Difference between revisions of "Notes for Evangelism Conference"
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==Possible Tagline== | ==Possible Tagline== | ||
Evangelism is Dead. Long live Evangelism. | Evangelism is Dead. Long live Evangelism. | ||
==Things I Promised I'd Talk About== | ==Things I Promised I'd Talk About== | ||
| − | *Modern Church vs. Post-modern Church ( | + | *Modern Church vs. Post-modern Church (Post-Modern? WTF???) |
*Recent Cultural Trends and Ideas (My Favorite, See Below) | *Recent Cultural Trends and Ideas (My Favorite, See Below) | ||
*Resources for Evangelism in Emerging Culture | *Resources for Evangelism in Emerging Culture | ||
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#Historical overview of emergent | #Historical overview of emergent | ||
#*moving to a church that is more relevant to postmodern culture. | #*moving to a church that is more relevant to postmodern culture. | ||
| − | #Deconstructionism | + | #Deconstructionism (critical to emergence) |
#*What evangelism is not | #*What evangelism is not | ||
#Evangelism as Deliberate (or intentional) Community | #Evangelism as Deliberate (or intentional) Community | ||
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==Evangelism in Emerging Culture== | ==Evangelism in Emerging Culture== | ||
| − | * | + | *It's all about community. |
| + | **So how do I...? | ||
*Three options (IMHO): | *Three options (IMHO): | ||
| − | *#Join an Existing Community | + | *#Join an Existing Community (best) |
| − | *#Create One | + | *#Create One (good but hard) |
| − | *#Transform an existing one into one | + | *#Transform an existing one into one (hardest, possibly inauthentic) |
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==Prosumers of Worship== | ==Prosumers of Worship== | ||
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*New Model: leaders help congregation to produce AND consume | *New Model: leaders help congregation to produce AND consume | ||
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*Web 2.0 & Church 2.0 | *Web 2.0 & Church 2.0 | ||
**Wiki Worship & Soft Security | **Wiki Worship & Soft Security | ||
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*Truth | *Truth | ||
**Absolute Truth (Pluto?) | **Absolute Truth (Pluto?) | ||
| − | **Truthiness: Greek vs. Jewish | + | **Truthiness: Greek vs. Jewish. |
| − | + | *Four Principles of "Wikinomics" (Per Williams & Tapscott) | |
| + | *#Openness | ||
| + | *#Peering | ||
| + | *#Sharing | ||
| + | *#Acting Globally | ||
| − | == | + | ==Random Soapboxes (Ask With Caution)== |
| − | + | *Presbyterians Are Big Time Geeks. | |
| − | + | *Why Folk Music and Hymns are Emergent. And Cool. | |
| − | + | *ASCAP Sucks. So does Copyright. | |
| − | + | *Most Christian Education is Neither Christian Nor Education | |
| − | + | *Emerging Church Dress Code (why do they all look alike?) | |
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Revision as of 21:58, 26 August 2007
Contents
Possible Tagline
Evangelism is Dead. Long live Evangelism.
Things I Promised I'd Talk About
- Modern Church vs. Post-modern Church (Post-Modern? WTF???)
- Recent Cultural Trends and Ideas (My Favorite, See Below)
- Resources for Evangelism in Emerging Culture
- Emerging Flavored Presbyterians (Presbymergent)
Jeff's Outline for Me
- Evangelism is Dead. Long live Evangelism.
- Historical overview of emergent
- moving to a church that is more relevant to postmodern culture.
- Deconstructionism (critical to emergence)
- What evangelism is not
- Evangelism as Deliberate (or intentional) Community
- Relationships vs. Rules
- Church fulfilling need for daily community
- Congregation as participant developers (open-source / prosumers) vs. listeners & followers
Evangelism in Emerging Culture
- It's all about community.
- So how do I...?
- Three options (IMHO):
- Join an Existing Community (best)
- Create One (good but hard)
- Transform an existing one into one (hardest, possibly inauthentic)
Prosumers of Worship
- Old Model: leaders produce, congregation consumes
- New Model: leaders help congregation to produce AND consume
Concepts and Trends I Like to Talk About
- Web 2.0 & Church 2.0
- Wiki Worship & Soft Security
- Long Tail Church
- Open Source / Transparency
- Eyeballs & bugs
- Release Early & Release Often
- Truth
- Absolute Truth (Pluto?)
- Truthiness: Greek vs. Jewish.
- Four Principles of "Wikinomics" (Per Williams & Tapscott)
- Openness
- Peering
- Sharing
- Acting Globally
Random Soapboxes (Ask With Caution)
- Presbyterians Are Big Time Geeks.
- Why Folk Music and Hymns are Emergent. And Cool.
- ASCAP Sucks. So does Copyright.
- Most Christian Education is Neither Christian Nor Education
- Emerging Church Dress Code (why do they all look alike?)
