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Episode: Ger Jones on Cultivating a Re-Missioned Church
In 2022, our mission field has changed—and will continue to change with the realities of COVID, politics, sexual and gender concerns, and social justice issues. But even in our crazy world, the basic principles of kingdom mission stand unchanged. We ask C4SO churches and leaders how they are returning to these fundamentals in 2022—exegeting their mission fields, raising up leaders, engaging their communities in conversations about faith, and more!
Our guest today is the Very Rev. Ger Jones, lead pastor of Vintage Church in LA and C4SO’s Regional Dean of the Southwest. On this episode, Ger helps us think about the following question through the lens of his own ministry in LA and what he’s seeing in the Southwest generally:
“Since engineering from the mission field backward, not from the tradition out, is a foundational value of C4SO, how has your mission field changed in the last two years and how are you resetting ministry priorities and practices to address that change?”
Announcements and Links:
This Black History Month, C4SO has licensed four of artist Steve A. Prince’s social justice artworks to feature. We will post one artwork each Sunday, with questions and prompts for you to do Visio Divina, or “sacred seeing,” an ancient form of Christian prayer in which we allow our hearts and imaginations to enter into the image to see what God might have to say to us. Click here for Visio Divina Week 1.
C4SO is also celebrating Black History Month with a contemplation and discussion group led by the Revs. Teesha Hadra and Kimberly Deckel. Throughout February, they will highlight several works of poetry by black poets from various eras. They will also explore the photography of Gordon Parks. Each week, look for a selected poem and photograph on C4SO’s social media, along with prompts for you to use as you contemplate these works. The poems and photos will be compiled here.
Register now for a Zoom discussion on Monday, February 28 at 7:30 p.m. CT, where Teesha, Kimberly and participants will discuss each of the poems and photographs they have selected and explore their thoughts and reactions.
Our Cycle of Prayer Spotlight ministry this week is Shared Life Community Church & Shared Life Recovery in McKinney, TX and online, led by the Rev. Chris and Jennifer Goers.
