Category: Movement Building
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Water for Christmas
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Charity:Water reflects the power of social entrepreneurship and the kinds of causes that are capturing the imagination of…
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The Social Capitalist Awards
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For the past five years, Fast Company has granted “Social Capitalist Awards” to organizations that combine social impact…
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God’s Will to Be Known
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I ran across the following quote in “The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible’s Grand Narrative” (Christopher J.…
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Check out Movementbuilders.com
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Check out Shane Walton’s Movement Builders blog. I’m loving everything I’m reading there. Because Shane is focusing on…
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The Lessons of Social Networks
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The research into network science has led to some new ways of thinking about social behavior. This research…
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Equipping God’s People — One by One
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Sue Mallory, executive director of Leadership Training Network, understands the importance of strategically structuring churches so that they…
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General Lee and Movement Leadership
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I’ve been working my way thru General Lee’s Army by Glatthaar these last three weeks during our Gettysburg…
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Mott on Movements Part I
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John Mott, global Christian statesman and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946 for developing volunteer Protestant…
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A Plea for Labs
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I’m still wanting to explore a Blue Oceans approach to Movement Building. Ran across the following article which…
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Blue Ocean Movements
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In response to Hirsch’s challenge (last post) to go after the "populations" for which the typical models,…
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Hirsch, Einstein, and Movements
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Well, I’ve been on the road for the last month and am just beginning to capture some thots.…
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Foster Experimentation, Create Connections, Feed the System
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“People do not need the intricate directions, time lines, plans, and organization charts that we thought we had…
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The Essentials of Church Planting Movements
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“Church Planting Movements”, according to New Generations International, are characterized by these essential elements. I adapted them for…
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Integrated Thinking and Movement Building
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I’m wondering whether movement building requires integrated thinking. In his book, “The Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win…
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Discipling and Coaching Approach of Jesus–Ralph Moore
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For starters, Jesus chose ordinary people.There was no attempt to reach the rich and famous in order to…
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Ralph Moore on Movements
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Steve Addison (praying for you, bro) captured some of Ralph Moore‘s thots on Movements and Movement Building. I’m…
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Works of Mercy and Justice
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Thoughts on Revival – from Dynamics of Spiritual Life, by Richard Lovelace “Jonathan Edwards was especially concerned to…
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Required Reading: Creating a Better Hour
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I recently began reading "Creating the Better Hour: Lessons from William Wilberforce" (Stroud & Hall Publishers) and am…
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Movement Leadership
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Dan McCarthy posted the following summary of best advice on leadership taken from 136 leaders. He distilled his…
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How to Kill a Movement
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Sam Metcalf at UnderTheIceberg posted the following list on How To Kill a Movement: 1. Require education for…
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Bonhoeffer at Christmas
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Occasionally Bonhoeffer waxes poetic. I love this quote, which I read from his A Testament of Freedom. Movement…
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Some Line of Usefulness
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Samuel Wilberforce received the following advice from his “then famous” father, William Wilberforce. The father, concerned for his…
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Effective Partnerships
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I see it over and over. Movements that bring change depend on partnerships. Working together is a Trinitarian…
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A Network Mindset
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Yet another post from Forces for Good. The authors argued that high impact nonprofits nurture networks. A network…
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Inspire Evangelists
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In Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits, Crutchfield and Grant argue that high-impact nonprofits excel…
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Forces for Good–Spiritual Movements as High-Impact Nonprofits
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Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits by Leslie R. Crutchfield and Heather McLeod Grant. Jossey-Bass…
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What we need are ideas!
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In a challenging little book entitled “How to Re-Imagine the World: A Pocket Guide for Practical Visionaries”, Anthony…
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Good To Great applied to Movement Building
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Jim Collin’s bestselling book on organizational behavior, “Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others…
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