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Discontented With Status Quo

Five Choices Of Those Discontented With Status Quo 1. Choose to be a reformer within the system. 2. Remain in the system but find other meaningful outlets 3. Drop out of the system. 4. Transfer and commit to another system. 5. Leave and create anew. (Lyle Schaller; Strategies for Change; pg. 110-111) Sooner or later [...]

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Growth stalls, falls for largest U.S. churches

According to Richard Yeakley, of the Religion News Service, Mainline Protestant denominations in the United States continue their decades-long membership decline, while the membership in Pentecostal churches is on the rise. This is based on new figures compiled by the National Council of Churches. The largest Religious groups are: 1. The Catholic Church: 68.5 million, [...]

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How to Change Behavior

There is a set of stairs, with a moving escalator next to it …. both of which lead to the same spot on the floor of the upper level. At first no one took the stairs, almost 97% of the people took the escalator. Okay. I think that could be a normal expected result. Then [...]

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