Ian Adams - How to Start a Missional Community (N50)
Nomad Podcast
Tim Nash
4.7 • 658 Ratings
🗓️ 9 July 2012
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Ian Adams co-founded mayBe, a fresh expression of church in Oxford. He also works for the Church Mission Society as a missional community developer. So we thought he'd be the right chap to talk about how to start new forms of church.
“For me, one of the great theological recoveries or rediscoveries of the last few decades has been this idea of ‘Missio Dei’ – the mission is God’s. We used to think it’s all about us; no, it’s not all about us. God is doing God’s thing. What we need to try and do is discern it and see it and taste it and then join in, participate, play our part.” - Ian Adams
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| 0:00.0 | Nomad, Christian Community, Mission and the Future of the Church. |
| 0:16.1 | Welcome back to Nomad podcast. My name's Tim Nash. And I'm Dave Ward. And for our keen, |
| 0:23.3 | our keen-eared listeners, you might sense that there's something a little bit different about |
| 0:27.3 | the audio this time. And that's because me and Dave aren't in the same room. In fact, |
| 0:30.5 | we're not even in the same city. No, we're not. Dave has organized an interview for, |
| 0:40.6 | with Ian Adams this Saturday, but it turns out I'm on retreat. Um, but I'm so desperate to be a part of it. I've Skyped in just to say hello to Dave |
| 0:45.6 | before he goes off and does his first solo interview. How do you feel? I feel very nervous. And actually |
| 0:51.2 | Tim, I think it's because it's a Saturday that you don't really want to go and do this interview. |
| 0:55.4 | That's right. It's because it's the Lord's Day. It's the Sabbath, the traditional Sabbath. And that's why I refuse to do interviews. |
| 1:03.4 | You're so religious, aren't you? |
| 1:05.7 | Well done, mate, for taking the full weight of nomadic responsibility on your shoulders. |
| 1:10.1 | I know. I can feel it. |
| 1:11.4 | Yeah, I can remember those early days, those first few interviews I did, and it was an absolute |
| 1:15.4 | nightmare, and I messed them all up pretty bad, and it was only through Nick Thorley's |
| 1:18.7 | skillful editing that I came away sort of looking half decent. |
| 1:24.5 | Thank you. |
| 1:25.0 | That's giving me lots of encouragement. |
| 1:28.1 | I feel really ready to go now. |
| 1:30.5 | You'll be fine, mate. |
| 1:31.2 | I've been easing you in over the last few months, so I'm sure you'll be fine. |
| 1:35.1 | Yes, I'm looking forward to it. |
| 1:36.7 | So this is another interview that you've set up. |
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