Organic community is a new book by joseph r. Myers. He also wrote one of my favorite other books titled the "Search to Belong." (thanks Laci for giving me that one)
Both books have been revolutionary for me when it comes to the way i do and think about church, community, small groups, and life. Anyone doing any study on community (tim) should pick these books up as primary reads.
today i am going to give you the basic synopsis of Myer's new book Organic Community: creating a place where people naturally connect. Myers is comparing two different paradigms. The first is that of Master plan community ie. purpose driven... the second is Organic community.
there are 10 chapters in the book:
organic order: moving from master plan to organic order
Patterns: moving form prescriptive to descriptive
Participation: moving from representative to individual
measurement: moving from bottom line to story
growth: moving from bankrupt to sustainable
power: moving form positional to revolving
Coordination: moving from cooperation to collaboration
partners: moving from accountability to edit-ability
language: moving from noun-centric to verb-centric
resources: Moving from scarcity to abundancy
i have much more on this but i am trying to figure out how to upload a chart i did on the book.
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