I’ll note that these are challenges the Church and society in general hasn’t had to face until recently. It is one of many reasons why our pastoral paradigms have to be creative and adaptive, just as they always have been. It reminds me of some leaders in the Middle East who have “modernization” down to a science… allow the people just e…
I’ll note that these are challenges the Church and society in general hasn’t had to face until recently. It is one of many reasons why our pastoral paradigms have to be creative and adaptive, just as they always have been. It reminds me of some leaders in the Middle East who have “modernization” down to a science… allow the people just enough freedom to move about that they do not rebel. But how do we keep them together as one? It’s an even greater challenge for many groups within a community (including churches) to thrive in a democratic or free society. If the group is not relevant to the peculiarities that people face OR if it does not offer a life raft from the crazy world around it, that attendance is naturally going to decline.
I’ll note that these are challenges the Church and society in general hasn’t had to face until recently. It is one of many reasons why our pastoral paradigms have to be creative and adaptive, just as they always have been. It reminds me of some leaders in the Middle East who have “modernization” down to a science… allow the people just enough freedom to move about that they do not rebel. But how do we keep them together as one? It’s an even greater challenge for many groups within a community (including churches) to thrive in a democratic or free society. If the group is not relevant to the peculiarities that people face OR if it does not offer a life raft from the crazy world around it, that attendance is naturally going to decline.