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Published on May 04, 2016
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Spirituality vs. Church
2006-2011
Markt Schwaben, 5 years old start-up church, 50-100 volunteers
Photo by Jusos Sachsen-Anhalt
worked!
- "lean" structures
- establish church in politics & public life
- bought rooms for €1m
- build & trained teams
Photo by Claus Kusmitsch
failed!
- gap between 17-40 yrs
- change resistance
- ideological barriers
Is it possible to make "church" work for generation x/y?
2012-2013
CityChurch München, revived start up, 15 volunteers, up to 30 visitors
What should a "postmodern" church look like?
How Germans think about spirituality
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"Blue Ocean" is unknown
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CITY CHURCH MUNICH - OUR CONCEPT
- lean/organic structures
- easy (life is complex enough)
- low barriers
- serving leadership, transparency
- simple beliefs, wide interpretation
CITY CHURCH MUNICH - OUR CONCEPT
- services only 2 times/month
- just 1 additional organized meeting/week
- no rooms: services at "Kultfabrik", meetings at home/bars...
- no membership, just "commitment"
- "Jesus" as center point, no "hard" confessions
CITY CHURCH MUNICH - OUR CONCEPT
- services only 2 times/month
- just 1 additional organized meeting/week
- no rooms: services at "Kultfabrik", meetings at home/bars...
- no membership, just "commitment"
- "Jesus" as center point, no "hard" confessions
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Exit 2013
problems
- ≈95% "red sea" people, looking for a "cooler" church
- no hard, but many soft confessions (morale, theology...)
- fear-driven co-visions ("we need to say what´s right!")
- flat hierarchy >>> many "specialists"
- missunderstanding of "easy" >>> chilled
1 human centered
Churches are experts for God, but driven by human needs.
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2 character before behaviour
Doing good things doesn´t mean to be good.
3 love the errors
Grace is the permission to try and fail.
4 proud to be nostalgic
Keep content, change boxing.
