finding SOCIAL REVELATION in SECONDARY CULTURE!! finding SOCIAL REVELATION in SECONDARY CULTURE!!

The Cat & The Toaster

THE ECOLOGY OF LIFE SPIRITUAL SOCIAL PHYSICAL

SPECIAL REVELATION REDEMPTION REDEMPTION HOLY SPIRIT HOLY SPIRIT CHURCH CHURCH KINGDOM KINGDOM BIRTH AND MULTIPLICATION BIRTH AND MULTIPLICATION

NATURAL REVELATION IMMUNITY SYSTEMS IMMUNITY SYSTEMS INTERNAL LIFE INTERNAL LIFE INTER-RELATED ORGANISMS INTER-RELATED ORGANISMS ECOLOGY ECOLOGY BIRTH BIRTH

PROCESS OF THE GOSPEL HORIZONTAL REDEMPTIVE ACTIVITY INTER-RELATES WITH VERTICAL REDEMPTIVE ACTIVITY

PROCESS OF THE GOSPEL (POG) OBSERVATION POSITIVE REGARD MEETING PERCEIVED NEEDS COMMUNICATIONMEETING THE BASIC NEED MULTIPLICATION

PROCESS OF THE GOSPEL OBSERVATION : CONSCIOUS OF FALLENNESS POSITIVE REGARD : SAFE ENVIRONMENT CORPORATELY MEETING PERCEIVED NEEDS: SUBSTITUTION OF A BETTER WAY COMMUNICATION : CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS MEETING THE BASIC NEED : SUBSTITUTIONARY ATONEMENT MULTIPLICATION : BIRTHING

SOCIAL REVELATION IS… the living system CAT design; the living system CAT design; learned from natural or special revelation; learned from natural or special revelation; operating in a social system. operating in a social system.

VISIBLE or LESS VISIBLE? PRIMARY CULTURE, often nurtured in the created world, tends to make social revelation very … PRIMARY CULTURE, often nurtured in the created world, tends to make social revelation very … visible! visible! SECONDARY CULTURE, nurtured in a constructed world, makes it… SECONDARY CULTURE, nurtured in a constructed world, makes it… less visible! less visible!

SPECIAL REVELATION USES SOCIAL REVELATION AS A VEHICLE FOR CONVEYING ITS TRUTH AS A VEHICLE FOR CONVEYING ITS TRUTH Holy Bible The train of social revelation

SOCIAL REVELATION IN PRIMARY CULTURE HORIZONTAL REDEMPTION HORIZONTAL REDEMPTION JOINT DECISION-MAKING JOINT DECISION-MAKING INTER-RELATED NEED-SATISFACTION INTER-RELATED NEED-SATISFACTION FITS ECOLOGY OF NATURAL WORLD FITS ECOLOGY OF NATURAL WORLD PART OF A LINE OF PAST AND FUTURE PEOPLE PART OF A LINE OF PAST AND FUTURE PEOPLE

SOCIAL REVELATION IN SECONDARY CULTURE OBSCURED BY SYNTHETIC REVELATION MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVE SPECIFICITY TRAINING TOP-DOWN LEADERSHIP DEPARTMENTALIZATION MANUFACTURING OF PRODUCTS

CONTRASTING: NATURAL REVELATION SYNTHETIC REVELATION MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVE SPECIFICITY TRAINING TOP-DOWN LEADERSHIP DEPARTMENTALIZATION MANUFACTURING OF PRODUCTS IMMUNITY SYSTEMS INTERNAL LIFE INTER-RELATED ORGANISMS ECOLOGYBIRTH

MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVE (MBO) ANALYSIS OBJECTIVE GOALS STRATEGY TACTICS REVIEW

COMPARING “POG” with “MBO” ANALYSIS OBJECTIVE GOALS STRATEGY REVIEW TACTICS OBSERVATION POSITIVE REGARD COMMUNI- CATION MEETING PERCEIVED NEEDS MEETING THE BASIC NEED MULTIPLI- CATION

SYNTHETIC REVELATION DEFINITION: MECHANISTIC/TECHNOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO LIFE, THAT… MECHANISTIC/TECHNOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO LIFE, THAT… TELL US HOW OUR WORLD WORKS-- OUR MENTAL MODELS. TELL US HOW OUR WORLD WORKS-- OUR MENTAL MODELS.DEFINITION: MECHANISTIC/TECHNOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO LIFE, THAT… MECHANISTIC/TECHNOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO LIFE, THAT… TELL US HOW OUR WORLD WORKS-- OUR MENTAL MODELS. TELL US HOW OUR WORLD WORKS-- OUR MENTAL MODELS.

Without…. HORIZONTAL REDEMPTIVE ACTIVITY, our organizations become… Without…. HORIZONTAL REDEMPTIVE ACTIVITY, our organizations become… Infected ! No horizontal redemptive activity No social revelation Problems encountered in organizational operations Use non-revelation to run the system Conflict with special revelation Lower ideals for special revelation converts Fuel: outside life support (programs/$...) Decline of system Too many rules become barriers to vital operations Develop rules to control behavior

SYNTHETIC REVELATION PRODUCES: DYSFUNCTIONAL SOCIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS PRODUCES:

THEREFORE: SYNTHETIC IDEAS ARE APPROPRIATE; SYNTHETIC IDEAS ARE APPROPRIATE; SYNTHETIC REVELATION IS NOT! SYNTHETIC REVELATION IS NOT! SYNTHETIC IDEAS ARE APPROPRIATE; SYNTHETIC IDEAS ARE APPROPRIATE; SYNTHETIC REVELATION IS NOT! SYNTHETIC REVELATION IS NOT!

HOW DO THESE TWO FIT TOGETHER? THE CAT AND TOASTER CHART SHOWS US!

CAT AND TOASTER CHART A: Cat Potential B: Toaster Potential A1 Redemption: focus on vertical and horizontal redemption. B1 Works: focus on direct cause- and-effect. A2 The living system: of the cat: focus on the social system that runs the organization B2 The toaster skeleton: focus on the structure of the organization A3 Primary Culture: focus on what is done through human relational networks. B3 Secondary Culture: focus on what is done through financial resources. A4 People are greatest resource: focus on how you nurture your people B4 Focus on high levels of financial accountability. A5 Highest objective : Focus on achieving highest goals in a posi-tive work environment. B5 Focus on high salaries to get best workers. A6. Focus on our role as part of the broader system B6 Focus on what my subsystem-my organization- does. A7Participate in multiple returns B7 Produce additive returns. X + $ Long-term $100, Balance Sheet Need Results Plan Do

SYSTEMS THINKING a model of … SOCIAL REVELATION in: SECONDARY CULTURE: SECONDARY CULTURE:

The Five Disciplines of SYSTEMS THINKING MENTAL MODELS SHARED VISION TEAM LEARNING SYSTEMS THINKING PERSONAL MASTERY

A CONTRAST: NATURAL REVELATION REVELATIONSOCIAL IMMUNITY SYSTEMS IMMUNITY SYSTEMS MENTAL MODELS MENTAL MODELS INTERNAL LIFE INTERNAL LIFE SHARED VISION SHARED VISION INTER-RELATEDNESS INTER-RELATEDNESS TEAM LEARNING TEAM LEARNING ECOLOGY ECOLOGY SYSTEMS THINKING SYSTEMS THINKING MULTIPLICATION MULTIPLICATION BY BIRTH BY BIRTH PERSONAL MASTERY PERSONAL MASTERY

ANOTHER CONTRAST SPECIAL REVELATION REVELATIONSOCIAL REDEMPTION REDEMPTION MENTAL MODELS MENTAL MODELS HOLY SPIRIT HOLY SPIRIT SHARED VISION SHARED VISION CHURCH CHURCH TEAM LEARNING TEAM LEARNING KINGDOM KINGDOM SYSTEMS THINKING SYSTEMS THINKING BIRTH AND BIRTH AND MULTIPLICATION MULTIPLICATION PERSONAL MASTERY PERSONAL MASTERY

CONCLUSION THE QUIET REVIVAL USED THREE ELEMENTS: PRIMARY SOCIAL REVELATION PRIMARY SOCIAL REVELATION SECONDARY SOCIAL REVELATION SECONDARY SOCIAL REVELATION SPECIAL REVELATION SPECIAL REVELATION

Stages of Sustained Revival Evangelism Church Planting “Orchard” Planting City-Wide Region and World Multiple City – New Testament Church Growth

UNEASY ALLIANCE OF THE QUIET REVIVAL THE QUIET REVIVAL and… and… DYSFUNCTIONALITY IN THE BROADER SYSTEM OF CHRISTIANITY DYSFUNCTIONALITY IN THE BROADER SYSTEM OF CHRISTIANITY will they clash ? will they clash ?

Our VISION: NURTURE THE CONTINUED GROWTH OF THE QUIET REVIVAL NURTURE THE CONTINUED GROWTH OF THE QUIET REVIVAL THROUGH THE INTERACTION OF SOCIAL AND SPECIAL REVELATION THROUGH THE INTERACTION OF SOCIAL AND SPECIAL REVELATION

Combining… SOCIAL AND SPECIAL REVELATION IN MINISTRY AVOID SYNTHETIC REVELATION AVOID SYNTHETIC REVELATION IDENTIFY AND USE LIVING SYSTEM MENTAL MODELS IDENTIFY AND USE LIVING SYSTEM MENTAL MODELS