Hello Friend,

People, organizations, even complex organizations like churches, change when they are ready to change. There has to be a readiness to change.  As the Body of Christ, if we focus too heavily on our differences, we cannot learn from one another, cannot collaborate, and cannot commune. If we focus too heavily on the sameness, we stifle individualization and creativity and our unique sent-ness into the world by the Holy Spirit. So the question is not whether all forty-one congregations in Newark Presbytery are large or small; new or old; urban, suburban, ex-urban; predominately mono-cultural or multi-cultural; well financed or lacking in resources; racially and/or ethnically  diverse or not.

The question to ask is: What is common to all of us and what is distinctive.

Take a look at my GP Report. It has links to information and resources and an article entitled, "Readiness to Change The Future." I welcome your conversation.

Sincerely,

Kevin