Copyright Simon G. Harris 2011 Scripture quotations taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION.

. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission

Missionary Journeys

The Resurrection ...

i. Jesus is alive ii. We are sent people iii. The sent people get the power
Again Jesus said, "Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you." And with that he breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit.

John 20:21-23

Barnabas ...
It always starts with a Barnabas
reproducing is key

When he arrived and saw the evidence of the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with all their hearts. He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.

Acts 11:22-24

Barnabas ...
It always starts with a Barnabas
reproducing is key

Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.

Acts 11:25-26

Barnabas ...
Who are you investing in?
reproducing is key

Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.

Acts 11:25-26

Barnabas ...
Do you have something worth investing?
reproducing is key

Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.

Acts 11:25-26

Missional Church
1. needs apprentices
reproducing is key

Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.

Acts 11:25-26

Missional Church
2. needs a strong (sending) centre
Acts 13:2-3

While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.

Missional Church
2. needs a strong (sending) centre
John 10:16

I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.

Missional Church
3. needs a Person of Peace strategy
who was an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, an intelligent man, sent for Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.

Acts 13:7

Missional Church
3. needs a Person of Peace strategy
who was an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, an intelligent man, sent for Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.

Acts 13:7

Missional Church
3. needs a Person of Peace strategy
who was an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, an intelligent man, sent for Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.

Acts 13:7

Missional Church
3. needs a Person of Peace strategy
From Paphos, Paul and his companions sailed to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem. From Perga they went on to Pisidian Antioch. On the Sabbath they entered the synagogue and sat down.

Acts 13:13-14

Missional Church
3. needs a Person of Peace strategy
Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham.

Luke 19:9

Missional Church
3. needs a Person of Peace strategy
Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman's testimony, "He told me everything I ever did."

John 4:39

Missional Church
3. needs a Person of Peace strategy
... many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who talked with them and urged them to continue in the grace of God. On the next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.

Acts 13:42-44

Missional Church
4. has triumph & trouble (power & pain)
... many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who talked with them and urged them to continue in the grace of God. On the next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.

Acts 13:42-44

Missional Church
4. has triumph & trouble (power & pain)
But the Jews incited the God-fearing women of high standing and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their region.

Acts 13:50

Missional Church
4. has triumph & trouble (power & pain)
So they shook the dust from their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium. And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

Acts 13:51-52

Missional Church
4. has triumph & trouble (power & pain)
For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. To the one we are the smell of death; to the other, the fragrance of life. And who is equal to such a task?

2 Corinthians 2:15-16

Missional Church
4. has triumph & trouble (power & pain)
Remember the words I spoke to you: 'No servant is greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.

John 15:20

Missional Church
4. has triumph & trouble (power & pain)
Remember the words I spoke to you: 'No servant is greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.

John 15:20

Missional Church
5. has a learning culture
Acts 14:21-23

.. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium and Antioch, strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. .. Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, ..

Missional Church
5. is a learning culture
learning = change

And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with everincreasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

2 Corinthians 3:18

Missional Church
5. is a learning culture
learning = change

And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with everincreasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

2 Corinthians 3:18

Missional Church
6. needs to celebrate
Acts 14:27-28

On arriving there, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

Missional Church
7. needs to know seasons of rest
Acts 14:28

And they stayed there a long time with the disciples.

Missional Church
8. needs the Spirit

During the night Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and begging him, "Come over to Macedonia and help us." ...we got ready at once to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

Acts 16:9-10

Missional Church
8. needs the Spirit

One of those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart ... When she and the members of her household were baptised, she invited us to her home.

Acts 16:14-15

Missional Church
8. needs the Spirit

...; then immediately he and all his family were baptised. The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God--he and his whole family.

Acts 16:33-34

Missional Church
9. needs to contextualise
Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: "Men of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious. For as I walked around and looked ... I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Now what you worship as something unknown I am going to proclaim to you.

Acts 17:22-23

Missional Church
10. needs to raise up leaders
One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: "Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent. For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city." So Paul stayed for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God.

Acts 18:9-11