Breakout Gathering September 2011 invited Jonny Baker from CMS (Church Missionary Society) to come and share with us. Jonny picked the title “DREAMERS WHO DO”. He explained that dreamers who do are that kind of people who are able to see, imagine, dream differently to broker newness but they are also able to then catalyse actively that leads to the transformation envisioned.
Jonny then looked at three themes:
Prophetic Imagination - “The task of prophetic ministry is to nurture, nourish and evoke a consciousness and perception alternative to the consciousness and perception of the dominant culture around us.”
Prophetic Ministry - “There can be no constructive change at all, even in church, unless there is some form of dissent. By dissent I mean simply the proposing of alternatives, and a system that is not continuously examining alternatives is not likely to evolve creatively.”
Prophetic Mission - “Prophecy might be the best single word to describe the reality of mission in today's world”
With over eighty delegates gathering we had a real treat and challenge from Jonny so to hear more from him on these topics go to the downloads page.
2012 sees the Breakout Gathering taking place at the Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick from 2pm on Wednesday 12 to Lunch on Friday 14 September 2012. To continue the journey on from Jonny we have invited Ann Morisy to join us and help us develop our community thinking in relation to pioneering ministry
So please put the dates in your diary and watch this space for further details and cost.
