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How do I do the job?

If you want to reach a city, you don’t ask,

How does the job get done?

Rather,

Living System Ministry connects us to how the

job gets done.

God is at work in Boston!

But sometimes it’s hard to see...

Since the ’70s, we’ve seen our city transformed,

Since the ’70s, we’ve seen our city transformed,

and we’ve seen a declining faith become a growing faith.

We call this period theQuiet Revival,

We call this period theQuiet Revival,

(Graph we use to show

dramatic church

growth since 1970)

when churches, organizations, and individuals joined in with God’s work

and made a real difference in our communities, & beyond!

What does all this have to do with Emmanuel Gospel Center?

We are one organization that has joined in with the Quiet Revival.

helped start or strengthen hundreds

of churches

EGC:

& dozens of organizations.

Center for Urban Ministerial Education (CUME)

We identifiedand

documented the Quiet Revival,

trained leaders,

& helped churches and leaders make a real difference.

We’ve learned a lot over the

years,

and we are pouring what we are learning into something we call

Living System Ministry.

Living System Ministry provides the foundation

for our work as we teach, train, and equip others.

In a nutshell,

Living System Ministry teaches us how to be effective in the systems weare already involved in.

We do this by engaging in a process of learning,

connecting and equipping:

Learn

ConnectEquip

LEaRnInG to understand andarticulate the system

The Slippery

Slope: movement

of Boston youth from uninvolved

to gangs

COnnECTInG with all involved

StreetsafeDSNIChurchesSchools

PoliceCourts

Boston T enPoint Coalition

EQuIppInG working strategically in key areas with many partnersYouth programs

Reduce traumaReduce high-risk interaction

PrayerBuild community Gang

intervention Jobs

Youth programsReduce traumaReduce high-risk interaction PrayerBuild community

Gang intervention Jobs

This ongoing process helps us find the leverage points which lead to real change.

as we learn to work in tune with God’s

living systems,

South End Neighborhood Church

ministry does not

just grow, itmultiplies!

All the churches that have been planted out of South End Neighborhood Church since 1971!

South End nEighborhood ChurCh

EGC is the laboratory for developing Living System Ministry.

a team led by Doug and Judy Hall is laying a deeper foundation,

The Process of The GosPel

1. Observation   2. Positive regard   3. Relevant communication

4. Meeting perceived needs 5. Meeting basic needs 6. Multiplication

we are developing new tools to make Living

System Ministry practical,

and we continue to respond to numerous opportunities to teach and equip others.

as we equip the church foreffective ministry,

as we equip the church foreffective ministry,

communities are transformed by the Gospel,

as we equip the church foreffective ministry,

communities are transformed by the Gospel,

and God is glorified through the work of

His people!

So how does the job get done?

Rather,

Living System Ministry prepares us

to cooperate with God’s living system design,

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and when we cooperate with God’s living system design, the job gets done!

make a difference

lay a foundation

nurture vitalitypartner

opportunity to invest

God is inviting us tojoin him in his work!

We’re looking for partners like you tojoin in by investing financially in the

development of Living System Ministry.

Equip churches and leaders for effective ministry

Communities and systems will be transformed by the Gospel

so that

God is glorified through the work of His people

and

Help us:

Emmanuel Gospel Center

Join in!

Develop the framework for Living System Ministry. Write and publish:

� Overview of Living System Ministry � The Process of the Gospel � Removing barriers to Living System Ministry � Living System Ministry Theology � Living System Ministry Field Book � Weekly blog (www.livingsystemministry.org)

EGC will become the laboratory for Living System Ministry as each of our programs:

� Visually articulates the system in which it operates � Connects with the various players � Engages at the key leverage points � Begins to measure how our collective actions lead to

meaningful change

Teach Living System Ministry � Gordon-Conwell’s core urban ministry class: about 40 leaders � Doctor of Ministry: about 10 leaders � EGC Staff Meetings

� Other opportunities with denominations, churches, leaders, other cities

Develop relationships with other cities: � In New England: Lowell, Lynn, Brockton, Hartford, Springfield,

more � In the US: NYC, Philadelphia, Chicago, Houston, Atlanta, San

Diego, Minneapolis/St. Paul, more � Internationally: Berlin, Kolhapur, Mumbai, Seoul, Manila,

Montreal, more

LIVING SYSTEM MINISTRY: OUTPUTS AND OUTCOMES

OutputsAs we learn to work in tune with God’s living system design:

� Churches and leaders are equipped for effective ministry

� Communities and systems are transformed by the Gospel

� God is glorified through the work of His people

More specifics � Communities engage in meaningful and

collaborative dialogue to develop strategies for reducing youth violence in Boston

� More churches equipped to love people who are homeless and street involved

� Communities connected to bring to light and reduce human trafficking in Boston

� Churches equipped to embrace their multicultural future

� Churches become critical partners to motivate and support underserved students

� Churches planting churches that plant churches in Boston and beyond

� Haitians empowered to address the needs of the Haitian community in Boston, Haiti and beyond

� Cambodian church community trained and strengthened in Greater Boston

� New ministries started

OutcomesWhat difference it will make over time

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What we will accomplish 2011 & 2012

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