This special audio-only bonus episode of 'Reinventing Church' features Danielle, Derek, and Aaron discussing the critical components of their church's vision frame for the staff and broader community. They delve into the mission, values, strategy, and measures that guide their ministry, all aimed at aligning with their 'Awake the Lake' 10-year vision. The episode outlines the mission of following Jesus and living out God's story every day, the core values that drive their decisions, the four-part strategy for discipleship, and the specific measures used to gauge success. The speakers emphasize the importance of each staff member and churchgoer understanding and embodying these ideas to achieve their vision of mobilizing 30,000 people by 2035 to bring gospel influence into everyday life.

00:00 Introduction and Purpose of the Episode

00:55 Vision Frame Overview

05:05 Mission: What Are We Doing?

07:47 Values: Why Are We Doing It This Way?

10:57 Strategy: How Are We Doing It?

13:19 Measures: When Are We Successful?

15:11 Vision Proper: Where Is God Taking Us?

16:20 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

Derek and Danielle reflect on six lessons they've learned this season as they transition from a church growth model to a missional multiplication model.

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Beyond hopping people from program to program and calling it discipleship. How can the church actually devleop people into Christilikenss. Join this fascinating conversation with Diane Wright.

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Dave Rhodes and Shane Stacey from Clarity House talk about how churches can unintentionally lead with programs and how to pivot to a relational disciple-making approach. 

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Dave Rhodes and Shane Stacey from Clarity House discuss the major shift happening in disciple-making churches to adopt an approach of training over teaching.

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How should we think about our worship liturgy if we have a room full of missionaries vs. a room full of consumers? A conversation with Andrew Silbert.

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Focusing a Big Church on Front Yard Missions: an interview with Pastor Dan Nold. And how his role as a pastor and the focus of his church shifted through COVID.

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Cooperation instead of Competition among churches. An interview with Pastor Stephen explores the challenging dynamic of a big church and small church partnerships.

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Embedded Influencer: We interview the energetic Angus Beibel about his exploits, reminisce about crazy youth group games, parse the differences between mega-churches and big churches, and resurrect some old church documents.

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