Category: church

  • seven things ted cambell hates about the umc

    ted was at garrett after i had graduated, so i never had the chance to meet him, but he has some pretty interesting things to say here. in particular pay attention to: too many words, procedure for organizing a new congregation, and the “welch republic”.

  • edifice complex

    mike slaughter has some good thought on “church as building” here

  • the church needs heritics

    seth godin’s latest ted talk on tribes is now out, and worth viewing: in addition my friend, scott, recently reviewed douglas rushkoff’s latest book, below are some of the key points he highlighted: self-sufficiency was part of the myth of the self-made man in his private esate, so community property, carpools, or sharing of almost…

  • Pew Study

    The Pew Forum Religious Landscape Survey has been released and has been getting some attention. Here are a few different looks at it:Brian McLarenAdam HamiltonMarta Aldrich (UM News Service) I haven’t had a chance to study the survey numbers myself, and the fact is there are people much more knowledgeable than me who can make…