08.28.08
Webber – a new kind of leadership
In “The Younger Evangelicals,” Webber writes,
“Traditional evangelical leadership of the twentieth century is driven by the concerns formed out of the fundamentalist/modernist controversy. This traditional movement, its churches, publishing houses, mission boards, seminary and college education, have been and are now shaped by an apologetic Christianity that is fueled by the desire to be right. On the other hand, pragmatic evangelical leadership is driven by the market. It drinks from the hydrant of the church growth movement, the megachurch, the self-help books, and the program emphasis of the church that is fueled by religious consumerism. What do people want? How can we market to every need? How can we get the numbers?
“The leadership of the younger evangelical is not shaped by being right, nor is it driven by meeting needs. Instead, it arises out of (1) a missiological understanding of the church, (2) theological reflection, (3) spiritual formation, and (4) cultural awareness.” (240) More..
Random readings « What’s your point caller? said,
August 31, 2008 at 12:51 am
[...] – a couple of intriguing links about young evangelical leadership from Next Reformation and the source article by Robert Webber. “The leadership of the younger evangelical is not shaped by being right, nor is it driven by meeting needs. Instead, it arises out of (1) a missiological understanding of the church, (2) theological reflection, (3) spiritual formation, and (4) cultural awareness.†[...]
Frank Emanuel said,
September 5, 2008 at 10:34 am
I spent about 1/3 of my masters paper on Webber’s cycles of evangelicalism.
NextReformation » a postmodern evangelical ecclesiology said,
September 10, 2008 at 7:02 am
[...] Frank Emanuel sent me his Master’s Thesis as part of a conversation on the taxonomy offered by Robert Webber in The Younger Evangelicals. This little chart (reprinted below on August 28) is helpful and for many would be a new lens into many of the conflicts we now experience in our churches. Frank’s paper has a beautifully written summary of incarnational (or emerging) theology. [...]
EmergingChurches.NL » De Volgers said,
September 12, 2008 at 5:09 am
[...] Dat brengt me toch weer bij een punt van kritiek op Leadership Magazine (dit herken ik trouwen ook bij ander organisties zoals Willow Creek en GIDS netwerk): er wordt te veel gedacht in termen van positie en dus zijn er allerlei bobo’s aan het woord en worden bobo’s bij elkaar gebracht en er ontbreekt een theologisch inhoudelijk plaatje over dit doel: leiderschap en volgerschap is grotendeels een inhoudelijk verhaal aan het worden. Metaforen en narratieve benadering, sprookjes en helden, voorbeelden en experimenten worden gewenst, niet de moderne “tools” waar de boeken mee vol staan. We zitten niet te wachten op de volgende conferentie waar we allemaal naar een scherm kijken en we zitten niet te wachten op het volgende gala van alle bobo’s. We wachten op geloof, gebed, (theologische) inhoud en kwaliteit van volgerschap! Zie dit artikele over missional leadership van Webber. Dus Leadership: neem de handschoen op! [...]
NextReformation » The Younger Evangelicals.. and more.. said,
February 3, 2009 at 11:51 am
[...] First, here is a post on leadership from last August that offers just one of the charts from The Younger Evangelicals. And now following is my summary chart. [...]
NextReformation MT // Just another Missional Tribe weblog said,
February 3, 2009 at 1:55 pm
[...] First, here is a post on leadership from last August that offers just one of the charts from The Younger Evangelicals. And now following is my summary chart. [...]
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youngtheologians.ca » Young Evangelicals.. Young Anabaptists.. said,
April 22, 2009 at 11:03 am
[...] First, here is a post on leadership from last August that offers just one of the charts from The Younger Evangelicals. And now following is my summary chart. [...]