Comments on: Innovation and Early Adoption in the Church and Ministry http://rhettsmith.com/2008/09/innovation-and-early-adoption-in-the-church-and-ministry/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:47:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Collide Magazine » Blog Archive » Upfront Week In Review - 9/12/08 http://rhettsmith.com/2008/09/innovation-and-early-adoption-in-the-church-and-ministry/comment-page-1/#comment-2786 Collide Magazine » Blog Archive » Upfront Week In Review - 9/12/08 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:42:10 +0000 http://www.rhettsmith.com/?p=1097#comment-2786 [...] Rhett Smith talks about churches adoption of innovation over time. [...] [...] Rhett Smith talks about churches adoption of innovation over time. [...]

]]> By: Greg Atkinson http://rhettsmith.com/2008/09/innovation-and-early-adoption-in-the-church-and-ministry/comment-page-1/#comment-2785 Greg Atkinson Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:40:01 +0000 http://www.rhettsmith.com/?p=1097#comment-2785 Great questions. The Church does need to innovate - that's something I'm very passionate about. I'd love to hear thoughts on where and what we need to innovate. Great questions. The Church does need to innovate – that’s something I’m very passionate about. I’d love to hear thoughts on where and what we need to innovate.

]]> By: AndyC http://rhettsmith.com/2008/09/innovation-and-early-adoption-in-the-church-and-ministry/comment-page-1/#comment-2784 AndyC Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:23:41 +0000 http://www.rhettsmith.com/?p=1097#comment-2784 Sounds like a fun, creative dinner! I am encouraged that there are guys like you out there looking to explore the boundaries and push the church forward. Keep up the quest to make the church more meaningful to us all. I think the church needs to continually adapt to the way people communicate today, but do so without compromising its core values. The church needs to be able to reach into all segments of society, and these are reached in ever changing ways. I think the temptation to compromise to a society that does not appreciate a biblical set of values grows daily. The balance of relevance in modern society and faithfulness to biblical truth is a challenge the church faces with ever increasing pressure today. Sounds like a fun, creative dinner! I am encouraged that there are guys like you out there looking to explore the boundaries and push the church forward. Keep up the quest to make the church more meaningful to us all.

I think the church needs to continually adapt to the way people communicate today, but do so without compromising its core values. The church needs to be able to reach into all segments of society, and these are reached in ever changing ways.

I think the temptation to compromise to a society that does not appreciate a biblical set of values grows daily. The balance of relevance in modern society and faithfulness to biblical truth is a challenge the church faces with ever increasing pressure today.

]]> By: Les http://rhettsmith.com/2008/09/innovation-and-early-adoption-in-the-church-and-ministry/comment-page-1/#comment-2783 Les Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:18:34 +0000 http://www.rhettsmith.com/?p=1097#comment-2783 I am a fan of early adoption or of at least catching the wave before it has moved on but I would caution the Church to embrace critical adoption where ideas and trends are thought and prayed through. Too often the Church models society and gets caught up in the newest fashion and so our churches become advertisements for the latest and greatest rather than critically examining how a new approach can enhance lived theology and the proclamation of the gospel. The Church, broadly speaking, seems to fall into no-adopters, those who stick to what works even though the wider world has stopped noticing or those who, often out of missional motivation, go for the newest fashion. Somewhere in between in the place that requires hard work is where we will find what truly works in any given context. I am a fan of early adoption or of at least catching the wave before it has moved on but I would caution the Church to embrace critical adoption where ideas and trends are thought and prayed through.

Too often the Church models society and gets caught up in the newest fashion and so our churches become advertisements for the latest and greatest rather than critically examining how a new approach can enhance lived theology and the proclamation of the gospel.

The Church, broadly speaking, seems to fall into no-adopters, those who stick to what works even though the wider world has stopped noticing or those who, often out of missional motivation, go for the newest fashion. Somewhere in between in the place that requires hard work is where we will find what truly works in any given context.

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