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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792278503321

Autore

Whitsitt Landon <1976->

Titolo

Open source church : making room for the wisdom of all / / Landon Whitsitt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Herndon, Virginia : , : Alban Institute, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

1-56699-597-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Disciplina

262.001/7

Soggetti

Church renewal

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword by Carol Howard Merritt; Preface; Chapter One: The Open Source Church; Chapter Two: Church as Wikipedia; Chapter Three: Your Friendly Neighborhood Church Expert; Chapter Four: So If Everyone Else Jumped Off the Bridge, Would You?; Chapter Five: Letting Go, or the Art of Decentralization; Chapter Six: Leaders Lead, but Experts Do What, Exactly?; Conclusion: A New Thing; Notes

Sommario/riassunto

Open source software makes the basic program instructions available for anyone to see and edit. An 'open source church,' likewise, is one in which the basic functions of mission and ministry are open to anyone. Members feel free to pursue their callings from God that are consistent with what God has called the congregation to be and do. But what does 'open source church' look like? In Open Source Church: Making Room for the Wisdom of All, Landon Whitsitt argues that Wikipedia, the encyclopedia that anyone can see and edit, might be the most instructive model available to help congregations dev