Last week a small bunch of us launched ‘the pioneer collective.’ A vision to see 400 new baptist pioneers over the next 5 years. Pioneers go to where church isn’t, do what Jesus did and see what happens.
This morning I’m catching up with the webinars that I missed last month on Pioneering hosted by ‘the church of the Brethren…’
The first one by Juliet Kilpin gives a megga helpful outline of what a pioneer is like… I have outlined below some of the characteristics Juliet outlines:
-Pioneers embrace the unknown. They use creativity and unlock their ‘3 year old’ questioning characteristic and ask ‘why’ all the time about existing models and ways of going church.
-They are pathfinders, hurdle jumpers. -They have courage and take risks and take opportunity.
-Pioneers are strong on team work, gathering people to join then and they don’t take themselves too seriously!
-They also exhibit a high level of perception of living beyond their own context and ‘bubble’.
-They are also people who show solidarity with people and are tolerant and embrace ‘messiness.’
See the webinar here, as well as two other amazing webinars!
Let all we do be in God’s name and his glory .