Comments on: Resources in Response to “How Will We Know?” http://albanroundtable.org/archives/668 a virtual gathering place for congregational leaders Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:08:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Scott Davis http://albanroundtable.org/archives/668/comment-page-1#comment-601 Scott Davis Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:38:51 +0000 http://albanroundtable.org/?p=668#comment-601 This article is written well. My only question is: "Do the ends justify the means?" This article is written well.

My only question is: “Do the ends justify the means?”

]]> By: Paul Bischoff http://albanroundtable.org/archives/668/comment-page-1#comment-598 Paul Bischoff Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:16:03 +0000 http://albanroundtable.org/?p=668#comment-598 Sarah: Are we supposed to know? If the church is the counter-cultural organism that it is where capitalistic notions of success do not apply,we may never know the transforming results involved in the Holy Spirit's ways in the lives of individuals and the church. I continue to be disturbed with what appears to be a simple overlay and imposition of business/corporate change theory and success theory translated into religious language. I'm looking for someone at Alban to argue how change occurs within a church without relying on the Harvard Business School's latest and greatest organizational theory. The above article made only one reference to the Holy Spirit; the rest I've read in non-theological, non-Christian business theory classes I've taken where neither the cross, Christ or the church were necessary to have or sustain the conversation. The stuff I read coming out of Alban is 10% theological and 90% business theory. The church requires today a more fair and balanced approach to the work of transformation we are in as a uniquely spiritually transformative process for both individuals and the church-community. Rev. Dr. Paul O. Bischoff Sarah:
Are we supposed to know? If the church is the counter-cultural organism that it is where capitalistic notions of success do not apply,we may never know the transforming results involved in the Holy Spirit’s ways in the lives of individuals and the church. I continue to be disturbed with what appears to be a simple overlay and imposition of business/corporate change theory and success theory translated into religious language. I’m looking for someone at Alban to argue how change occurs within a church without relying on the Harvard Business School’s latest and greatest organizational theory. The above article made only one reference to the Holy Spirit; the rest I’ve read in non-theological, non-Christian business theory classes I’ve taken where neither the cross, Christ or the church were necessary to have or sustain the conversation. The stuff I read coming out of Alban is 10% theological and 90% business theory. The church requires today a more fair and balanced approach to the work of transformation we are in as a uniquely spiritually transformative process for both individuals and the church-community.

Rev. Dr. Paul O. Bischoff

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