Our Future Depends On…
By Rev. Dr. Trisha Miller Manarin
The DCBC Dream Team’s final report, shared during the Annual Gathering, included a video that explained the dreaming process and the work to which the team believes God is calling the Convention. The honeycomb image offers a visual of how DCBC will function as we move forward: empowering, equipping, engaging and supporting our churches and ministry partners to live into our motto: One Faith. Many Cultures. Endless Possibilities. The following seven key initiatives, which will overlap and require all the characteristics surrounding the comb to be employed, will ignite our work at the moment. However, these initiatives are not set in concrete: They are organic, generative and morphing. They include: Clergy & Disciple Forming (Everyone needs to grow in their faith to make it more than a “church” or “Sunday”
activity.) — Luke 2:52 And Jesus matured, growing up in both body and spirit, blessed by both God and people (The Message). Glocal Mission (GLObal + loCAL = GLOCAL (i.e., mission from everyone to everywhere and vice-versa.) — Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth (NIV). Justice Engagement (Beyond simply responding to crises, justice, grounded in faith, engages systemic, grassroots and global issues from a faith foundation as opposed to an issue-by-issue concern.) — Micah 6:8 He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to
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