02377nam 2200505 450 991082111900332120200520144314.01-56699-597-3(CKB)2560000000148242(EBL)1674099(SSID)ssj0001183237(PQKBManifestationID)12553380(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001183237(PQKBWorkID)11185321(PQKB)11457379(MiAaPQ)EBC1674099(Au-PeEL)EBL1674099(CaPaEBR)ebr11143319(OCoLC)881165334(EXLCZ)99256000000014824220160127h20112011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOpen source church making room for the wisdom of all /Landon WhitsittHerndon, Virginia :Alban Institute,2011.©20111 online resource (234 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-56699-412-8 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; NotesOpen 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 devChurch renewalChurch renewal.262.001/7Whitsitt Landon1976-1657361MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821119003321Open source church4010769UNINA