ABOUT THE MOVEMENT LEADERS COLLECTIVE
Our Vision
Practically speaking, we bring current and future movement leaders together and create a relational, dynamic learning environment. This not only aids those in the room but also creates the context for exponential group learning, benefiting the entire global church.
The passion and priority of Movement Leaders Collectives is movement, the framework is mDNA (the 6 vital components of movement) and the focus is on 100 Jesus-movements & 1,000 Christlike Leaders who can shift the tracks of history. Influence a few to impact the many.
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Our Framework
Jesus is Lord
The recovery of the central role and significance of Jesus for discipleship, spirituality, theology, community, and mission.
A radical & unwavering commitment to the Way (ethos) of the Founder Jesus at the very center of it all. Rather than maintaining a generic “Jesus is Lord” confessional intent or promotion of badge or brand, leaders cultivate a clear and compelling vocabulary and focus that declares their identity and intent as the radical minimum standard of following Jesus together.
DISCIPLE MAKING
The practice of becoming more like Jesus and enabling others to do so; seeking to do the same things that Jesus did for the same reasons that he did them.
A clearly articulated vision for discipleship, as well as a clear process to ensure that disciple-making happens throughout the organization. Rather than aiming for attendance at programmatic offerings and the passing-on of information in classes, leaders create practices, processes, language and models for “becoming like Jesus” as the irreplaceable core task of the community in all components of ministry design.
LIMINALITY & COMMUNITAS
The dynamics of Christian community inspired to shake off their collective securities and form themselves around a common mission that calls them to an adventurous journey to unknown places.
An inbuilt culturally embedded willingness to regularly dare and to take risks in the cause of the movement. Rather than allowing an inward focus to reinforce a culture of safety and security, church leaders intentionally design risk-taking practices, environment and process to cultivate cause-based community as the normative expression of community.
MISSIONAL-INCARNATIONAL IMPULSE
Recovering the sent-ness of God and living incarnationally within the context that we are seeking to be good news to.
A commitment to extend the movement by going out and going deep into various cultures and interpreting the Gospel into these settings. Rather than attracting new attendees to the services through advertising and invitation practices, leaders train every believer to embrace the dynamic outward thrust (being sent) and deepening impulse (to stay with and amongst) to embody the gospel in the different cultures, people groups and places where they live, work and play.
APEST CULTURE
APEST as the DNA and latent potential within God’s people, realized and expressed to bring fullness, unity, and maturity to the body of Christ.
A missional ministry (and by extension, leadership) equal to the task of initiating, developing, and maintaining movement. Rather than recruiting volunteers to serve the organisational programming and only a few expressing leadership across the community, leaders help identity and deploy the APEST capability of every believer, leader, team and ministry to develop unity, release a diversity of gifting and together pursue maturity.
ORGANIC SYSTEMS
The church organizing itself as a living organism, viewed as a movement rather than an institution.
A system designed around internalized movement DNA, committed to empowering every agent in the system by pushing power and function to the outermost limits, along with a resolute pre-commitment to system-wide reproducibility and scalability. Rather than organising around the addition of members, groups, services and campuses with highly centralised control, leaders structure for empowerment at the grassroots level, orientated towards the edge, and through high accountability and low control allow for rapid multiplication at every level.
Key benefits
Revelation & Retreat
Movement Leader Gatherings are restful, engaging, and inspiring. With laughter, input, discussion, and prayer, they provide a space where you don’t have to be “in charge” or “carry the can” of responsibility. Tend to your heart, stretch your mind, and expand your imagination as we learn together about activating the body of Christ.
Connection & Peer Learning
Stand shoulder-to-shoulder, heart-to-heart and mind-to-mind with others, as we seek to be comrades not competitors. Break the pattern of isolation and loneliness of influential leadership and create a relational network of support, accountability, and prayer. Learn from, and share wisdom with, one other.
CREATIVITY & INNOVATION
Access a dynamic environment of kingdom synergy. Experience the freedom to discuss and dream of new kingdom initiatives. Explore new, untried daring initiatives and innovations, whether that be resources, books, alliances or ministries.
Regularity & Commitment
Join in with the regular online and in-person touch points throughout the year. Reap the benefits of intentional, consistent patterns of meeting with other like-minded leaders.
Our Partners & Collaborators
We’ve had some very generous partners who have invested money, time and effort into the Movement Leaders Collective. We want to especially thank them not only for this investment, but what their investment signifies: That movements are worth going after.
CONTACT
At the Movement Leaders Collective, we want to release movement potential in every disciple to shift the tracks of history. We do this through our Hybrid Publisher, Training Ecosystem and Leaders' Collective.
If you'd like more information about the Movement Leaders Collective or would like to talk with a member of our team, we would love to learn a little more about you and your organization. Simply fill out the brief form below.