22 to be exact. Having lived long enough to say this, I think we 21st century Western Christians tend to err on the side of the pragmatic. If it works, it must be ok, and sometimes the “what works,” doesn’t’ get fully unpacked as to what something works toward. We repeatedly fail to understand that method and technology are not neutral, and that there are unintended consequences directly attached to our methods. This is not to say that they are automatically bad, but rather we need the view to “see down the road” to what may arise as a result of our actions. Because we have the technology and the method to do certain things, does it follow that those things should be done?
Uncool Cool (Cool Uncool)
“Small Churches are seldom smooth, corporate, institutional or cool. That may be one of the coolest things about them.”
Vaters, Karl (2013-01-02). The Grasshopper Myth: Big Churches, Small Churches and the Small Thinking that Divides Us (Kindle Locations 2640-2641). NewSmallChurch.com. Kindle Edition.
What's Better Than Bigger?
Sometimes bigness blinds us to health. This post is from the New Small Church Website.