implement adapted systems that facilitate all aspects of the process of planting. Fourth, the Diocese must employ a faithfully Anglican, biblical, sacramental, mission approach in order to capitalize on the charisms of the Anglican tradition in the work of church planting. Fifth, church planting in the Diocese must be pursued with a creative fidelity that maintains the integrity of the Anglican tradition yet allows for proper innovation. Sixth, this ministry must be driven by focused directive leadership from the Diocese's bishop and leaders. Seventh, the Diocese must not be isolated, but rather must engage in intentional collaboration with other Anglican dioceses and ecumenical partnerships. Finally, the Diocese must hold a resilient missional optimism that is not shaken by failures, is patient in the development of its ministry, and is fully committed to church planting with unwavering dedication.
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School code: 1062
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