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Sacrificial Succession #21 - Pioneers and Settlers I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. 1 Corinthians 3:6
• Through our experience of initiating large-scale missionary projects with hundreds of pioneers sent out by dozens of denominations working together with local pastors, we have observed a key dynamic. Both pioneering and pastoral people are different yet vital to spiritually sustainable, missionary work.
• Paul the Apostle understood these differences, too. Despite being criticised he received for not being pastoral enough because he did not: baptise many people (1 Corinthians 1:14), preach like the more pastoral Apollos (1 Corinthians 2:1) or stay long in one place as others did (1 Corinthians 3:10).
• Thankfully for the nations and people impacted, Paul was confident in his calling as a pioneer to lay the foundations. He was equally confident in the calling of his more pastoral colleagues Barnabas and Apollos and successors Timothy and Titus to build on them.
• I encourage you to confidently outwork your calling as a pioneer or pastor by producing healthy spiritual children as your successors. There is no higher calling. When both pioneering and pastoral gifts are working in tandem, this ‘marriage’ literally impacts nations!
• Another way of looking at pioneers and pastors (shepherds) other than in agricultural terms is to use the wording of colonisers of new territory. I know that the word “colonisers” can have negative connotations, but it literally means starting something new, usually involving a settlement.
• Neil Perkins in A Structure for Continuous Innovation: Pioneers, Settlers, Town Planners, states that: “Pioneers make future success possible; settlers make the possible future actually happen.”
• By focusing people with these different aptitudes (pioneers, settlers and planners) to each of these task areas allows you to capitalise on what each of these skill sets do best. Understanding where your personal capability fits—mine is more pioneering than pastoral—is liberating and increases personal and team effectiveness. Sacrificial Succession Podcasts
• Pioneers are brilliant people. They can explore never before discovered concepts, the uncharted land. They make future success possible. Settlers are brilliant people too. They can turn ideas into products and services. They build trust. They build understanding. They make the possible future happen. They turn the prototype into a product, make it manufacturable, listen to customers and turn it profitable.
• Planners and managers are brilliant people. They can take something and industrialise it taking advantage of economies of scale. Making something become an economy of scale is another skill that is needed in large projects like ours. Each of these skill sets, working together are vital for success.
• Exodus 18:14 When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he said, “What is this you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit as judge, while all these people stand around you from morning till evening?” 21 But select capable men from all the people— men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain—and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.”
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Sacrificial Succession #21 - Pioneers and Settlers I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. 1 Corinthians 3:6
• Through our experience of initiating large-scale missionary projects with hundreds of pioneers sent out by dozens of denominations working together with local pastors, we have observed a key dynamic. Both pioneering and pastoral people are different yet vital to spiritually sustainable, missionary work.
• Paul the Apostle understood these differences, too. Despite being criticised he received for not being pastoral enough because he did not: baptise many people (1 Corinthians 1:14), preach like the more pastoral Apollos (1 Corinthians 2:1) or stay long in one place as others did (1 Corinthians 3:10).
• Thankfully for the nations and people impacted, Paul was confident in his calling as a pioneer to lay the foundations. He was equally confident in the calling of his more pastoral colleagues Barnabas and Apollos and successors Timothy and Titus to build on them.
• I encourage you to confidently outwork your calling as a pioneer or pastor by producing healthy spiritual children as your successors. There is no higher calling. When both pioneering and pastoral gifts are working in tandem, this ‘marriage’ literally impacts nations!
• Another way of looking at pioneers and pastors (shepherds) other than in agricultural terms is to use the wording of colonisers of new territory. I know that the word “colonisers” can have negative connotations, but it literally means starting something new, usually involving a settlement.
• Neil Perkins in A Structure for Continuous Innovation: Pioneers, Settlers, Town Planners, states that: “Pioneers make future success possible; settlers make the possible future actually happen.”
• By focusing people with these different aptitudes (pioneers, settlers and planners) to each of these task areas allows you to capitalise on what each of these skill sets do best. Understanding where your personal capability fits—mine is more pioneering than pastoral—is liberating and increases personal and team effectiveness. Sacrificial Succession Podcasts
• Pioneers are brilliant people. They can explore never before discovered concepts, the uncharted land. They make future success possible. Settlers are brilliant people too. They can turn ideas into products and services. They build trust. They build understanding. They make the possible future happen. They turn the prototype into a product, make it manufacturable, listen to customers and turn it profitable.
• Planners and managers are brilliant people. They can take something and industrialise it taking advantage of economies of scale. Making something become an economy of scale is another skill that is needed in large projects like ours. Each of these skill sets, working together are vital for success.
• Exodus 18:14 When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he said, “What is this you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit as judge, while all these people stand around you from morning till evening?” 21 But select capable men from all the people— men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain—and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.”
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