Church Revolution From Attraction to Engagement
Upcoming Saddleback Pastors Toolbox WFS: 7/30-8/1 Gospelcom: 9/19-21 Voices of the Virtual World: 7/23 WFX: 10/24-26
Reality Check Concerned? Excited? Breathless? Scrambling? Pressed? Out of control?
Adapt (Quickly)!!
Technology, Generation and Worldview
What hit us? Matrix Effect – –Digital Platform –Digital Species –Digital Worldview Flatworld –Level playing field Big/small Young/old Far/ Near Web 2.0 – Co-Creators Long Tail –Markets of masses –Reach more with less iGeneration (Millennial’s) –Digital Natives –DIY - On Demand –Mentors
Guttenberg’s Revolution
Madonna and Child Through the Ages Symbolic Perspective Conceptual Interactive
1994 – Ground Zero – Web 1.0 The World Is Connected No Barriers –Geographic –Age –Race –Markets –Disciplines 2008 – the first CONNECTED generation hits the teen years
1.Google 2.Yahoo 3.Wikipedia 4.Amazon 5.Flickr 6.Youtube 7.Ebay 8.Blogger 9.Myspace 10.Priceline 11.Digg 12.Napster 13.Craigslist 14.Technorati 15.Netflix
Reading Millennium Matrix The World is Flat The Long Tail Cluetrain Manifesto Wikinomics Starfish and the Spider The Structure of Scientific Revolution Wired Magazine Fast Company Business 2.0
Flat World Boundaryless Seamless Horizontal Networked Interoperable Disaggregated Distributed Common Platform Army of One – mobile, tailored
Long Tail Low cost of production Low cost of distribution Search Hidden Demand Scarcity to abundance From hits to niches One size fits all to tailored Celebrities to tribal leaders Branded to mini-connoisseurs Consumers to Prosumers Markets of masses to masses of markets
Cluetrain Web What.0? Audiences speak back From hype to conversation From demographics to people From packaging (suspect) to transparency From push to pull
The Power of Mass Collaboration
Outline for Revolution Failure of existing rules Anomalies Conflict Paradigms don’t fade – they break Emerging models Competition New Framework Closing the System
S-Curve Maturity –Consolidation –Fragmentation Choices –Renew –Innovate –Die Time is Not Your Friend
Mother Teresa Doing more – less significantly Aware but disconnected = spiritual autism Shallow goals = spiritual aridity Providing spiritual foster care when the world is looking for adoption
We’re Not Alone Education Business Media Healthcare Judicial System Municipalities Global Conflict Family & Community The Environment Public Civility Sports & Entertainment
Shifting Paradigms for Leaders Master/Guru Expert Visionary Collaborative Catalyst – Impartational
Adaptive Leadership Bilbao Effect
Impartational Vital relationships An example Approachable Accessible Transparent Individual and personal Unscripted Unrehearsed High-Touch Ancient-Future Dr. Ron Anderson
A Living Church Internal Integrity Collective Cohesion External Integration Diverse Experimental Financially Conservative Embraced Reality Kept the Big Picture
Are we prepared for the new race?
Peak into the Future: From a Theology of Attraction to the Theology of Engagement