Instead of mechanistic, hierarchical leadership structures, perhaps the church should be organically organized, like everything else in creation. Perhaps we should be a billion parts with the same basic mission communicating constantly and working together to be more than we are on our own.
Institutions tend to focus on maintaining what they have. Organisms are preoccupied with growth. We need a structure that allows us to spread like bacteria. We need to be adaptable to every possible situation. We need to be a network of cells and not a chain of command. Finally, we also need to be all about reproduction, not duplication. Church planting is sex, not synthesis. Only new organisms are strong enough to live successfully in their worlds.
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