1 The Bakke Brother’s Story Submitting To The Callings Of Two Brothers.

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The Bakke Brother’s Story

Submitting To The Callings Of Two Brothers

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It’s not a new topic:The callings of two cousins: John the Baptist and Jesus

1. What was the time and context of ministry like?

2. How did their parents influence their life calling?

3. When and how did they receive their calling?

4. How did their individual callings shape the way they approached their work?

5. What was the predominate issue at the end of their lives?

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“You Want Me To Do What?”

“Make Dennis listen to Ray about missions and Ray listen to

Dennis about business.”

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Ray

Prophet

MissionalHistorical Theologian

Analyzes Power(Bottom up)

Sage

Visionary

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Ray Dennis

Prophet Steward


Missional Business Creator


InvestsPower(Top Down)

Sage Risk Taker

Visionary Builder

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Ray (Lowell?) Dennis

Prophet Steward





Sage Risk Taker

Visionary Builder

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A crucial question

How can two brothers

living at the same time,

raised in the same context,

nurtured by the same family,

filled with the same Spirit,

have such a different view of

leadership, calling and ministry?

In essence what Dad was asking me (the pastor) to do was to help steward my

brothers gifts?

• It dawned on me that he was asking a crucial question:

Is it the purpose of the church to steward the gift of the pastor or is it the job of the pastor to steward the gifts of the people?

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Ray Lowell Dennis

Prophet PASTOR Steward


SERVANT-LEADER



GIVES AWAY POWER


Sage PARTNER- SHIP BUILDIER

Risk Taker

Visionary COACH Builder

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What are your reflections as you ponder this picture?

The question: What would it take for your church to “send” your people into the

marketplace on mission where to be holy and bring wholeness?

• Heart felt Confession: Pastoral Builder– Budgets– Buildings– Bottoms in the Seats

• I would ask “are you willing to come to my world (church gathered) and co-steward (or resource) my calling?”

• Heart felt Passion: Missional Pastor – Conversations– Connections – Collaboration– I need to ask “Are you willing to “be sent” to your

world and allow me as your pastor to co-steward (resource) your calling?”

– Pastor Rose Sweatman, The Vineyard, Shoreline,WA

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Closing the gap by sending your people to their callings Monday through Saturday

• You will be willing to commission [ordain] and send [invest] people to serve what you can not control and lead what you might not condone.

• Will you go about creating Daniels to be sent to those places?

• Even though I am free of the demands and expectations of everyone, I have voluntarily become a servant to any and all in order to reach a wide range of people: religious, nonreligious, meticulous moralist, loose-living immoralists, the defeated, the demoralized—whoever. I didn’t take on their way of life. I kept my bearings in Christ—but entered their world and tried to experience things from their point of view. I’ve become just about every sort of servant there is in my attempts to lead those I meet into a God-saved life. I did all this because of the Message. I didn’t just want to talk about it; I wanted to be in on it. I Cor 9:17-20 The Message

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1. What is the purpose of the gates? Matt. 16:13-18

What is your church’s priority?

Is it to attract people from the community to the church?

or

Is it to send people from the church to invest in the community?

Can you serve two masters? Attracting & Sending

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2. How can a small, dying and broke church send (invest) people in the Monday-Saturday market place?

You can begin by answering two questions:Is your church equally responsible for both the creation and redemptive mandates of scripture? Genesis 1-2, Gen.12- Rev. 22

Will you “send” (invest) what you want to have or what you do have?

“Silver and gold have I none, but such as I have give I unto you, in the name of Jesus of Nazareth walk”. Acts 3:6

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3. Is Sunday more important for our church than the other six days of the week? Romans 14:5

Does success really begin on Sunday for the Kingdom?

Or

Does six days of great work in the Kingdom make for one day of great worship in the church?

Will our church leadership expect and steward 10% or 100% stewardship for the Kingdom from our church family?

The 20/80 rule

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4. Is the church going to be incarnational or simply in car? John 1:14-18, I John 1:1-4

Do we value incarnational schools more than we value an incarnational church?

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5. Is there really such a thing as the theology of place?

• Does God loves places as much as he loves people?• What are the practical implications for the church that

wants to transform both people and places?• Do we champion incarnational outposts in every

sector of the city?

• Bottom Line:

You will be willing to commission [ordain] and send [invest] people to serve what you can not control and lead what you do not condone.

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This morning I want us to look at some questions that your church leadership can pondered to help your body bridge the gap

between the callings of your people, which may in turn, close the gap between Sunday and

Monday.

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6. Will the church continue to model an O. T. leadership and ministry style even though we preach a N. T. Cross? Joel 2:28, Gal 3:13,28

• In the Priesthood of all believers To announce the Kingdom not build the church programs

• In the Callings of all believers including children!

“I could never be a member of another Baptist Church because they have no theology of children.”

• In the Role of Pastoral leadership Is authority to be stored up for the pastor or is it to be invested in others?

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Stewarding Personal and Pastoral Power Ephesians 5:15-6:10

1. Servanthood with in my marriage

2. Servanthood with my children

3. Servanthood with in my staff

4. Servanthood with my church

5. Servanthood with my community

6. Servanthood with in the kingdom

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– In partnerships [fellowship] in the Gospel. Philippians 1-4

– Submit to someone else's vision Acts 16:9-10 , Philippians 1:5

– Serve someone else’s interests Phil 2:1-ff

– Share in someone else’s suffering Phil. 3:10

– Resource someone else’s ministry Phil.4:10 ff

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Theology of Work Grant Program

• The Theology of Work (TOW) Grant Program was established in 2006 by the Mustard Seed Foundation and is administered by the Bakke Graduate University (BGU). Grants are available to seminaries, colleges and bible schools, both nationally and internationally, to create and offer accredited (formal) theology of work educational programs for future pastors that will enable them to effectively steward the callings and vocations of their congregants who are working in the marketplace and other non-church centered environments.

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How Do You Revitalize An Old Dying Church?

Ray: “Read My Book.”

Dennis: “Read My Lips”

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Ray Marilyn

Prophet Teacher


Biblical Designer


Critics Power

Sage Decision Maker

Visionary Beautifier

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Ray Marilyn Dennis

Prophet Teacher Steward


Biblical Designer



Critics Power


Sage Decision Maker Risk Taker

Visionary Beautifier Builder

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7. What “world” is it that the church is called to engage and influence? John

3:16

• Corporately– Find your community pulpit committee– Discover your community worship center– Develop the power of partnerships

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• Individually– Your biological world– Your geographical world– Your vocational world– Your recreational world– Your educational world

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Communicate your dream

“And the name of the city from that time on will be:

The Lord is there.”

Ezekiel 48: 35b

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The Irish Prayer• Lord Jesus,

who on the eve of your death prayed that all your disciples might be one, as you in the Father and the Father in you, make us feel intense sorrow over the infidelity of our disunity.

• Give us honesty to recognize, and the courage to reject, whatever indifference towards one another or mutual distrust or even enmity lie hidden among us.

• Enable us to meet one another in you. And let your prayer for the unity of Christians be ever in our hearts and on our lips, unity such

• as you desire and by the means that you will. • Make us find the way that leads to unity in you,

who are perfect charity, through being obedient to the Spirit of love and truth. Amen.

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Ray’s Spirituality

Bible

Church Experience Tradition

History

Context

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Dennis’ Spirituality

Bible

Family Image of God Church

Peers

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Where am I coming from spiritually?

• Family

• Bible

• Church

• Places

• Partners

• Basketball

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The Insight

Why did Jesus come to earth?

To save people

To make known the Father

My siblings simply reflect

our parents who made known the

Father to us.

1 The Bakke Brother’s Story Submitting To The Callings Of Two Brothers.

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