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Outward Incarnational Focus

How vital is your congregation when it comes to Outward Incarnational Focus? Take our quiz and find out!Please note that this quiz only reflects the individual quiz taker's perceptions. To dive deeper encourage your session, deacons, or other small group to take it; then share your answers  and talk together.  If you want a fuller, richer dive into your congregation's vitality makeup related to all 7 marks consider the US Congregational Vitality Survey.

Interviews

Going Deeper Inward to Go Better Outward: A conversation with Trish Eckert, pastor at Tippecanoe Presbyterian Church.  Trish shares how the ministry of Divine Intervention, begun by a small congregation with deep care for members of its community, has impacted a city of over a half a million.  And it starts not by rushing out with an idea to fix and save but by deep inward listening then building relationships of mutual care and respect.
The Game vs The Huddle, a conversation with Chip Hardwick, Synod of the Covenant Exec. Using the football analogies of the huddle and the game, Chip unpacks how congregations engaging the mark of Outward Incarnational Focus are in the game vs. those only focused inward (the huddle). He also shares the creative and life giving ways congregations are exhibiting the vital mark of Outward Incarnational Focus. 

Resources

Neighborhood Church: Transforming Your Congregation into a Powerhouse for Mission was selected by Ruling Elder Vilmarie Cintrón-Olivieri and the Reverend Cindy Kohlmann, Co-Moderators of the 223rd General Assembly (2018), to inspire churches to become strong community partners. Purchase the book here.
Five part video series on Neighborhood Church:
Part 1 Communal Conversion: the path to becoming a neighborhood church
Part 2 Are You Listening?
Part 3 Transforming Partnerships
Part 4 Utilizing Space
Part 5 Different Approach to Worship

Presbyterians for Earth Care
How to Become an Earth Care Congregation
Neighboring Sunday, a guide to planning an experience of worship  and getting to know your neighborhood
Tools from the Presbyterian Mission Agency
Modes of Mission Engagement, a helpful tool for mission teams and congregations to discern their current mode of mission and learn of others. "When groups engage in mission, they often use different strategies, or modes, for going about their work. These modes shape the very nature of the mission and affect how groups interact with partners and understand “success.” Find out which mode most closely matches your current mission involvement, and consider other modes you might be drawn to engage in."

How is God Calling Your Congregation? A Guide for Discerning Congregational Mission Focus 

​Mission Selection and Evaluation Tool

Presbyterian World Mission, International Partners Manual
Articles
Mission and Anti-racism by Laura Cheifetz

Mission Accomplished, a new spin on the traditional capital campaign. At Second Pres in Roanoke VA, four longtime mission partners all came to church leaders a few months before the pandemic to lay out their capital needs. “We’ve had big capital campaigns before, but we kept every dime for renovation. It’s easy to raise money for your own church,” Rev. Anderson said. The question was: Could Second Presbyterian Church raise this much and have it all go away?

​Outward Focus, a bible study based on Luke 10 with reflection questions by Chip Hardwick. A church with outward focus moves beyond philanthropy. It lives and connects alongside its partners, building relationships for the sake of the gospel. After all, the church exists by mission, just as a fire exists by burning.
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  • Welcome
  • Newsletter & Meetings
    • Presbytery Meetings
    • eNewsletter: Fresh Impressions
  • People & Teams
    • Council & Work Groups
    • Commissions
    • Committees
    • Presbytery Staff
    • Presbytery Assembly
    • Small Church Vitality
    • Ministry Partners
  • Churches
    • Find a Congregation
    • Alternative Christian Communities
    • Employment Opportunities
  • Documents & Resources
    • Commission on Transitional Ministries
    • Commission on Pastoral Ministries
    • Commission on Cong Vitality >
      • Spirit-inspired Worship
      • Ecclesial Health
      • Caring Relationships
      • Empowered Leadership >
        • Leadership Retreat Registration
      • Lifelong Discipleship
      • Outward Focus
      • Evangelism
      • Congregational Vitality Grant Application (Fill out electronically)
      • Leadership Development Grant Application
      • Camp Scholarship Application
      • Virtual Services >
        • When God Creates
        • Becoming Living Stones
        • Minor Prophets Worship and Bible Study Resources
    • Resources for Discerning Your Congregation's Future
    • Clerks of Session >
      • Clerks of Session Handbook
      • Stated Clerk Advisory Opinions
      • Minutes & Manual of Operations >
        • 2019 Minute Review Checklist
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        • Minute Review Checklist - New
        • Sample ByLaws
        • Sample Manual of Operations
        • Checklist for ByLaws & Manual of Administrative Operations
      • Annual Reporting >
        • Enter Online Statistical Report
    • Forms & Policies >
      • Forms >
        • 2019-2021 Book of Order Form
        • Presbytery Remittance Form New - PDF
        • Presbyterian Mission Agency Remittance Form - NEW - PDF
        • Synod Remittance Form - NEW - PDF
        • Presbytery Voucher Form
        • 2023 Shared Mission Pledge Form - PDF
      • Policies >
        • Manual of Operations
        • ByLaws
        • Standards of Ethical Conduct
    • Pulpit Supply >
      • 2022 Pulpit Supply List
      • Pulpit Supply Compensation
      • Application for Inclusion on Pulpit Supply List
    • Disaster Preparedness & Response Task Force
    • Denominational Links
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  • Contact Us
  • 2023 Shared Mission Pledge Form - PDF
  • Statistics Instructions