Saturday, October 11, 2008
Beloved Community, Fred Plumer, cont.
What will the future church look like?
We have lost our way. Built to Last, a book for business but highlighted exceptional and long-lasting organizations. The long-lasting ones had 3 things in common:
1. Everyone understood the fundamental reason for the organizations existence
We no longer know what the church is supposed to be. The author of the book now consults with mega-churches. When we have conversations about the purpose of the liberal church, we descend into confusion and trite language.
We complain about lack of people at communion but we are serving low nutritional fare. People have infinite choices. 60% of young people have never been to a church, synagogue, or temple. If you can not give them a good reason for spending their time or money at your congregation, they would go elsewhere.
Can you articulate why someone might come to your community.
We have lost our way. Built to Last, a book for business but highlighted exceptional and long-lasting organizations. The long-lasting ones had 3 things in common:
1. Everyone understood the fundamental reason for the organizations existence
We no longer know what the church is supposed to be. The author of the book now consults with mega-churches. When we have conversations about the purpose of the liberal church, we descend into confusion and trite language.
We complain about lack of people at communion but we are serving low nutritional fare. People have infinite choices. 60% of young people have never been to a church, synagogue, or temple. If you can not give them a good reason for spending their time or money at your congregation, they would go elsewhere.
Can you articulate why someone might come to your community.
Labels: Beloved Community, Progressive Christian
