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	<title>Requisite Reading &#187; Church structure</title>
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		<title>New Church Model Isn&#8217;t: Multisite Is Regurgitation of the Model They Hated</title>
		<link>http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2010/04/19/new-church-model-isnt-multisite-is-regurgitation-of-the-model-they-hated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This continues my examination of American Evangelicals&#8217; organization of their churches, both lay and clergy. One of the big things in the Evangelical world, a real &#8220;game changer&#8221; they say, is the multisite church. You&#8217;ll hear them say things like &#8220;twenty years ago, the Holy Spirit was moving and doing a big thing. And people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There Is No Single Best Model for Church Organization</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Forrest Christian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I continue my exploration of Christian church organization, specifically focusing on U.S. evangelicals, I need to make something clear from the outset: There is no single, perfect organizational model for all churches. You would think that this is obvious but it&#8217;s not. It&#8217;s not even obvious in business management. Elliott Jaques&#8217;s ideas of Real [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Megachurches are Liturgical</title>
		<link>http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2010/03/05/megachurches-are-liturgical/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Forrest Christian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Megachurch service. Note vid screens and extensive stage with large band. Photo by ori/ / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 This starts my new thing on Evangelical church organization. If you&#8217;re not interested in American Evangelicals, you may be lost. Megachurches are most highly liturgical of any church. Those with televised satellite churches are even more so. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strong Pastor vs. Democracy in Christian Church Groups</title>
		<link>http://www.manasclerk.com/blog/2009/07/20/strong-pastor-vs-democracy-in-christian-church-groups/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Forrest Christian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The church growth industry has led to the highly effective Mega-church model in the United States but has embraced the (actually) new model of Strong Pastor which has led to absolutist authoritarian leadership within the evangelical church growth movement. An examination by focusing on the Christian Base Communities in the Roman Catholic Church in Latin America. Part of a series on Church Organizational Structure and Democracy.]]></description>
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		<title>Elliott Jaques on the Problems of Church Organization</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Forrest Christian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of the work-levels people have worked with churches on their organizational issues. This includes the Church of England and the Illinois association of American Baptist churches. (Anyone know of more?) Let&#8217;s take a look at what some of them have said. Elliott Jaques, who coined the term &#8220;mid-life crisis&#8221; and was an accomplished psychoanalyst [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How the Disney World Model Leads to Top-Down Absolute Control</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Forrest Christian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did the American Evangelical megachurch adopt the unchecked executive model because it wanted to emulate Disney World and its fantasy of American small town life? It&#8217;s a charge that&#8217;s worth looking at because it can shed some light on this issue. I&#8217;m going to be unabashedly churchy in this, so comment if you need a [...]]]></description>
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