Worldview & Vision: Part 4: A Global Worldview
“. . .[P]astors who regard their churches as expressions of the Kingdom of God, and their members as citizens therein, will prepare them to rule, both now and forever (Rev. 5:10). The saints in Heaven rejoiced to think of the saints on earth ruling in the name of King Jesus amid the affairs of men. […]
Worldview & Vision: Part 3: Congregational Development
“An equipper is a leader who actively sets goals for a congregation according to the will of God, obtains goal ownership from the people, and sees that each member is properly motivated and equipped to do his or her part in accomplishing the goals.”[C. Peter Wagner, Leading Your Church to Growth (Glendale, Calif: Regal, 1984), […]
Worldview & Vision: Part 2: A Volatile Combination
The popular “visioning” process that churches are going through these days is actually a way to transform the “worldview” of the people in the pews. Herescope noted in yesterday’s post that “Worldview” is a tool by which the Church can be put through a Transition process — with the ultimate goal of attaining total Transformation. […]
Worldview & Vision: Part 1
Herescope has been looking into the topic of Worldview. We have previously noted Chuck Colson’s recent partnership with Rick Warren to package and market their particular “brand” of Worldview education to the rest of the world. This new partnership is illustrative the convergence of the three main branches of evangelicaldom around the doctrines and practices […]
The Apostolic Transformation Worldview
On the topic of Worldview, and how this term is being used as a lever to orchestrate Transformation, take a look at one of the newest models — Ed Silvoso’s Apostolic Transformation Network (ATN). The text below is a good example of the full extent to which this Transformation Worldview intends to go, particularly in […]
Becoming “Transformed Transforming Transformers”
[T]he church growth movement has its own ambiguous language and terms; so as to protect those who would deceive us with familiar words and phrases so they can quickly jump from one definition to another, if need be, to cover their embarrassing indiscretions, quiet their critics, advance their agenda and shield their marketable image, . […]
Worldview Wizardry
“I define a ‘worldview’ as the sum-total of answers that a person gives to life’s most important questions. A worldview can have either a powerful, positive influence on us or a negative one. A worldview, even when it is functioning subconsciously, shapes, determines, and influences the way we think and act. . . . all […]
Purpose-Driven Parties & Lifestyle Worldviews
Apparently the word “worldview” also means “lifestyle” in purpose-driven circles. Think you’ve heard of everything? How about a Tupperware-style purpose-driven party! How about purpose-driven lifestyle coaches? “Cocktail napkins . . . coffee, soda and flavored tea close by . . . and copies of a slim, poetry-size book placed invitingly around the room, like a […]
Bait & Switch “Worldview”
The moment “worldview” enters the modern vocabulary, it is immediately entrapping. This is because this word itself is nebulous. It can easily be defined one way by the speaker and another way by the hearer. (It is not a term found in the Scriptures.) In the modern neo-evangelical lexicon, “worldview” is a word rapidly gaining […]
The ‘Transformative’ Worldview
“Activist PPMs [post-modern ministries, ed.] are attempting to wean evangelicals from their addiction to the modern era with its dogmatic truth claims by a process called ‘transformation.’ ‘Transformational thinking’ and ‘managed change’ have become the machinery with which to re-tool the evangelical church. A whole industry of congregational consultant/coaches are teaching congregations how to be […]