| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 176 pages) |
| Contents |
The open source church -- Church as wikipedia -- Your friendly neighborhood church expert -- So if everyone else jumped off the bridge, would you? -- Letting go, or the art of decentralization -- Leaders lead, but experts do what, exactly? -- Conclusion: a new thing |
| Summary |
Open source software makes the basic program instructions available for anyone to see and edit. An 'open source church, ' likewise, is one in which the basic functions of mission and ministry are open to anyone. Members feel free to pursue their callings from God that are consistent with what God has called the congregation to be and do. But what does 'open source church' look like? In Open Source Church: Making Room for the Wisdom of All, Landon Whitsitt argues that Wikipedia, the encyclopedia that anyone can see and edit, might be the most instructive model available to help congregations dev |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Church renewal.
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Ecclesiology.
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Church renewal
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021680303 |
| ISBN |
9781566995979 |
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1566995973 |
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