IT JUST WORKS!Windermere November 2015

THE NUMBERS

15 members20 average congregation12 countries, 3 continents35 average age5 elders appointed 20130 secretary, 0 treasurerSunday only8 congregations using the building

STRENGTHS• Zone 1 Central London• Freehold owner of the building• Over 100 years of presence• The DNA of the church being a mission station• The speed of decision making

WEAKNESSES

• Lack of capacity• Not committed to weekday gathering• Reliance on minister led authority

OPPORTUNITIES

• Increasing population from 40K to 80K• Over 20% churchgoing at weekends• Ever changing immigrant communities

THREATS

• Rich picking from Synod finance perspective• Fallen below the tipping point• Closure

A CHARTER OF MISSIONAL INTENT

• We, the undersigned churches, will organise programmes to benefit the community.

• Our motives will be evangelistic, seeking to show, by our actions, the love of God through the example of Jesus’ self-giving deeds by the power of the Holy Spirit.

• We will be open and inclusive, giving all the churches of the Centre the option to participate and share in the various ministries.

• We will cooperate with all the churches of the Centre, where our fundamental beliefs accord and where practical, to avoid duplicating mission and outreach initiatives for the Glory of God.

Wherever possible, we will promote and advertise mission and outreach programmes as initiated by the congregations that use Crossway Christian Centre .

Guiding principles“Now if the household is too small for a lamb, then he and his neighbour nearest to his house are to take one according to the number of persons in them; according to what each man should eat, you are to divide the lamb.” Exodus 12:4

"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Matthew 28:19

“(you) Gentiles are not foreigners or strangers any longer; you are now citizens together with God's people and members of the family of God. You, too, are built upon the foundation laid by the apostles and prophets, the cornerstone being Christ Jesus himself. He is the one who holds the whole building together and makes it grow into a sacred temple dedicated to the Lord. In union with him you too are being built together with all the others into a place where God lives through his Spirit.” Ephesians 2:19 – 22

'Seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the LORD on its behalf; for in its welfare you will have welfare.’ Jeremiah 29:7

SO DOES IT JUST WORK?