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Introduction God’s Dreams Finding God’s Story Five Synergies Spiritual Intel Withreach Media Community Connections Coaching Communities Dream Incubators Creating Synergy Begin Where You Are Contact Us
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 David Bornstein in his book, How To Change The World, documents the rise of a new citizen sector (a recent phenomenon hardly existing even a decade ago) made up of restless people seeking to deal with community problems not being solved by existing institutions. They are challenging, either actively or by example, many existing assumptions and forms. He shows how these people, who are “relentless in the pursuit of their visions, will simply not take ‘no’ for an answer and will not give up until they have spread their ideas as far as they possibly can.” He sees this trend as one of the most positive and promising  forces
for transformation. In his book, Revolution, George Barna documents another movement with obvious tieins. He shows how we are in a radical shift of allegiance from traditional local church to other forms of faith nurture and expression (a mix of alternative forms, family and media). Six years ago this was at a 70-30 split, and is continuing to track (within 20 years) toward complete reversal of that ratio, with only 30-35% remaining in traditional expressions! This has enormous societal implications in itself, but put these two movements together and it’s quite revealing. For a transformational leader, it would be counter-productive to circle the wagons and fight the trend. With movements this strong and pervasive it is important to lift the hood and find out what engine is driving them. We need to ask the hard questions, be willing to change and adapt so we can become a guiding, creative force from within these currents of change. > Next | From Clubhouse to Community Impact, Continued |