Reclaiming the Great Commission
Resource Documents

Great Commission -
Great Commandment Ministry

Pastor Bob Kenyon from Emanuel Lutheran in Ritzville, WA has prepared a study (click here to download) for pastors and worship committees who might want to use the "Lifting Our Vision" poster during the Sundays of Easter Cycle A, 2008.  These materials use the studies prepared by Bishop Wells and Pastor Helga Jansons and a lot of Pastor Kenyon's thoughts focused around the Easter texts.

Below are links to Resource Documents (.PDF Format) that are intended for Congregational and/or Personal use in studying Reclaiming the Great Commission by Bishop Claude E. Payne & Hamilton Beazley (Jossey-Bass, 2000).

• Questions From the Reading of Luke 5:1-10 (Questions from Luke)
• Questions for Table Conversations (Table Conversations)
• Table 5.1 - Elements of the Vision: Comparison of Maintenance and Missionary Models (Table 5.1)
• Table 11.1 - Comparison of Characteristics between Maintenance Congregations and Missionary Congregations (Table 11.1)
• Table 12.1 - comparison of Laity in the Maintenance Model and the Lay Apostolate in the Missionary Model (Table 12.1)
• Table 13.1 - Comparison of Clergy in the Maintenance Model and the Clergy Apostolate in the Missionary Model (Table 13.1)
• Table 14.1 - Function of Judicatory Leaders in the Maintenance Model and the Judicatory Apostolate in the Missionary Model (Table 14.1)
• Study Guide for Reclaiming the Great Commission (written by Bishop David Bena) (Bena Study Guide)
• Reclaiming the Great Commission Outline (prepared for Synod Council members) (Council Outline)
• Reflection Questions on Reclaiming the Great Commission (prepared for Synod Council members) (Reflection Questions)
• Guiding Principles poster

Session 1      Story and Conversion
Session 2      Changing Church
Session 3      Priesthood of All Believers
Session 4      Healthy and Missional Congregations
Session 5      Purpose and Principals
Session 6      Change Dynamics
Session 7      Final Session

Michael Nel's Presentation