You can not find these as «dialog» in the old
corporate culture of the church, because doctrine is key... and a clear chain of command has created a sustainable profit line for years.
Not exact matches
The «vision thing» seems a cultural value which reflects the intrusion
of the
corporate and business
culture into our
church and parachurch agencies.
Are we in danger
of creating a
corporate culture where all our
church leaders look like smart, well - spoken businessmen?
By becoming part
of the
corporate culture, a move that probably worked quite well in the short term,
churches have now equated themselves with the retailers
of any commercial product.
I think there is a lot
of corporate culture that isn't helpful for the
Church, the verdict is still out on if it is consistantly harmful.
Passages that were originally written for groups
of people, and intended to be read and applied in a community setting (the nation
of Israel, the various early
churches, the first followers
of Jesus), have been manipulated to communicate a personal, individual message... thus leading the reader away from the original
corporate intent
of the passage to a reaffirmation
of the individualistic, me - centered, and consumerist tendencies
of American religious
culture.