by David E. Fitch
Logos carries many of his other books, but not this one, from Baker Books (which they do a good deal of business with). He mentioned this book of his in a thread on Facebook today, and it looks interesting, but is not available in Kindle, so I'm not going to buy it as I rarely buy print-based books anymore. Hopefully Logos will get it.
VOTE HERE:
https://feedback.logos.com/boards/logos-book-requests/posts/the-great-giveaway-reclaiming-the-mission-of-the-church-from-big-business-parachurch-organizations-psychotherapy-consumer-capitalism-and-other-modern-maladies
Voted.
The last church I went to before I switched cities would get its leaders in on this big annual para-church convention.
I listened to the pastor's podium verbiage on how the information gleaned would benefit our church.
The vocabulary was from the world of business. The most common word was 'leverage.' We will leverage this existing yada yada, & etc.
Now, where I worked, I always read the memo's written by the CEO with interest. His most common word was 'leverage.'
Oh, so you didn't appreciate 'gating' the Lord's Supper? 'Sub'ing' membership at a higher-level (aka tithing). Taking prayer-time to 'the next level'. 'Target marketing' to the 'missing third'. And, how about that 'leadership package' for the pastorship?
The vocabulary was from the world of business. The most common word was 'leverage.' We will leverage this existing yada yada, & etc. Oh, so you didn't appreciate 'gating' the Lord's Supper? 'Sub'ing' membership at a higher-level (aka tithing). Taking prayer-time to 'the next level'. 'Target marketing' to the 'missing third'. And, how about that 'leadership package' for the pastorship?
I hear you on these, DMB.
After a week, maybe 2, of some 'bidness' vocab from the start of the sermon, I would hear no more. Not being an insider, I would not know what was happening. The board gravitated towards people who owned businesses, worked on the business model. So, I wondered what changes were made, if any.
But, I never got completely comfortable with the thought of business concepts being potentially part of the bulwark.
