The Vanishing Middle

The vanishing middle Church in a post-covenantal context Mark Sayers

SHRINKING CHURCHES

VILLAGE & TRIBE

TRADITIONAL STRUCTURE META STATE, NATION, EMPIRE COMMUNAL Village, Tribe INDIVIDUAL

MOVE TO THE CITY

NEW MODELS FOR NEW CITIES

TRADITIONAL STRUCTURE META STATE, NATION, EMPIRE COMMUNAL GUILD, CHURCH, VILLAGE, TRIBE, TRADE, LODGE, FAMILY, MARRIAGE, CLAN, CLUB, ASSOCIATION, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MARKET, VOLUNTEERS, UNIONS, FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. INDIVIDUAL

Guilds Red Cross Friendly Societies Societies Kiwanis Rotary Masons Rotary Probus Clubs Country Women's assoc. Alumni Burial Societies Fraternities & Sororities Political Parties Temperance Movements Clubs

TRADITIONAL STRUCTURE META STATE, NATION, EMPIRE COMMUNAL – VOLUNTEERISM COVENANTALITY DUTY & SERVICE INDIVIDUAL

QUANTAM CHANGE 1962-1970

POST-COVENANTAL

BROADCAST & ENTERTAINMENT

ME-ISM

CONTEMPORARY STRUCTURE META STATE, NATION, CORPORATION, MASS MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY/INTERNET, UNIVERSITY, CITY. COMMUNAL/COVENANTAL INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS, FREEDOM, CHOICE, PERSONAL HAPPINESS

GROWTH OF NON- EUROPEAN CHURCH

NEW URBAN TRIBES

CONNECTED? THE NEW INDIVIDUALISM

META + INDIVIDUAL – COMMUNAL/COVENANTAL =

ISOLATION

USING COVENANTALITY AS A RESOURCE

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The Vanishing Middle

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