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The World Is Changing: Denominations and Their Congregations Presbytery of Cincinnati Transformation 2. 0 By: Craig Van Gelder, Ph. D. Copyright Craig Van Gelder 2015
Organizational Life Cycle Alan Roxburgh & Fred Romanuk, The Missional Leader, Jossey Bass, 2006 Copyright Craig Van Gelder 2015
The Denominational Geographic Congregation 1600 s to 1970 s Four Historical Periods Copyright Craig Van Gelder 2015
Period 1—Ethnic Immigrant Congregations 1600 s-late 1700 s n n n Bruton Parish Anglican— Williamsburg, VA Old Swedes Lutheran— Philadelphia, PA Pastor as the RESIDENT THEOLOGIAN Copyright Craig Van Gelder 2015
Period 2—Village Congregations Late 1700 s-mid 1800 s n n n Lily Creek Baptist Church, Madison, IN Richwood Presbyterian Church, Walton, KY The GENTLEMAN PASTOR Copyright Craig Van Gelder 2015
Organizational Beginning: Emergent Leadership – New Actions Copyright Craig Van Gelder 2015
Period 3—City Neighborhood Congregations Late 1800 s-1930 s n n n Second Presbyterian Church, St. Louis, MO Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati, OH The CHURCHLY PASTOR Copyright Craig Van Gelder 2015
Period 4—Family Suburban Congregations Mid 1940 s-1970 s n n n Heritage Presbyterian Church, Mason, OH Christ Presbyterian Church North Riverside, IL The PASTORAL DIRECTOR Copyright Craig Van Gelder 2015
Organizational Institutionalization: Performative Organization and Leadership Copyright Craig Van Gelder 2015
Identity of the Denominational Geographic Congregations 1600 s to 1970 s n DNA Logic of These Congregations n n n Denominational Affiliation and Loyalty Geographic Proximity—Neighborhood Based Communication of Their Identity Type + Denominational Name + Neighborhood Building Copyright Craig Van Gelder 2015
Transition: Social Upheaval 1960 s-1970 s The End of the Geographic-Neighborhood Church n Key Shifts n n n Implications n n n Civil rights Counter Culture Viet Nam War and Protests The multiple movements n Feminist, Ecological, etc. 3 rd Disestablishment Mainline churches stopped growing Growth of conservative and evangelical churches Rise of the media church Therapeutic Pastor Copyright Craig Van Gelder 2015
The Attractional Life-Style Church Multiple Expressions 1970 s to 2000 s Copyright Craig Van Gelder 2015
Example 1: The Market-Driven Church n Saddleback Church n n Willowcreek Church n n Purpose-Driven Seeker-Sensitive The Entrepreneurial Leader Copyright Craig Van Gelder 2015
Example 2: The Multi-Site and Multi -Congregation Church n Community Christian Church, Chicago n n Harderwyk Ministries, Holland, MI n n 9 Gathering Sites Celebration Fusion Watershed The Entrepreneurial Adaptive Leader Copyright Craig Van Gelder 2015
Example 3: The Social Network Church n Powder Matters Church n n The Rock: House Church Network n n For Snow Boarders, CO Puget Sound, WA The Networking Leader Copyright Craig Van Gelder 2015
Example 4: The Emerging Church n Church of the Apostles n n Solomon’s Poarch n n Seattle, WA Minneapolis, MN The Participatory Leader Copyright Craig Van Gelder 2015
Example 5: Immigrant and Multi. Cultural Churches n Hmong Lutheran Church Saint Paul, MN n Christ Lutheran Church -Capitol Hill Saint Paul, MN Copyright Craig Van Gelder 2015
Identity of Attractional Life-Style Congregations 1980 s to the Present n DNA Logic of Congregations n n n Niche Market Affinity Group Defined Purpose and Vision Communication of Identity Type + Life-Style Ministry + Target Population Copyright Craig Van Gelder 2015
So, What Happened to Denominations in the Midst of these Changes? Copyright Craig Van Gelder 2015
Denominational Organizational Decline: Reactive Leadership and Regulative Agency Copyright Craig Van Gelder 2015
The Re-” Denomination 1970 -2000 s n Denominations and Judicatories n n n Numerous initiatives n n Reactive to declining membership and finances Regulative in response Revision Revitalize Restructure Increasing conflict and crisis interventions Copyright Craig Van Gelder 2015
The Challenge Today the great unravelling… Copyright Craig Van Gelder 2015
Church Questions as Misdirecting Questions 1. How to make the church grow? 2. How to get people into church? 3. How to meet needs and help? Copyright Craig Van Gelder 2015
in a great unravelling we need to ask different questions Copyright Craig Van Gelder 2015
Need to Ask the “God” Questions in Midst of Disruption and Dislocation • What might the Spirit of God be up to out ahead of us in our neighborhoods? • How can we participate more fully in what God might be up to in our neighborhoods and communities? Copyright Craig Van Gelder 2015
DISCUSSION Copyright Craig Van Gelder 2015


