"When you begin to think outside the box, you often become some other "leaders" lousy follower. That usually costs something" (Andy Rayner)

"Our guardian angels are bored." (Mike Foster)

It's where I feel I'm at these days. “In the second half of life, it is good just to be a part of the general dance. We do not have to stand out, make defining moves, or be better than anyone else on the dance floor. Life is more participatory than assertive, and there is no need for strong or further self-definition” (Falling Upward. Richard Rohr.120).

Saturday, March 15, 2008

2 New Denominations Per Day


Fragmentation. The Church is more diverse today and more fragmented then it has ever been in its history. As of January 2008, there are over thirty-nine thousand denominations in the world.2 Moreover, the number of denominations is growing at the rate of two new ones per day, while the number of believers and their respective contexts continues to increase in both number and complexity.

("Doing Strategy as the Whole Church", By Sandra S. K. Lee. Lausanne World Pulse, March 2008) Lee sites her information as 2 Barrett, David B., Todd M. Johnson, and Peter F. Crossing, 2008.“Missiometrics 2008 Reality Checks for Christian World Communions,”International Bulletin of Missionary Research. 32(1): 28-30.


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