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We are to walk in wisdom towards them that are without!

We are to walk in wisdom towards them that are without!. We are to walk in wisdom towards them that are without! The woman Wisdom is crying out to us but we have to open up our ears to learn from her!. I have said that all of us are more urbanized than we easily admit.

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We are to walk in wisdom towards them that are without!

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  1. We are to walk in wisdom towards them that are without!

  2. We are to walk in wisdom towards them that are without! The woman Wisdom is crying out to us but we have to open up our ears to learn from her!

  3. I have said that all of us are more urbanized than we easily admit.

  4. I have said that all of us are more urbanized than we easily admit.Is it hard to say that “I am colder, busier, more impersonal and spend less time with old friends than my grandfather did”?

  5. Is it hard to say that “I am running around like a chicken with its head cut off most days”?

  6. Maybe it is just that “cities” and “urban living” are the problem!

  7. Unfortunately, there is very little “rural living” except in very remote areas!

  8. Unfortunately, there is very little “rural living” except in very remote areas! Good roads and great communications have seen to that!

  9. Are cities the “curse and doom” of mankind?Tower of Babel

  10. Are cities the “curse and doom” of mankind?Tower of Babel and Babylon

  11. Are cities the “curse and doom” of mankind?Tower of Babel and Babylon Nineveh

  12. Jonah 3:2-4" 3 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three-day journey in extent.4 And Jonah began to enter the city on the first day's walk. Then he cried out and said, "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!" NKJV

  13. But Nineveh Listened and Repented!

  14. Jerusalem was a great city by God’s plan and design.

  15. Jerusalem was a great city by God’s plan and design.When it was godly, it excelled.

  16. Jerusalem was a great city by God’s plan and design.When it was godly, it excelled. When it was sinful, it was humbled or even destroyed!

  17. In Jesus’ and Paul’s timesRomeAntiochand Ephesuswere three of the largest cities in the ancient world –

  18. In Jesus’ and Paul’s timesRomeAntiochand Ephesuswere three of the largest cities in the ancient world –and the church did really wellin those three cities!

  19. Yet cities are more complex and harder to adapt to in their complexity than less populated rural society!

  20. So it is much harder to understand urban churches and the Gospels interaction with the urban life style

  21. Churches have to understand how to comprehend and react to urban patterns!

  22. How do you make choices?

  23. How do you make choices?How do you communicate with urban dwellers?

  24. How do you make choices?How do you communicate with urban dwellers?What reactions should you expect?

  25. Wisdom says that you have to recognize the patterns, moods, fears, values and unusual responses of people today

  26. Wisdom says that you have to recognize the patterns, moods, fears, values and unusual responses of people today if you are going to reach them and move them!

  27. You can see some of these when you understand the changes that have to go on as a congregation grows and has to adjust itself to each new level!

  28. Levels Of Churches

  29. Levels Of ChurchesPatriarch, Matriarch 40-50

  30. Levels Of ChurchesPatriarch, Matriarch 40-50One Group Church 60-80

  31. Levels Of ChurchesPatriarch, Matriarch 40-50One Group Church 60-80Preacher Centered Church 125

  32. Levels Of ChurchesPatriarch, Matriarch 40-50One Group Church 60-80Preacher Centered Church 125Program Centered Church 200

  33. Levels Of ChurchesPatriarch, Matriarch 40-50One Group Church 60-80Preacher Centered Church 125Program Centered Church 200Specialist Church 350 up

  34. Key Numbers and Barriers

  35. Key Numbers and Barriers40-50 Patriarch, Matriarch

  36. Key Numbers and Barriers40-50 Patriarch, Matriarch75-80 “One Group”

  37. Key Numbers and Barriers40-50 Patriarch, Matriarch75-80 “One Group”200 “One Worker”

  38. Key Numbers and Barriers40-50 Patriarch, Matriarch75-80 “One Group”200 “One Worker”400 “Limited Worker Team”

  39. Key Numbers and Barriers40-50 Patriarch, Matriarch75-80 “One Group”200 “One Worker”400 “Limited Worker Team”Limited Skills, Knowledge

  40. Seating Rules

  41. Seating RulesSeem Weird & Arbitrary

  42. Seating RulesSeem Weird & ArbitraryAre Extremely Valid & Accurate

  43. Seating RulesSeem Weird & ArbitraryAre Extremely Valid & AccurateCannot Grow Beyond 75-80%

  44. Seating RulesSeem Weird & ArbitraryAre Extremely Valid & AccurateCannot Grow Beyond 75-80%Best Growth 50%-66%

  45. Seating RulesSeem Weird & ArbitraryAre Extremely Valid & AccurateCannot Grow Beyond 75-80%Best Growth 50%-66%No Growth 40% Full

  46. Seating RulesSeem Weird & ArbitraryAre Extremely Valid & AccurateCannot Grow Beyond 75-80%Best Growth 50%-66%No Growth 40% FullDying 30% Full

  47. Would you have a service for this congregation in the BJCC if they let you use it one night for free?200 people on one side on the lower level on the center line?Describe the singing! Your feeling!

  48. Tomorrow NightWe will talk about the barriers and ceilings that we had introduced tonight!

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