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==Possible Tagline==
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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 (Post-Modern? WTF???)
*Modern Church vs. Post-modern Church (Post-Modern? WTF???)
*Recent Cultural Trends and Ideas (My Favorite, See Below)
*Recent Cultural Trends and Ideas (My Fave, See Below)
*Resources for Evangelism in Emerging Culture  
*Resources for Evangelism in Emerging Culture (Books, Articles, Cohorts)
*Emerging Flavored Presbyterians (Presbymergent)
**Emerging Flavored Presbyterians (Presbymergent)


==Jeff's Outline for Me==
==Jeff's Outline for Me==
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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 (critical to emergence)
#Deconstruction (critical to emergence)
#*What evangelism is not
#*What evangelism has been
#*What evangelism should not be
#Evangelism as Deliberate (or intentional) Community
#Evangelism as Deliberate (or intentional) Community
#*Relationships vs. Rules
#*Relationships vs. Rules
#*Conversation vs. Conversion
#*Church fulfilling need for daily community
#*Church fulfilling need for daily community
#*Congregation as participant developers (open-source / prosumers) vs. listeners & followers  
#*Congregation as participant developers vs. listeners & followers


==Evangelism in Emerging Culture==
==Evangelism in Emerging Culture==
*It's all about community.
*It's all about community (and conversation)
**So how do I...?
*Three options (IMHO):
*Three options (IMHO):
*#Join an Existing Community (best)
*#Join an Existing Community (best)
*#Create One (good but hard)
*#Create One (good but hard)
*#Transform an existing one into one (hardest, possibly inauthentic)
*#Transform an existing one into one (hardest, possibly inauthentic)
*My Experiences Evangelizing and Being Evangelized
*#Frisco Community Theatre
*#NCD Conference 2006
*#[[Conversations with Chris]]


==Prosumers of Worship==
==Technological Concepts and Trends==
*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
*Web 2.0 & Church 2.0
*Long Tail Church
*Open Source Movement
**Transparency
**Eyeballs & bugs
**Release Early & Release Often
*Wikinomics
**Wiki Worship & Soft Security
**Wiki Worship & Soft Security
**Long Tail Church
**Dynamic Truth in Tension
**Open Source / Transparency
**Consumers of Worship vs. Prosumers of Worship
***Eyeballs & bugs
**Four Principles of "Wikinomics"
***Release Early & Release Often
**#Openness
*Truth
**#Peering
**Absolute Truth (Pluto?)
**#Sharing
**Truthiness:  Greek vs. Jewish.
**#Acting Globally
*Four Principles of "Wikinomics" (Per Williams & Tapscott)
*#Openness
*#Peering
*#Sharing
*#Acting Globally


==Random Soapboxes (Ask With Caution)==
==Other Random Soapboxes (Ask With Caution)==
*Truth, Truthiness, and Absolute Truth
*Presbyterians Are Big Time Geeks.
*Presbyterians Are Big Time Geeks.
*Why Folk Music and Hymns are Emergent.  And Cool.
*Why Folk Music and Hymns are Emergent.  And Cool.
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*Most Christian Education is Neither Christian Nor Education
*Most Christian Education is Neither Christian Nor Education
*Emerging Church Dress Code (why do they all look alike?)
*Emerging Church Dress Code (why do they all look alike?)
==Don't Just Sit There==
*Presbymergent (blog, wiki, survey, parties)
*E.vangelize.us (what do you want it to be?)

Latest revision as of 17:18, 13 October 2013

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 Fave, See Below)
  • Resources for Evangelism in Emerging Culture (Books, Articles, Cohorts)
    • Emerging Flavored Presbyterians (Presbymergent)

Jeff's Outline for Me

  1. Evangelism is Dead. Long live Evangelism.
  2. Historical overview of emergent
    • moving to a church that is more relevant to postmodern culture.
  3. Deconstruction (critical to emergence)
    • What evangelism has been
    • What evangelism should not be
  4. Evangelism as Deliberate (or intentional) Community
    • Relationships vs. Rules
    • Conversation vs. Conversion
    • Church fulfilling need for daily community
    • Congregation as participant developers vs. listeners & followers

Evangelism in Emerging Culture

  • It's all about community (and conversation)
  • Three options (IMHO):
    1. Join an Existing Community (best)
    2. Create One (good but hard)
    3. Transform an existing one into one (hardest, possibly inauthentic)
  • My Experiences Evangelizing and Being Evangelized
    1. Frisco Community Theatre
    2. NCD Conference 2006
    3. Conversations with Chris
  • Web 2.0 & Church 2.0
  • Long Tail Church
  • Open Source Movement
    • Transparency
    • Eyeballs & bugs
    • Release Early & Release Often
  • Wikinomics
    • Wiki Worship & Soft Security
    • Dynamic Truth in Tension
    • Consumers of Worship vs. Prosumers of Worship
    • Four Principles of "Wikinomics"
      1. Openness
      2. Peering
      3. Sharing
      4. Acting Globally

Other Random Soapboxes (Ask With Caution)

  • Truth, Truthiness, and Absolute Truth
  • 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?)

Don't Just Sit There

  • Presbymergent (blog, wiki, survey, parties)
  • E.vangelize.us (what do you want it to be?)