
Saved by Jessica Ryan
Oregon Shakes Restructures, Scales Back With Eye to Future
Saved by Jessica Ryan
innovating traditional business practices,
The fear of scarcity runs deep. It is exacerbated by the notion that congregations of older people will not survive (a shame, since any reading of the Scriptures confirms that God’s future turns up in the very places everyone else has given up on). One of the ways to counteract this default is to invite several congregations to join this journey to
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work of the people.
The hub-and-spoke model of denominational life, with its centralized, expert-driven hierarchies at national headquarters and regions, was coming undone. But the response to this dislocating work of the Spirit was a continued effort at tweaking the model, often borrowing from the realm of business and strategic planning. Lots of experts discussed th
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