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Comment on Culturally Appropriate by brian

brian — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:01:19 +0000

love the word “psychographics” sounds like a cool slasher flic.

Comment on Appropriate Levels of Complexity by The Makings of a Good System | Big Bad Brad's Blog

The Makings of a Good System | Big Bad Brad's Blog — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:19:44 +0000

[...] Appropriate levels of complexity [...]

Comment on Appropriate Levels of Complexity by Meowmix

Meowmix — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:23:14 +0000

I did make it through to the end. Don’t know how much I absorbed. The intricacies of your brain waves absolutely amaze me! And I don’t know what I think, except that I usually try to go for the simple. But I was here!

Comment on Back from Summer Camp by Paula Harrington

Paula Harrington — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:16:27 +0000

Wondered if you’d ever get back to blogging.

Comment on Flexible Systems by Meowmix

Meowmix — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:23:01 +0000

Since I’ve missed several blogs, I need to catch up before commenting. But I’m here!!!

Comment on Theory X and Theory Y by Brad Palmore

Brad Palmore — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:18:11 +0000

I think the Involvement Minister, a position I have held, is transitional between phases. The focus on the individual value is good, but as you hinted to, the primary goal is still to make the organization healthy. The creation of this position is a reaction to an awareness of the deficiencies of Jethro I without really moving to a valid solution.

All that being said, I believe the creation of the position to be an asset and and indication that we are changing our focus in our churches.

Comment on Theory X and Theory Y by Allen Coker

Allen Coker — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 13:17:46 +0000

Would one of them be the creation of another “leader” – the involvement minister? The motivation is still “How do we get more people to share the burden of the work at church?” However, now we hire this guy (or couple) to help people discover their giftedness so that they can take more of the work.

Comment on The Right Way To Do Church by Brad Palmore

Brad Palmore — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:02:22 +0000

I’d agree were it not for the way Joey has changed my life. I’ll gladly take any share of the blame that he gets.

Comment on The Right Way To Do Church by Brad Palmore

Brad Palmore — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:00:18 +0000

Meowmix – I love the way you pop in and share from your heart!

Your comment includes one of my favorite things that C of C folk have done with church organization. The account of Acts 6 has nothing to do with elders/shepherds. The ‘other guys’ you mention are the apostles. The men that they are looking for are frequently referred to as the first deacons, but there is no textual support for that, either. What we do with that passage when we treat the ‘men of good report’ as deacons is exactly what you’ve done: we equate the elders with the apostles. The problem with that is that the apostles had special authority because of their direct ministry with Christ. There is no scriptural evidence that the authority of the apostles was transferred to the elders of the church, however that is the way we act. All kinds of problems stem from this. More to come on that topic later…

Comment on The Right Way To Do Church by Doug Young

Doug Young — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:56:55 +0000

Spoken like a man after my own heart. If it works well, we’ll give you credit. If not, we’ll blame Joey Cope for accepting me! LOL