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'eternal purpose‘ academy of mission
welcome to the ‘eternal purpose’ academy of mission mission mobilisation… through leadership education inspiration for mobile mission academy “if you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather the wood, divide the work and give orders; instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea”
Antoine de Saint Exupery
“write the vision, make it plain upon tablets, that whosoever reads it, may run with it, as a herald”
the prophet Habakkuk
“keep safe the great treasure that has been entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us” “…and the things you heard from me… these things commit to faithful people, such as will be competent to teach others also”
the apostle Paul, writing to Timothy 3
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philosophy mission mobilisation… • part of world Christian mission movement • …through leadership education • not training, committal • communication… • creating understanding • opportunity to learn • “seed time and harvest time” • thirty, sixty, hundred-fold harvest • depends upon your response! inspiration for curriculum one thing I do: forgetting what is behind me and straining forward toward what lies ahead, I keep pursuing the goal in the hope of taking hold of that for which the Messiah Yeshua took hold of me, in order to win the supreme and heavenly prize offered by God’s upward calling in the Messiah Yeshua ― ―Philippians 3.14 curriculum God’s high call to his covenant community destiny of the messianic covenant community vocation of the messianic covenant community design of the messianic covenant community dynamic of the messianic covenant community ― pressing toward the high call of God running the race marked out for us leading God’s people overcoming in arena of conflict
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mission mobilisation through leadership education—academy.eternalpurpose.org.uk
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'eternal purpose‘ academy of mission
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…providing you observe these conditions: credit the author, John Clements link to http://academy.eternalpurpose.org.uk do not amend the academy contents, in any way do not use the academy for commercial profit include this entire notice, whenever the academy is presented, published or promoted, in any way
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author John Clements married to Sarah, four children Wales, United Kingdom of Great Britain contact the author contact John
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