"M-Pak" Houses
"M-Pak" houses are a mission house concept: A place to
grow, be equipped and change the world!
The Name comes from:
- M=Mission
- Pact=A Covenant, A Promise until a certain goal is achieved. – Root Latin Pax = peace. Sounds like impact!
How will they function?
Gather together approximately six believers who want to live out a biblical discipleship model as a team in order to:- Grow in Christ
- Experience simple/organic church
- Make disciples in their neighborhood seeing the
Lord build his Church.
- Serve as the team leaders for short-term missions
trips through Strategic Church Network.
- Prepare for the mission field in the areas of the
world that are unreached.
The House will be run by the team. It is the intention that each team member will be treated as an adult and will be expected to make adult decisions together.
- They
will write up a covenant agreement among themselves establishing:
- House
Rules
- Financial
Responsibilities
- Discipleship
goals
- Vision
and Ministry goals for the neighborhood
- Methods
of accountability.
- Training
plan for cross cultural ministry
- The
team will meet together regularly as the church (all the “mission houses” in
the neighborhood - men, women and couples).
- The
team will be responsible to make disciples throughout the neighborhood
finding the men and women of peace and gathering in their homes.
- Each
team member will hold down at least a part time job or attend
college/university. This will be so that:
- The
team members develop real-life skills and not be insulated from the integration
of life and ministry.
- The
team members will not be isolated from real life experience; their training
experience will not be an “extraction” experience so that they will not produce
disciples themselves via extraction.
- This
will provide the financial needs for the house as well as their personal needs.
- Each
team member will be responsible to raise the funds needed for mission trips.
This may be done from the house churches which they have planted and other
relationships they have developed through the Body of Christ.
- The team will have a one year commitment to be part of the house. At the end of one year the can choose to remain as part of the team or leave. The other team members will also have voice as to whether a team member remains on the team.
- The team will meet regularly with members of the Strategic Church Network training team for mentoring and encouragement.
- The team will make disciples thus planting as
many house churches as possible.
- Each team member will facilitate a house church
until the attendees of that house church are prepared to grow and multiply
without his/her assistance.
- The goal is that when the Mission House team
leaves the area, the gospel continues to be spread throughout that
neighborhood/community through the active ministry of each house church
that was planted.
- The house churches planted will follow the basic
philosophy of house church and will not be under any denomination or
hierarchal entity preserving the priesthood of every believer and allowing
the house church to be autonomous.
- Houses to be used to the glory of God in
strategic communities.
- Team candidates that are willing to follow the
plan.
- Funding for set up costs and missional outreach.
If you would like to assist in the development of one of these "M-Pak" Houses, contact us to discuss the details.