Post on 05-Dec-2014
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The vanishing middleChurch in a post-covenantal contextMark Sayers
SHRINKING CHURCHES
VILLAGE & TRIBE
TRADITIONAL STRUCTURE
META
COMMUNAL
INDIVIDUAL
STATE, NATION, EMPIRE
Village, Tribe
MOVE TO THE CITY
NEW MODELS FOR NEW CITIES
TRADITIONAL STRUCTURE
META
COMMUNAL
INDIVIDUAL
STATE, NATION, EMPIRE
GUILD, CHURCH, VILLAGE, TRIBE, TRADE, LODGE, FAMILY, MARRIAGE, CLAN, CLUB, ASSOCIATION, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MARKET, VOLUNTEERS, UNIONS, FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.
GuildsRed CrossFriendly SocietiesSocietiesKiwanis RotaryMasonsRotaryProbus ClubsCountry Women's assoc.AlumniBurial Societies Fraternities & SororitiesPolitical PartiesTemperance MovementsClubs
TRADITIONAL STRUCTURE
META
COMMUNAL –VOLUNTEERISMCOVENANTALITYDUTY & SERVICEINDIVIDUAL
STATE, NATION, EMPIRE
QUANTAM CHANGE 1962-1970
POST-COVENANTAL
BROADCAST & ENTERTAINMENT
ME-ISM
CONTEMPORARY STRUCTURE
META
COMMUNAL/COVENANTAL
INDIVIDUAL
STATE, NATION, CORPORATION, MASS MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY/INTERNET, UNIVERSITY, CITY.
INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS, FREEDOM,CHOICE, PERSONAL HAPPINESS
GROWTH OF NON-EUROPEAN CHURCH
NEW URBAN TRIBES
CONNECTED? THE NEW INDIVIDUALISM
META + INDIVIDUAL –COMMUNAL/COVENANTAL =
META + INDIVIDUAL –COMMUNAL/COVENANTAL =
ISOLATION
USING COVENANTALITY AS A RESOURCE