Some of the challenges we face in the culture

The condition of the culture Manic High velocity Discontinuous Dadipad

In times of rapid change, what you know can mislead you! Michael Marquardt

The Twentieth Century is the name of a train that no longer runs! Poet David Lehman <> 39

Liminal

The first liminal condition the church finds herself in is “marginalization.” The church moved from the center to the margins of society. Alan Roxburgh

The second condition of liminality is this: there are no longer any margins to society! The culture is changing so rapidly that one cannot say there is a “middle” to society that defines the “edge” of the marginalized church. Alan Roxburgh

Vision Shifts Traditional (program centered) Transitional Transformational (vision- centered)

Incline (transformational) Recline ( traditional ) decline Ken Priddy