We throw around the word Alignment at CKN with great enthusiasm. We believe in alignment! Alignment is the work of organizational integration and orientation around identity and purpose. Identity and purpose include the core values, the mission and the vision. Alignment is the process of running everything through identity and purpose: structures, processes, strategies, people, facilities, finances, etc.
- 02.07.12
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WRITTEN BY: John Holm
Alignment as a Way of Organizational Living
- 02.02.12
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WRITTEN BY: Derek DeGroot
Attractional and Missional: A Swinging Pendulum
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Matthew 4:19 Jesus said to them, “Come, follow me. I will teach you to catch people instead of fish.”
Matthew 28:19 So wherever you go, make disciples of all nations; baptize them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
These two pieces of scripture have shaped the church of the last couple decades, birthing both the Attractional movement and the Missional movement. For some time, the pendulum has swung far toward Matthew 4:19, as we have become better Fishers of Men than ever before. However, as some of the leading megachurches are finding today, the pendulum is beginning to swing toward the instructions of Matthew 28:19 as we become increasingly aware of the need to disciple His people. The Missional Church embodies this effort.
- 01.31.12
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WRITTEN BY: Bill Couchenour
Inside the State of the U.S. Church: And What You Can Do About It
Warren Bird, the Director of Research and Intellectual Capital for Leadership Network, recently published a blog commenting on the 104 interviews he conducted in 2011 with “influential” churches across the United States. His summary comment, coming away from those interviews was energizing:
“I was so amazed by what God was doing in their midst, I wanted to be part of every one of them…There is a genuine sense of wonder, excitement and encouragement about how God is moving—despite tough economies and challenging jobless rates.”
Those were churches that had been identified as “influential” before the interviews. What would we find if we took a cross section of all U.S. churches? We get some indication from research reported by the Barna Group in January of this year.
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