Today I am polishing a draft for my working group in Faith and Order. We are wanting a common language for a conciliar response the WCC's Nature and Mission of the Church.
Here are the areas in which I am writing about North American churches through the following lenses of legacy and trends -
Our structured legacy: Ancient born churches; Reformation born churches; Anabaptist born churches; Native born churches.
Our spiritual movements legacy: Puritan; Anabaptist; Revivalist; Fundamentalist; Social Gospel; Cultural and Immigrant; Charismatic; Evangelical; Church Growth; Emergent.
Our cultural legacy: Agricultural; Industrial; Urban; Suburban; Corporate; Literate; Visual; Technological; Socially Networked.
Our current trends: Consumerized; Entrepreneurial; Event Driven; Service Oriented; Collaborative; Decentralized; Viral; Violent; and Secularizing.
I'd rather distill than enlarge at this point. But, what do you think? Post or send me a Tweet @PaulsonBrian.
