The Future of Christianity

An Exercise in Design Thinking

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Friday, March 26th, 2020 A.D.

AGENDA

Reinvent Christianity

1. Vision
2. Mission
3. Metric
4. Values
5. Obstacle
6. Method

VISION:

Spread God’s Glory

For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.

— Habakkuk 2:14

MISSION:

Great Commission

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you.

— Matthew 28:19-20a

METRIC:

Love Like Jesus

1. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. — Mark 12:30
2. Love one another as I have loved you. — John 13:34
3. Love your neighbor as yourself — Leviticus 19:18
4. Love your enemies! — Luke 6:27

VALUES:

Practices for Loving

• Discipleship (God)
• Unity (One Another)
• Incarnation (Your Neighbor)
• Sustainability (Yourself)
• Honor (The Other)

We all believes this.

Why don’t we do it?

OBSTACLE:

Existing Incentives

Do Not Align With

Our Deepest Values

We need a new Model of Ministry

Where the Incentives & Structures

Are Optimized to Father & Embed

Authentic Communities of Disciples

Cooperating rather than Competing

To bring the most Glory to God.

METHOD:

Transformation Clubs

• Paid Mastermind Group
• Business model for discipleship
• New economic unit
• Supports professional “curates”
• Maximize Kingdom Impact
• Invest in collaboration tools
• Overlap memberships
• Honor spiritual “fathers”
• Gather bottom-up
• Local (weekly)
• Regional (quarterly)
• National (annually)
• Global (quadrennially)

Next Steps

Brainstorming

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