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The human brain is phenomenal, complex and unmatched in it's abilities.

It's also largely untapped, and consequently, a bit lazy.

Take the word "church" for example. The mere mention of it immediately conjures up hardened mental models that are extremely difficult to break out of.

So to think outside the mental box requires some work. How exactly would church function if it didn't function like you thought it should?

That's the passion behind UnChurch: Discovering God at work in typically "unchurch" kinds of ways. 

The unTube 

No, it ain't church...at least not like you suspected.

House2House's "How To Do A Workshop" video is well produced and makes some excellent points. The only thing I would add is that the main reason people forget what they hear is because they hear way too much. They key is to find a SIMPLE point and communicate that point in as many ways as possible (questions, discussion, role play, visuals, etc), all the while reiterating the point itself. If you can't completely and thoroughly summarize your point in a simple sentence then you probably have too much material for the setting. By example, here's my summary for this lengthy post: Summarize your presentation in ten words or less. Repeat often.

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Open Wide 

The traditional business organization meets democracy. This may hurt a bit.

This is in the March 2007 issue of FastCompany:

[Ginni] Rometty [who runs IBM's global consulting and services business] has lived through all sorts of theories for organization: vertical, horizontal, matrixed, and now globally integrated. "But in one way or another, they are about hierarchy and rules, and they exist inside monolithic enterprises," she said.

The Church is no different. It lives and breathes on a strict hierarchy. Even so-called "emerging" churches quickly get sucked into the power of the pyramid.

But the UnChurch is different. The UnChurch is, in the words of Rometty, "a world of a billion single-person enterprises--where you organize around an endeavor, to do something."

And the GC2 (Great Commission & Great Commandment) are the most important somethings around which we can organize and collaborate...side-by-side, face-to-face, as equals in the Kingdom.

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Stretch Your Brain...Get UnChurched! 

Books that will help you break free from tired thinking about the Church.

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Connecting Church, The by Randy Frazee

Connecting Church, The by Randy Frazee

Everyone wants to believe in community, but few ar more...0 points

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Revolution by George Barna

Revolution by George Barna

Barna's newest book has raised issues, eyebrows, a more...0 points

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Connecting by Larry Crabb

Connecting by Larry Crabb

This book espouses everything I long to be and to more...0 points

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Design for Community: The Art of Connecting Real People in Virtual Places by Derek M. Powazek

Design for Community: The Art of Connecting Real People in Virtual Places by Derek M. Powazek

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House Church Networks: A Church for a New Generation by Larry Kreider

House Church Networks: A Church for a New Generation by Larry Kreider

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Houses that Change the World by Wolfgang Simson

Houses that Change the World by Wolfgang Simson

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The Fourth Turning by William Strauss

The Fourth Turning by William Strauss

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Organic Church: Growing Faith Where Life Happens by Neil Cole

Organic Church: Growing Faith Where Life Happens by Neil Cole

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Disciple: A Handbook for New Believers by Juan Carlos Ortiz

Disciple: A Handbook for New Believers by Juan Carlos Ortiz

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Celebrating the Third Place: Inspiring Stories About the

Celebrating the Third Place: Inspiring Stories About the "Great Good Places" at the Heart of Our Communities

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Eric Wilbanks was born in 1968 in Columbus,
Georgia. In 1984, Eric and his family moved to Jesup, Georgia. It was there
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