{"id":1148,"date":"2011-03-28T12:00:26","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T17:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ywupdate\/?p=1148"},"modified":"2011-03-25T09:49:40","modified_gmt":"2011-03-25T14:49:40","slug":"acts29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ywupdate\/2011\/03\/28\/acts29\/","title":{"rendered":"Acts 29"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A MISSIONARY MOVEMENT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AMONG SISTER CHURCHES IN THE WORLD CLOSELY RELATED TO LOCAL CONGREGATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Background and a short history<\/strong>
\nThis movement was born in the fellowship between the Swedish Covenant Church (SMK) and the youth organization “JNJ” within the “Iglesia del Pacto Evang\u00e9lico del Ecuador” (IPEE). The first school was held in Montecristi from September to December 2004 with 22 participants and 5 leaders.<\/p>\n

1 – IDENTITY AND CHARACTERISTICS<\/strong>
\nWE ARE A DISCIPLESHIP SCHOOL<\/strong>
\nWe want more than just inform or give knowledge. We want to participate in the shaping of lives as we follow Jesus.<\/p>\n

WE ARE A LEADERSHIP SCHOOL<\/strong>
\nWe want to delegate leadership to young people with great confidence in them. Participants from one school are encouraged to become leaders in a following school under personal guidance. Some of them are trained to become responsible school leaders in the future.<\/p>\n

WE ARE A MISSION SCHOOL<\/strong>
\nWe want to equip young people with tools to preach the gospel, and put them into a situation where the have to give “reason for their faith”. We want to help every participant to plan and finish a “mission project” with personal tutorial guidance, during and after the school. We want to encourage the young people who express their call to serve in\u00a0 mission work.<\/p>\n

2 – OUR VALUES<\/strong>
\n “The story continues”<\/strong>
\nActs29 focuses on what Jesus, the apostles and the first church did, and are convinced that God will work in the same way today, by his Holy Spirit in us.<\/p>\n

“Said and done” \u2013 Focused on the practice<\/strong>
\nActs29 strive to make the distance between hearing and doing minimal, by putting to work immediately what we have learned. That means doing in the afternoon what we have discovered in the Scriptures in the morning<\/p>\n

\u201cThe necessary and the simple\u201d<\/strong>
\nDaily life at the school has to do with being provided with the most necessary things: Roof, a bed and food, and be ready to live with this in an attitude of gratitude. The intention is also, under the direction of the Holy Spirit and sincere reflections, personally and in fellowship with others, to study what is written in the Bible and immediately apply it to our lives. The teaching is not given in the first hand on a higher academic level.<\/p>\n

“People of the way”<\/strong>
\nThe teaching is often done in the “Jesus\u00b4 style”. We learn while we walk around at public places. It is also given in the “Paul\u2019s style”, as in Ephesus in the school of Tyrannous<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough local churches\u201d<\/strong>
\nActs29 is a youth movement that is living its life in close fellowship with local churches in different places. Everything is done i cooperation with national churches within an international network of sister churches.<\/p>\n

\u201cCrossing culture\u201d<\/strong>
\nThe participants and leaders are always of different nationality with no group dominating. The encounter between different cultures creates good conditions to interpret and apply the gospel together<\/p>\n

\u201cLead as Jesus did\u201d<\/strong>
\nActs29 follows a model for leaders that is based on service and confidence, from the example that Jesus gave us. The shepherd is the picture that gives us inspiration and guidance for the leader\u2019s relationship with the participants.
\nThe young people\u2019s capability to guide as leaders is based on the fact that they have been granted confidence to grow with a greater responsibility from time to time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe whole gospel\u201d<\/strong>
\nActs29 considers both mans inside and outside needs. Therefore we strive to fill spiritual, emotional and material needs when we minister to people.<\/p>\n

3 – THE PROGRAM OF THE SCHOOL<\/strong>
\n Preparation<\/strong>
\nBefore every school, suitable preparation is organized for the participants and leaders, taking into consideration practical as well as cultural issues and the need to understand the nature and content of the school.<\/p>\n

The teaching<\/strong>
\nThe studies are based on the gospel of Mark an Acts of the Apostles. We desire to continue to do what Jesus and his apostles did – “The Story Continues” The text in Mark is considered during two weeks and the Acts of the Apostles during seven. At the same time we deal with teaching related to discipleship:<\/p>\n