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Part 3 of the NAMS Rule & Customary Order SeriesEvery Companion. Every Season. Every Location. — The Objectives That Never Stop. | Anglican Church Planting PodcastGoals have deadlines. Objectives don't. In the third installment of this series on the 2017 NAMS Rule and Customary Order, Jon Shuler moves to Article II — "Our Continuing Objectives as a Society" — and explains why the word objectives is chosen deliberately over goals. These are not targets to be achieved and checked off. They are the lifelong commitments of every NAMS companion, pursued until death or the return of the Lord. The three objectives are: remaining faithful to the whole Gospel and the values of the Kingdom of God; building the global community of NAMS companions through bases and shared Rule; and helping plant new Great Commission congregations wherever the Lord sends — or places — you. Through the real-life example of a NAMS military chaplain serving in Alaska, Shuler illustrates that church planting participation looks different for every companion, but disengagement from it is a departure from the society's core commitment. Essential listening for Anglican church planters, NAMS companions, and those exploring missionary community life and Rule of Life spirituality.

Part 2 of the NAMS Rule & Customary Order Series"I Would Rather Die Than Deny It" — The Charge That Defines NAMS | Anglican Church Planting PodcastContinuing the series on the 2017 NAMS Rule and Customary Order, episode 128 turns to Article I — the NAMS Charge. On May 29, 1998, Archbishop Moses Tay gave Jon Shuler four sentences over lunch in Singapore that have shaped the New Anglican Missionary Society ever since. Shuler walks through each clause in detail: Preach and teach Jesus Christ and him crucified. Plant new churches wherever God opens the door. Always obey the Holy Spirit. Never break the Word of God. Each phrase is unpacked theologically and practically — drawing on Paul's letters to the Corinthians and Colossians, and the Gospel of John — and Shuler makes the case that a companion who has truly internalized the Charge needs no further guidance to know their calling in any circumstance. Vital listening for NAMS companions, Anglican missionaries, church planters, and anyone exploring what it means to live under a Rule of Life oriented toward the Great Commission.

Part 1 of the NAMS Rule & Customary Order SeriesWhat Does NAMS Mean by "Church," "Mission," and "Pioneering"? | Anglican Church Planting PodcastIn the opening episode of this series walking through the 2017 NAMS Rule and Customary Order, host Jon Shuler unpacks three foundational words embedded in the preamble — words that define everything the New Anglican Missionary Society does globally. What does NAMS mean by "church"? It's Apostolic Christianity as revealed in the life of the apostles and recorded in Holy Scripture. What is "mission"? The one mission Christ gave his church in Matthew 28:19 — to make disciples of all nations. And what does "pioneering" really mean for a global missionary society operating across nine countries? Jon explains three distinct ways NAMS is called to go first: where there is no church, where something of Apostolic Christianity is missing, and where an existing church is resisting the reforming work of the Holy Spirit. Essential listening for anyone interested in Anglican church planting, missionary community life, Rule of Life spirituality, or the theology of the Great Commission.

Jon begins to discuss the NAMS Rule of 2017

Jon Discusses the next steps for the NAMS Board and the NAMS Order.