Confessions of *Failure and Success

A few suggestions for the church

Embrace change. Like the companies in “Surfing the Edge of Chaos,” who sought to maintain an equilibrium during the 80’s, what happened to them is a decline during the chaotic shift in business which took place largely because of the internet and its ability to use chaos to create commerce.

Level the hierarchal structure. Function as an ecclesia, or a gathering of people based on the model of Jesus, and his teachings on mission as the Kingdom. He was this incarnation of the Kingdom of God, ushering in the reign of God we can all participate in. The church was founded out of the need to create order out of chaos, the need to get the Christian story straight. By the time of the enlightenment the church had seen its fair share of bloodshed and the control had all but left the hands of the people. Is it the role of the church to dictate morality and ethics through politics and personal reign?

Create Chaos and watch for the patterns to emerge. There is a need for churches to begin to bring their congregations into chaos, so that the need for direction from the Spirit can come. The church has fallen off mission it was founded on. The transformation of the world through Christ Bride has all but ceased in the Western world. Utilize Chaordic Leadership as you move out of Chaos into order. (Google chaordic, the experts will do a better job explaining it than I will)

Give the power back to the people. God obviously created us with the ability to change, adapt, growth, create, evolve and we sit a top our ivory castles of beliefs not willing to adapt to the context in which we now live. There is one thing that happens to a species which refuses to change, when the climate or environment changes, it dies or it leaves the area.