The document discusses the concept of the "reciprocal church" and how reciprocity and social networks are important to communities and churches. It notes that membership in social groups like churches has declined in recent decades. The author argues that churches should consider how they can reciprocate value to their communities in exchange for tax exemptions, in order to strengthen social capital and fulfill their missional purpose.
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1. The Reciprocal Church
Reversing the Decline of the Presbyterian Church:
Addressing the Cause, Practicing the Remedy
April 1, 2010
Kevin Yoho, DMin
General Presbyter, Newark Presbytery
Synod of the Northeast
Presbyterian Church (USA)
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2. The Reciprocal Church
Reversing the Decline of the Presbyterian Church:
Addressing the Cause, Practicing the Remedy
April 1, 2010
Kevin Yoho, DMin
General Presbyter, Newark Presbytery
Synod of the Northeast
Presbyterian Church (USA)
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
3. The Reciprocal Church
Reversing the Decline of the Presbyterian Church:
Addressing the Cause, Practicing the Remedy
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
4. The Reciprocal Church
Reversing the Decline of the Presbyterian Church:
Addressing the Cause, Practicing the Remedy
To Grow the Church Deep and Wide
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5. Our Communities are
Social Networks
Social networks offer
value and define the
qualitative interaction
of any community.
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6. Our Communities are
Social Networks
Social networks offer
value and define the
qualitative interaction
of any community.
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
7. Social Networks Rooted
in Reciprocity
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8. Social Networks Rooted
in Reciprocity
The collective value of
people in social networks
and the benefits from
these networks influence
reciprocal behaviors to
do things for each other.
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9. Social Networks Rooted
in Reciprocity
The collective value of
people in social networks
and the benefits from
these networks influence
reciprocal behaviors to
do things for each other.
This value is called Social
Capital.
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10. Reciprocity and Social Capital
Social Network
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11. Reciprocity and Social Capital
You!
Me Social Network
It’s not about ME. It’s all about YOU!
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12. Reciprocity in Scripture
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13. Reciprocity in Scripture
Numbers 35.34
“Donʼt desecrate the land in which you live. I live here too
—I, GOD, live in the same neighborhood with the People
of Israel.”
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14. Reciprocity in Scripture
Isaiah 49.6
He says, “But thatʼs not a big enough job for my
servant—
just to recover the tribes of Jacob,
merely to round up the strays of Israel.
Iʼm setting you up as a light for the nations
so that my salvation becomes global!”
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15. Reciprocity in Scripture
Jeremiah 29.7
“Make yourselves at home there and work for the
countryʼs welfare.
“Pray for Babylonʼs well-being. If things go well for
Babylon, things will go well for you.”
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16. Reciprocity in Scripture
Luke 6:31
Do to others as you would have them do to you.
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17. Reciprocity in Scripture
Romans 15.26-27
The Greeks—all the way from the Macedonians in the
north to the Achaians in the south—decided they wanted
to take up a collection for the poor among the believers in
Jerusalem. They were happy to do this, but it was also
their duty. Seeing that they got in on all the spiritual gifts
that flowed out of the Jerusalem community so
generously, it is only right that they do what they can to
relieve their poverty.
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18. Reciprocity in Scripture
1Corinthians 9.9-11
Moses wrote, “Donʼt muzzle an ox to keep it from eating
the grain when itʼs threshing.” Do you think Mosesʼ
primary concern was the care of farm animals? Donʼt you
think his concern extends to us? Of course. Farmers plow
and thresh expecting something when the crop comes in.
So if we have planted spiritual seed among you, is it out
of line to expect a meal or two from you?
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19. Reciprocity in Scripture
Galatians 6.6
Be very sure now, you who have been trained to a self-
sufficient maturity, that you enter into a generous common
life with those who have trained you, sharing all the good
things that you have and experience.
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20. Reciprocity in Scripture
Galatians 6.7-8
Donʼt be misled: No one makes a fool of God. What a
person plants, he will harvest. The person who plants
selfishness, ignoring the needs of others—ignoring God!
— harvests a crop of weeds. All heʼll have to show for his
life is weeds! But the one who plants in response to God,
letting Godʼs Spirit do the growth work in him, harvests a
crop of real life, eternal life.
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21. Reciprocity in Scripture
Galatians 6.9
So letʼs not allow ourselves to get fatigued doing good. At
the right time we will harvest a good crop if we donʼt give
up, or quit.
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22. Reciprocity Fuels Mission
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23. Reciprocity and Social Capital
Social Network
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24. Reciprocity and Social Capital
Church!
Community!
Social Network
It’s not about Church; it’s the Community!
For God so loved the … WORLD, that God gave…
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25. Thought
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26. Thought
Evangelism is a
process of
introducing
people to a social/
spiritual
networking
experience with
Jesus Christ
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27. Thought
Evangelism is a Social or Spiritual
process of Capital describes
introducing the flow of
people to a social/ benefits outward
spiritual in the continuum
networking of life-experience
experience with
Jesus Christ
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28. Thought
Evangelism is a Social or Spiritual
process of Capital describes
introducing the flow of
people to a social/ benefits outward
spiritual in the continuum
networking of life-experience
experience with
Jesus Christ Spiritual,
Emotional,
Physical, etc.
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29. Consider this conversation…
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30. Consider this conversation…
A
Government
support?
No.
Of course not.
A
Property
Taxes?
No.
Not at all.
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31. Fact: In Newark Presbytery Alone
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32. Fact: In Newark Presbytery Alone
The equivalent exemption in property taxes for the
presbytery’s forty-one congregational sites exceeds…
$2,000,000
Per Year !
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33. Missional Reciprocity Opportunity
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34. Missional Reciprocity Opportunity
Decades ago, it was clear that any
church in the community added value
to the community that could be
measured as social capital. Tax
exemption can only be understood in
light of the principle of reciprocity.
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35. Missional Reciprocity Opportunity
It is a fair question to ask our
congregations, “In what ways does
the community receive a reciprocal
value in services equal to the “gift”
of property tax relief from the
municipalities?”
This is the opportunity!
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36. Missional Reciprocity Opportunity
Most congregations return
something to the community. The
missional challenge is to invite
every congregation to be
accountable in their ministry and
mission to give, in a reciprocal way,
to their own community.
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37. Where Did The
Social Capital Go?
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38. Where Did The
Social Capital Go?
The research of Dr. Robert Putnam, Harvard
University, helps us quantify forty years of social
capital in North America in his two best sellers,
Bowling Alone (2001) and Better Together (2004).
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39. Where Did The
Social Capital Go?
The research of Dr. Robert Putnam, Harvard
University, helps us quantify forty years of social
capital in North America in his two best sellers,
Bowling Alone (2001) and Better Together (2004).
One indicator of volunteerism’s effectiveness is to
measure group membership.
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
40. Where Did The
Social Capital Go?
The research of Dr. Robert Putnam, Harvard
University, helps us quantify forty years of social
capital in North America in his two best sellers,
Bowling Alone (2001) and Better Together (2004).
One indicator of volunteerism’s effectiveness is to
measure group membership.
Groups include all voluntary associations such as
the PTA, AMA, synagogues, mosques, recreation
clubs, political parties, bowling leagues, etc., and
the church with all its tribes and varieties.
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41. The Data
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42. The Data
Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends
and the DDB Needham Life Style, we learn about Americans'
changing behavior over the past thirty years.
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43. The Data
Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends
and the DDB Needham Life Style, we learn about Americans'
changing behavior over the past thirty years.
We have become increasingly disconnected from
family, friends, neighbors, and social structures,
whether the PTA, church, recreation clubs, political
parties, or bowling leagues.
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
44. The Data
Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends
and the DDB Needham Life Style, we learn about Americans'
changing behavior over the past thirty years.
We have become increasingly disconnected from
family, friends, neighbors, and social structures,
whether the PTA, church, recreation clubs, political
parties, or bowling leagues.
Our shrinking access to the "social capital" reward of
communal activity and community sharing is a
serious threat to our civic and personal health.
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
45. The Data
Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends
and the DDB Needham Life Style, we learn about Americans'
changing behavior over the past thirty years.
We have become increasingly disconnected from
family, friends, neighbors, and social structures,
whether the PTA, church, recreation clubs, political
parties, or bowling leagues.
Our shrinking access to the "social capital" reward of
communal activity and community sharing is a
serious threat to our civic and personal health.
Congregations are part of this trend of decline shared
with all other groups.
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
46. Group Numbers
Total Number of Groups
Total Membership in Groups
Groups
include all
voluntary
associations
such as the
PTA, AMA,
synagogues,
churches,
recreation
clubs,
political
parties, and
bowling
leagues, etc.
(Illustrates
comparative data)
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47. Group Numbers
Total Number of Groups
Total Membership in Groups
Groups
include all
voluntary
associations
such as the
PTA, AMA,
synagogues,
churches,
recreation
clubs,
political
parties, and
bowling
leagues, etc.
(Illustrates
comparative data) 1968 2004
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48. Group Numbers
Total Number of Groups
Total Membership in Groups
Groups
include all
voluntary
associations
such as the
PTA, AMA,
synagogues,
churches,
recreation
clubs,
political
parties, and
bowling
leagues, etc.
(Illustrates
comparative data) 1968 2004
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
49. Group Numbers
Total Number of Groups
Total Membership in Groups
Groups
include all
voluntary
associations
such as the
PTA, AMA,
synagogues,
churches,
recreation
clubs,
political
parties, and
bowling
leagues, etc.
(Illustrates
comparative data) 1968 2004
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
50. Group Numbers
Total Number of Groups
Total Membership in Groups
Groups
include all
voluntary
associations
such as the
PTA, AMA,
synagogues,
churches,
recreation
clubs,
political
parties, and
bowling
leagues, etc.
(Illustrates
comparative data) 1968 2004
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
51. Group Numbers
Total Number of Groups
Total Membership in Groups
Groups
include all
voluntary
associations
such as the
PTA, AMA,
synagogues,
churches,
recreation
clubs,
political
parties, and
bowling
leagues, etc.
(Illustrates
comparative data) 1968 2004
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
52. North Americans Do Not Perceive
Value of Participating in Groups
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53. North Americans Do Not Perceive
Value of Participating in Groups
Stressors exist for all
volunteer associations,
including churches:
More Groups
Fewer Members
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54. North Americans Do Not Perceive
Value of Participating in Groups
Stressors exist for all
volunteer associations,
including churches:
More Groups
Fewer Members
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
55. Group Trends
Presbyterian Church (USA) Membership (millions)
All Other Groups Membership (millions)
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56. Group Trends
Presbyterian Church (USA) Membership (millions)
All Other Groups Membership (millions)
5
4
3
2
1
1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2003 2006 2007
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57. Group Trends
Presbyterian Church (USA) Membership (millions)
All Other Groups Membership (millions)
5
4
3
2
1
1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2003 2006 2007
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
58. Group Trends
Presbyterian Church (USA) Membership (millions)
All Other Groups Membership (millions)
5
4
3
2
1
Presbyterian Church
Membership
1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2003 2006 2007
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59. Group Trends
Presbyterian Church (USA) Membership (millions)
All Other Groups Membership (millions)
100 Years Group Membership
5
4
3
Aggregate Group
Membership
2
1
Presbyterian Church
Membership
1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2003 2006 2007
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60. Group Trends
Presbyterian Church (USA) Membership (millions)
All Other Groups Membership (millions)
100 Years Group Membership
5
4
3
2
1
US Population
0
1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2003 2006 2007
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61. Framework for Missional
Effectiveness
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62. Framework for Missional
Effectiveness
The membership decline of volunteer associations
(such as the church) correlates to their reduced
community involvement, caused by a withdrawal
of social capital.
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
63. Framework for Missional
Effectiveness
The membership decline of volunteer associations
(such as the church) correlates to their reduced
community involvement, caused by a withdrawal
of social capital.
In order for congregations to grow deep and wide,
they must increase their involvement in their
community by re-investing their social capital
(spiritual, emotional, physical, financial, etc.)
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
64. Diminish or Build Church Capacity?
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65. Diminish or Build Church Capacity?
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66. Diminish or Build Church Capacity?
Context of Reason for Remedy for Behaviors to
Frame
Decline Decline Decline Increase
Use Same Skills,
Death Invite People Work Harder
Capacity- Denominational
Transfer into Church Continued
Diminishing Organizational
Role Removal Evangelism Congregational
Frame Theological Self-Absorption
Drifted Away Merge/Dissolve
Church Focus Acquire New
Invite Church
Competencies,
Self-Absorbed into Community
Capacity- Sociological Work Smarter
Community Volunteerism
Building Ecological Be Empowered
Disconnect Focus on Unique and Sent by
Frame Spiritual
Withdrawn Congregational God’s Spirit
Social Capital Vision & Mission
Love Community
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
67. Diminish or Build Church Capacity?
Context of Reason for Remedy for Behaviors to
Frame
Decline Decline Decline Increase
Use Same Skills,
Death Invite People Work Harder
Capacity- Denominational
Transfer into Church Continued
Diminishing Organizational
Role Removal Evangelism Congregational
Frame Theological Self-Absorption
Drifted Away Merge/Dissolve
Church Focus Acquire New
Invite Church
Competencies,
Self-Absorbed into Community
Capacity- Sociological Work Smarter
Community Volunteerism
Building Ecological Be Empowered
Disconnect Focus on Unique and Sent by
Frame Spiritual
Withdrawn Congregational God’s Spirit
Social Capital Vision & Mission
Love Community
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
68. Diminish or Build Church Capacity?
Context of Reason for Remedy for Behaviors to
Frame
Decline Decline Decline Increase
Use Same Skills,
Death Invite People Work Harder
Capacity- Denominational
Transfer into Church Continued
Diminishing Organizational
Role Removal Evangelism Congregational
Frame Theological Self-Absorption
Drifted Away Merge/Dissolve
Church Focus Acquire New
Invite Church
Competencies,
Self-Absorbed into Community
Capacity- Sociological Work Smarter
Community Volunteerism
Building Ecological Be Empowered
Disconnect Focus on Unique and Sent by
Frame Spiritual
Withdrawn Congregational God’s Spirit
Social Capital Vision & Mission
Love Community
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
69. Diminish or Build Church Capacity?
Context of Reason for Remedy for Behaviors to
Frame
Decline Decline Decline Increase
Use Same Skills,
Death Invite People Work Harder
Capacity- Denominational
Transfer into Church Continued
Diminishing Organizational
Role Removal Evangelism Congregational
Frame Theological Self-Absorption
Drifted Away Merge/Dissolve
Church Focus Acquire New
Invite Church
Competencies,
Self-Absorbed into Community
Capacity- Sociological Work Smarter
Community Volunteerism
Building Ecological Be Empowered
Disconnect Focus on Unique and Sent by
Frame Spiritual
Withdrawn Congregational God’s Spirit
Social Capital Vision & Mission
Love Community
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
70. Diminish or Build Church Capacity?
Context of Reason for Remedy for Behaviors to
Frame
Decline Decline Decline Increase
Use Same Skills,
Death Invite People Work Harder
Capacity- Denominational
Transfer into Church Continued
Diminishing Organizational
Role Removal Evangelism Congregational
Frame Theological Self-Absorption
Drifted Away Merge/Dissolve
Church Focus Acquire New
Invite Church
Competencies,
Self-Absorbed into Community
Capacity- Sociological Work Smarter
Community Volunteerism
Building Ecological Be Empowered
Disconnect Focus on Unique and Sent by
Frame Spiritual
Withdrawn Congregational God’s Spirit
Social Capital Vision & Mission
Love Community
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
71. Put Reciprocity Back Into Mission
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72. Put Reciprocity Back Into Mission
We can help lead the volunteer resurgence in
North America as we did 100 years ago being
spiritually empowered as authentic witnesses God
sends into world. How? Here are some ideas...
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
73. Put Reciprocity Back Into Mission
We can help lead the volunteer resurgence in
North America as we did 100 years ago being
spiritually empowered as authentic witnesses God
sends into world. How? Here are some ideas...
Invest social capital back into the community,
reciprocating what community gives to church
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
74. Put Reciprocity Back Into Mission
We can help lead the volunteer resurgence in
North America as we did 100 years ago being
spiritually empowered as authentic witnesses God
sends into world. How? Here are some ideas...
Invest social capital back into the community,
reciprocating what community gives to church
Focus congregation’s unique vision & mission
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
75. Put Reciprocity Back Into Mission
We can help lead the volunteer resurgence in
North America as we did 100 years ago being
spiritually empowered as authentic witnesses God
sends into world. How? Here are some ideas...
Invest social capital back into the community,
reciprocating what community gives to church
Focus congregation’s unique vision & mission
Acquire new leader competencies for healthy
and effective ministries
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
76. Put Reciprocity Back Into Mission
We can help lead the volunteer resurgence in
North America as we did 100 years ago being
spiritually empowered as authentic witnesses God
sends into world. How? Here are some ideas...
Invest social capital back into the community,
reciprocating what community gives to church
Focus congregation’s unique vision & mission
Acquire new leader competencies for healthy
and effective ministries
Engage in civic conversation and presence
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
77. Transforming Trends Into
Missional Opportunities
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78. Transforming Trends Into
Missional Opportunities
The true challenge is not simply inviting the
community to go to church, but challenging the
congregation to go into the community.
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79. Transforming Trends Into
Missional Opportunities
The true challenge is not simply inviting the
community to go to church, but challenging the
congregation to go into the community.
Let’s get the inside of our congregations to go
outside (Jn 1:14) with the Good News of Jesus
Christ in authentic expressions of God’s love.
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80. Transforming Trends Into
Missional Opportunities
The true challenge is not simply inviting the
community to go to church, but challenging the
congregation to go into the community.
Let’s get the inside of our congregations to go
outside (Jn 1:14) with the Good News of Jesus
Christ in authentic expressions of God’s love.
Reverse Decline, Become a Reciprocal Church!
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
81. The Reciprocal Church
Reversing the Decline of the Presbyterian Church:
Addressing the Cause, Practicing the Remedy
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
82. The Reciprocal Church
Reversing the Decline of the Presbyterian Church:
Addressing the Cause, Practicing the Remedy
To Grow the Church Deep and Wide
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
Editor's Notes
Social networks have value
Social capital refers to the collective value of all people in social networks and the benefits from these networks to do things for each other (norms of reciprocity).
Social networks have value
Social capital refers to the collective value of all people in social networks and the benefits from these networks to do things for each other (norms of reciprocity).
Social networks have value
Social capital refers to the collective value of all people in social networks and the benefits from these networks to do things for each other (norms of reciprocity).
What does "social capital" mean?The central premise of social capital is that social networks have value. Social capital refers to the collective value of all "social networks" [who people know] and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for each other, reciprocal behaviors, referred to as "norms of reciprocity".
How does social capital work?The term social capital emphasizes not just warm and cuddly feelings, but a wide variety of specific benefits that flow from the trust, reciprocity, information, and cooperation associated with social networks. Social capital creates value for the people who are connected and for bystanders, as well.
What does "social capital" mean?The central premise of social capital is that social networks have value. Social capital refers to the collective value of all "social networks" [who people know] and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for each other, reciprocal behaviors, referred to as "norms of reciprocity".
How does social capital work?The term social capital emphasizes not just warm and cuddly feelings, but a wide variety of specific benefits that flow from the trust, reciprocity, information, and cooperation associated with social networks. Social capital creates value for the people who are connected and for bystanders, as well.
What does "social capital" mean?The central premise of social capital is that social networks have value. Social capital refers to the collective value of all "social networks" [who people know] and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for each other, reciprocal behaviors, referred to as "norms of reciprocity".
How does social capital work?The term social capital emphasizes not just warm and cuddly feelings, but a wide variety of specific benefits that flow from the trust, reciprocity, information, and cooperation associated with social networks. Social capital creates value for the people who are connected and for bystanders, as well.
What does "social capital" mean?The central premise of social capital is that social networks have value. Social capital refers to the collective value of all "social networks" [who people know] and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for each other, reciprocal behaviors, referred to as "norms of reciprocity".
How does social capital work?The term social capital emphasizes not just warm and cuddly feelings, but a wide variety of specific benefits that flow from the trust, reciprocity, information, and cooperation associated with social networks. Social capital creates value for the people who are connected and for bystanders, as well.
What does "social capital" mean?The central premise of social capital is that social networks have value. Social capital refers to the collective value of all "social networks" [who people know] and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for each other, reciprocal behaviors, referred to as "norms of reciprocity".
How does social capital work?The term social capital emphasizes not just warm and cuddly feelings, but a wide variety of specific benefits that flow from the trust, reciprocity, information, and cooperation associated with social networks. Social capital creates value for the people who are connected and for bystanders, as well.
What does "social capital" mean?The central premise of social capital is that social networks have value. Social capital refers to the collective value of all "social networks" [who people know] and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for each other, reciprocal behaviors, referred to as "norms of reciprocity".
How does social capital work?The term social capital emphasizes not just warm and cuddly feelings, but a wide variety of specific benefits that flow from the trust, reciprocity, information, and cooperation associated with social networks. Social capital creates value for the people who are connected and for bystanders, as well.
What does "social capital" mean?The central premise of social capital is that social networks have value. Social capital refers to the collective value of all "social networks" [who people know] and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for each other, reciprocal behaviors, referred to as "norms of reciprocity".
How does social capital work?The term social capital emphasizes not just warm and cuddly feelings, but a wide variety of specific benefits that flow from the trust, reciprocity, information, and cooperation associated with social networks. Social capital creates value for the people who are connected and for bystanders, as well.
What does "social capital" mean?The central premise of social capital is that social networks have value. Social capital refers to the collective value of all "social networks" [who people know] and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for each other, reciprocal behaviors, referred to as "norms of reciprocity".
How does social capital work?The term social capital emphasizes not just warm and cuddly feelings, but a wide variety of specific benefits that flow from the trust, reciprocity, information, and cooperation associated with social networks. Social capital creates value for the people who are connected and for bystanders, as well.
What does "social capital" mean?The central premise of social capital is that social networks have value. Social capital refers to the collective value of all "social networks" [who people know] and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for each other, reciprocal behaviors, referred to as "norms of reciprocity".
How does social capital work?The term social capital emphasizes not just warm and cuddly feelings, but a wide variety of specific benefits that flow from the trust, reciprocity, information, and cooperation associated with social networks. Social capital creates value for the people who are connected and for bystanders, as well.
What does "social capital" mean?The central premise of social capital is that social networks have value. Social capital refers to the collective value of all "social networks" [who people know] and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for each other, reciprocal behaviors, referred to as "norms of reciprocity".
How does social capital work?The term social capital emphasizes not just warm and cuddly feelings, but a wide variety of specific benefits that flow from the trust, reciprocity, information, and cooperation associated with social networks. Social capital creates value for the people who are connected and for bystanders, as well.
What does "social capital" mean?The central premise of social capital is that social networks have value. Social capital refers to the collective value of all "social networks" [who people know] and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for each other, reciprocal behaviors, referred to as "norms of reciprocity".
How does social capital work?The term social capital emphasizes not just warm and cuddly feelings, but a wide variety of specific benefits that flow from the trust, reciprocity, information, and cooperation associated with social networks. Social capital creates value for the people who are connected and for bystanders, as well.
God’s love can be restated as:
God gives Infinite Capital in Jesus Christ
God’s love can be restated as:
God gives Infinite Capital in Jesus Christ
God’s love can be restated as:
God gives Infinite Capital in Jesus Christ
Groups include all voluntary associations such as the PTA, AMA, synagogues, churches, recreation clubs, political parties, and bowling leagues, etc.
Slide Point:
The point is that there are more groups, but dramatically fewer members. The Moveable Feast offers resources to help reverse these discoveries.
Based on statistical research published of Dr. Robert D. Putnam (Harvard University) in his Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2001) and Better Together: Restoring the American Community (2004). Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends and the DDB Needham Life Style -- surveys that report in detail on Americans' changing behavior over the past twenty-five years -- Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and social structures, whether the PTA, church, recreation clubs, political parties, or bowling leagues. Our shrinking access to the "social capital" that is the reward of communal activity and community sharing is a serious threat to our civic and personal health. Congregations are part of this trend of decline shared with all other groups.
Source Data:
http://www.thearda.com/Denoms/Families/Trees/familytree_presbyterian.asp
For more information and the missional implications for the PC(USA), please contact the author:
Dr. Kevin Yoho, General Presbyter
Newark Presbytery
973.429.2500 office
201.207.1544 mobile
Kevin@newarkpresbytery.org
Groups include all voluntary associations such as the PTA, AMA, synagogues, churches, recreation clubs, political parties, and bowling leagues, etc.
Slide Point:
The point is that there are more groups, but dramatically fewer members. The Moveable Feast offers resources to help reverse these discoveries.
Based on statistical research published of Dr. Robert D. Putnam (Harvard University) in his Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2001) and Better Together: Restoring the American Community (2004). Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends and the DDB Needham Life Style -- surveys that report in detail on Americans' changing behavior over the past twenty-five years -- Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and social structures, whether the PTA, church, recreation clubs, political parties, or bowling leagues. Our shrinking access to the "social capital" that is the reward of communal activity and community sharing is a serious threat to our civic and personal health. Congregations are part of this trend of decline shared with all other groups.
Source Data:
http://www.thearda.com/Denoms/Families/Trees/familytree_presbyterian.asp
For more information and the missional implications for the PC(USA), please contact the author:
Dr. Kevin Yoho, General Presbyter
Newark Presbytery
973.429.2500 office
201.207.1544 mobile
Kevin@newarkpresbytery.org
Groups include all voluntary associations such as the PTA, AMA, synagogues, churches, recreation clubs, political parties, and bowling leagues, etc.
Slide Point:
The point is that there are more groups, but dramatically fewer members. The Moveable Feast offers resources to help reverse these discoveries.
Based on statistical research published of Dr. Robert D. Putnam (Harvard University) in his Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2001) and Better Together: Restoring the American Community (2004). Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends and the DDB Needham Life Style -- surveys that report in detail on Americans' changing behavior over the past twenty-five years -- Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and social structures, whether the PTA, church, recreation clubs, political parties, or bowling leagues. Our shrinking access to the "social capital" that is the reward of communal activity and community sharing is a serious threat to our civic and personal health. Congregations are part of this trend of decline shared with all other groups.
Source Data:
http://www.thearda.com/Denoms/Families/Trees/familytree_presbyterian.asp
For more information and the missional implications for the PC(USA), please contact the author:
Dr. Kevin Yoho, General Presbyter
Newark Presbytery
973.429.2500 office
201.207.1544 mobile
Kevin@newarkpresbytery.org
Groups include all voluntary associations such as the PTA, AMA, synagogues, churches, recreation clubs, political parties, and bowling leagues, etc.
Slide Point:
The point is that there are more groups, but dramatically fewer members. The Moveable Feast offers resources to help reverse these discoveries.
Based on statistical research published of Dr. Robert D. Putnam (Harvard University) in his Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2001) and Better Together: Restoring the American Community (2004). Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends and the DDB Needham Life Style -- surveys that report in detail on Americans' changing behavior over the past twenty-five years -- Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and social structures, whether the PTA, church, recreation clubs, political parties, or bowling leagues. Our shrinking access to the "social capital" that is the reward of communal activity and community sharing is a serious threat to our civic and personal health. Congregations are part of this trend of decline shared with all other groups.
Source Data:
http://www.thearda.com/Denoms/Families/Trees/familytree_presbyterian.asp
For more information and the missional implications for the PC(USA), please contact the author:
Dr. Kevin Yoho, General Presbyter
Newark Presbytery
973.429.2500 office
201.207.1544 mobile
Kevin@newarkpresbytery.org
Groups include all voluntary associations such as the PTA, AMA, synagogues, churches, recreation clubs, political parties, and bowling leagues, etc.
Slide Point:
The point is that there are more groups, but dramatically fewer members. The Moveable Feast offers resources to help reverse these discoveries.
Based on statistical research published of Dr. Robert D. Putnam (Harvard University) in his Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2001) and Better Together: Restoring the American Community (2004). Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends and the DDB Needham Life Style -- surveys that report in detail on Americans' changing behavior over the past twenty-five years -- Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and social structures, whether the PTA, church, recreation clubs, political parties, or bowling leagues. Our shrinking access to the "social capital" that is the reward of communal activity and community sharing is a serious threat to our civic and personal health. Congregations are part of this trend of decline shared with all other groups.
Source Data:
http://www.thearda.com/Denoms/Families/Trees/familytree_presbyterian.asp
For more information and the missional implications for the PC(USA), please contact the author:
Dr. Kevin Yoho, General Presbyter
Newark Presbytery
973.429.2500 office
201.207.1544 mobile
Kevin@newarkpresbytery.org
Slide Point:
The point is that Presbyterian Church membership decline is NOT a Presbyterian problem, but a sociological one.
It is critical in the transformation process to put “our” decline in its social context so that congregational responses to this decline can be relevant, effective, and contextually relevant. The negativity and defensiveness that often describes the PC(USA) membership and leadership can be mitigated and even turned around to positive and creative responses when we realize that only through contextual and collaborative transformation efforts can these trends be reversed.
Based on statistical research published of Dr. Robert D. Putnam (Harvard University) in his Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2001) and Better Together: Restoring the American Community (2004). Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends and the DDB Needham Life Style -- surveys that report in detail on Americans' changing behavior over the past twenty-five years -- Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and social structures, whether the PTA, church, recreation clubs, political parties, or bowling leagues. Our shrinking access to the "social capital" that is the reward of communal activity and community sharing is a serious threat to our civic and personal health. Congregations are part of this trend of decline shared with all other groups.
Source Data:
Presbyterian Church data is in millions of members, composited to include various streams of PC(USA). data sets found at: datahttp://www.thearda.com/Denoms/Families/Trees/familytree_presbyterian.asp
All Other Group Data: data is 10x million of members, Robert Putnam, data sets found at: http://www.bowlingalone.com/data.php3
For more information and the missional implications for the PC(USA), please contact the author:
Dr. Kevin Yoho, General Presbyter
Newark Presbytery
973.429.2500 office
201.207.1544 mobile
kevin@newarkpresbytery.org
Slide Point:
The point is that Presbyterian Church membership decline is NOT a Presbyterian problem, but a sociological one.
It is critical in the transformation process to put “our” decline in its social context so that congregational responses to this decline can be relevant, effective, and contextually relevant. The negativity and defensiveness that often describes the PC(USA) membership and leadership can be mitigated and even turned around to positive and creative responses when we realize that only through contextual and collaborative transformation efforts can these trends be reversed.
Based on statistical research published of Dr. Robert D. Putnam (Harvard University) in his Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2001) and Better Together: Restoring the American Community (2004). Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends and the DDB Needham Life Style -- surveys that report in detail on Americans' changing behavior over the past twenty-five years -- Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and social structures, whether the PTA, church, recreation clubs, political parties, or bowling leagues. Our shrinking access to the "social capital" that is the reward of communal activity and community sharing is a serious threat to our civic and personal health. Congregations are part of this trend of decline shared with all other groups.
Source Data:
Presbyterian Church data is in millions of members, composited to include various streams of PC(USA). data sets found at: datahttp://www.thearda.com/Denoms/Families/Trees/familytree_presbyterian.asp
All Other Group Data: data is 10x million of members, Robert Putnam, data sets found at: http://www.bowlingalone.com/data.php3
For more information and the missional implications for the PC(USA), please contact the author:
Dr. Kevin Yoho, General Presbyter
Newark Presbytery
973.429.2500 office
201.207.1544 mobile
kevin@newarkpresbytery.org
Slide Point:
The point is that Presbyterian Church membership decline is NOT a Presbyterian problem, but a sociological one.
It is critical in the transformation process to put “our” decline in its social context so that congregational responses to this decline can be relevant, effective, and contextually relevant. The negativity and defensiveness that often describes the PC(USA) membership and leadership can be mitigated and even turned around to positive and creative responses when we realize that only through contextual and collaborative transformation efforts can these trends be reversed.
Based on statistical research published of Dr. Robert D. Putnam (Harvard University) in his Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2001) and Better Together: Restoring the American Community (2004). Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends and the DDB Needham Life Style -- surveys that report in detail on Americans' changing behavior over the past twenty-five years -- Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and social structures, whether the PTA, church, recreation clubs, political parties, or bowling leagues. Our shrinking access to the "social capital" that is the reward of communal activity and community sharing is a serious threat to our civic and personal health. Congregations are part of this trend of decline shared with all other groups.
Source Data:
Presbyterian Church data is in millions of members, composited to include various streams of PC(USA). data sets found at: datahttp://www.thearda.com/Denoms/Families/Trees/familytree_presbyterian.asp
All Other Group Data: data is 10x million of members, Robert Putnam, data sets found at: http://www.bowlingalone.com/data.php3
For more information and the missional implications for the PC(USA), please contact the author:
Dr. Kevin Yoho, General Presbyter
Newark Presbytery
973.429.2500 office
201.207.1544 mobile
kevin@newarkpresbytery.org
Slide Point:
The point is that Presbyterian Church membership decline is NOT a Presbyterian problem, but a sociological one.
It is critical in the transformation process to put “our” decline in its social context so that congregational responses to this decline can be relevant, effective, and contextually relevant. The negativity and defensiveness that often describes the PC(USA) membership and leadership can be mitigated and even turned around to positive and creative responses when we realize that only through contextual and collaborative transformation efforts can these trends be reversed.
Based on statistical research published of Dr. Robert D. Putnam (Harvard University) in his Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2001) and Better Together: Restoring the American Community (2004). Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends and the DDB Needham Life Style -- surveys that report in detail on Americans' changing behavior over the past twenty-five years -- Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and social structures, whether the PTA, church, recreation clubs, political parties, or bowling leagues. Our shrinking access to the "social capital" that is the reward of communal activity and community sharing is a serious threat to our civic and personal health. Congregations are part of this trend of decline shared with all other groups.
Source Data:
Presbyterian Church data is in millions of members, composited to include various streams of PC(USA). data sets found at: datahttp://www.thearda.com/Denoms/Families/Trees/familytree_presbyterian.asp
All Other Group Data: data is 10x million of members, Robert Putnam, data sets found at: http://www.bowlingalone.com/data.php3
For more information and the missional implications for the PC(USA), please contact the author:
Dr. Kevin Yoho, General Presbyter
Newark Presbytery
973.429.2500 office
201.207.1544 mobile
kevin@newarkpresbytery.org
Slide Point:
The point is that Presbyterian Church membership decline is NOT a Presbyterian problem, but a sociological one.
It is critical in the transformation process to put “our” decline in its social context so that congregational responses to this decline can be relevant, effective, and contextually relevant. The negativity and defensiveness that often describes the PC(USA) membership and leadership can be mitigated and even turned around to positive and creative responses when we realize that only through contextual and collaborative transformation efforts can these trends be reversed.
Based on statistical research published of Dr. Robert D. Putnam (Harvard University) in his Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2001) and Better Together: Restoring the American Community (2004). Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends and the DDB Needham Life Style -- surveys that report in detail on Americans' changing behavior over the past twenty-five years -- Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and social structures, whether the PTA, church, recreation clubs, political parties, or bowling leagues. Our shrinking access to the "social capital" that is the reward of communal activity and community sharing is a serious threat to our civic and personal health. Congregations are part of this trend of decline shared with all other groups.
Source Data:
Presbyterian Church data is in millions of members, composited to include various streams of PC(USA). data sets found at: datahttp://www.thearda.com/Denoms/Families/Trees/familytree_presbyterian.asp
All Other Group Data: data is 10x million of members, Robert Putnam, data sets found at: http://www.bowlingalone.com/data.php3
For more information and the missional implications for the PC(USA), please contact the author:
Dr. Kevin Yoho, General Presbyter
Newark Presbytery
973.429.2500 office
201.207.1544 mobile
kevin@newarkpresbytery.org
Slide Point:
The point is that Presbyterian Church membership decline is NOT a Presbyterian problem, but a sociological one.
It is critical in the transformation process to put “our” decline in its social context so that congregational responses to this decline can be relevant, effective, and contextually relevant. The negativity and defensiveness that often describes the PC(USA) membership and leadership can be mitigated and even turned around to positive and creative responses when we realize that only through contextual and collaborative transformation efforts can these trends be reversed.
Based on statistical research published of Dr. Robert D. Putnam (Harvard University) in his Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2001) and Better Together: Restoring the American Community (2004). Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends and the DDB Needham Life Style -- surveys that report in detail on Americans' changing behavior over the past twenty-five years -- Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and social structures, whether the PTA, church, recreation clubs, political parties, or bowling leagues. Our shrinking access to the "social capital" that is the reward of communal activity and community sharing is a serious threat to our civic and personal health. Congregations are part of this trend of decline shared with all other groups.
Source Data:
Presbyterian Church data is in millions of members, composited to include various streams of PC(USA). data sets found at: datahttp://www.thearda.com/Denoms/Families/Trees/familytree_presbyterian.asp
All Other Group Data: data is 10x million of members, Robert Putnam, data sets found at: http://www.bowlingalone.com/data.php3
For more information and the missional implications for the PC(USA), please contact the author:
Dr. Kevin Yoho, General Presbyter
Newark Presbytery
973.429.2500 office
201.207.1544 mobile
kevin@newarkpresbytery.org
Slide Point:
The point is that Presbyterian Church membership decline is NOT a Presbyterian problem, but a sociological one.
It is critical in the transformation process to put “our” decline in its social context so that congregational responses to this decline can be relevant, effective, and contextually relevant. The negativity and defensiveness that often describes the PC(USA) membership and leadership can be mitigated and even turned around to positive and creative responses when we realize that only through contextual and collaborative transformation efforts can these trends be reversed.
Based on statistical research published of Dr. Robert D. Putnam (Harvard University) in his Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2001) and Better Together: Restoring the American Community (2004). Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends and the DDB Needham Life Style -- surveys that report in detail on Americans' changing behavior over the past twenty-five years -- Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and social structures, whether the PTA, church, recreation clubs, political parties, or bowling leagues. Our shrinking access to the "social capital" that is the reward of communal activity and community sharing is a serious threat to our civic and personal health. Congregations are part of this trend of decline shared with all other groups.
Source Data:
Presbyterian Church data is in millions of members, composited to include various streams of PC(USA). data sets found at: datahttp://www.thearda.com/Denoms/Families/Trees/familytree_presbyterian.asp
All Other Group Data: data is 10x million of members, Robert Putnam, data sets found at: http://www.bowlingalone.com/data.php3
For more information and the missional implications for the PC(USA), please contact the author:
Dr. Kevin Yoho, General Presbyter
Newark Presbytery
973.429.2500 office
201.207.1544 mobile
kevin@newarkpresbytery.org
Slide Point:
The point is that Presbyterian Church membership decline is NOT a Presbyterian problem, but a sociological one.
It is critical in the transformation process to put “our” decline in its social context so that congregational responses to this decline can be relevant, effective, and contextually relevant. The negativity and defensiveness that often describes the PC(USA) membership and leadership can be mitigated and even turned around to positive and creative responses when we realize that only through contextual and collaborative transformation efforts can these trends be reversed.
Based on statistical research published of Dr. Robert D. Putnam (Harvard University) in his Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2001) and Better Together: Restoring the American Community (2004). Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends and the DDB Needham Life Style -- surveys that report in detail on Americans' changing behavior over the past twenty-five years -- Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and social structures, whether the PTA, church, recreation clubs, political parties, or bowling leagues. Our shrinking access to the "social capital" that is the reward of communal activity and community sharing is a serious threat to our civic and personal health. Congregations are part of this trend of decline shared with all other groups.
Source Data:
Presbyterian Church data is in millions of members, composited to include various streams of PC(USA). data sets found at: datahttp://www.thearda.com/Denoms/Families/Trees/familytree_presbyterian.asp
All Other Group Data: data is 10x million of members, Robert Putnam, data sets found at: http://www.bowlingalone.com/data.php3
For more information and the missional implications for the PC(USA), please contact the author:
Dr. Kevin Yoho, General Presbyter
Newark Presbytery
973.429.2500 office
201.207.1544 mobile
kevin@newarkpresbytery.org
Slide Point:
The point is that Presbyterian Church membership decline is NOT a Presbyterian problem, but a sociological one.
It is critical in the transformation process to put “our” decline in its social context so that congregational responses to this decline can be relevant, effective, and contextually relevant. The negativity and defensiveness that often describes the PC(USA) membership and leadership can be mitigated and even turned around to positive and creative responses when we realize that only through contextual and collaborative transformation efforts can these trends be reversed.
Based on statistical research published of Dr. Robert D. Putnam (Harvard University) in his Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2001) and Better Together: Restoring the American Community (2004). Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends and the DDB Needham Life Style -- surveys that report in detail on Americans' changing behavior over the past twenty-five years -- Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and social structures, whether the PTA, church, recreation clubs, political parties, or bowling leagues. Our shrinking access to the "social capital" that is the reward of communal activity and community sharing is a serious threat to our civic and personal health. Congregations are part of this trend of decline shared with all other groups.
Source Data:
Presbyterian Church data is in millions of members, composited to include various streams of PC(USA). data sets found at: datahttp://www.thearda.com/Denoms/Families/Trees/familytree_presbyterian.asp
All Other Group Data: data is 10x million of members, Robert Putnam, data sets found at: http://www.bowlingalone.com/data.php3
For more information and the missional implications for the PC(USA), please contact the author:
Dr. Kevin Yoho, General Presbyter
Newark Presbytery
973.429.2500 office
201.207.1544 mobile
kevin@newarkpresbytery.org
Slide Point:
The point is that Presbyterian Church membership decline is NOT a Presbyterian problem, but a sociological one.
It is critical in the transformation process to put “our” decline in its social context so that congregational responses to this decline can be relevant, effective, and contextually relevant. The negativity and defensiveness that often describes the PC(USA) membership and leadership can be mitigated and even turned around to positive and creative responses when we realize that only through contextual and collaborative transformation efforts can these trends be reversed.
Based on statistical research published of Dr. Robert D. Putnam (Harvard University) in his Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2001) and Better Together: Restoring the American Community (2004). Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends and the DDB Needham Life Style -- surveys that report in detail on Americans' changing behavior over the past twenty-five years -- Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and social structures, whether the PTA, church, recreation clubs, political parties, or bowling leagues. Our shrinking access to the "social capital" that is the reward of communal activity and community sharing is a serious threat to our civic and personal health. Congregations are part of this trend of decline shared with all other groups.
Source Data:
Presbyterian Church data is in millions of members, composited to include various streams of PC(USA). data sets found at: datahttp://www.thearda.com/Denoms/Families/Trees/familytree_presbyterian.asp
All Other Group Data: data is 10x million of members, Robert Putnam, data sets found at: http://www.bowlingalone.com/data.php3
For more information and the missional implications for the PC(USA), please contact the author:
Dr. Kevin Yoho, General Presbyter
Newark Presbytery
973.429.2500 office
201.207.1544 mobile
kevin@newarkpresbytery.org
Slide Point:
The point is that Presbyterian Church membership decline is NOT a Presbyterian problem, but a sociological one.
It is critical in the transformation process to put “our” decline in its social context so that congregational responses to this decline can be relevant, effective, and contextually relevant. The negativity and defensiveness that often describes the PC(USA) membership and leadership can be mitigated and even turned around to positive and creative responses when we realize that only through contextual and collaborative transformation efforts can these trends be reversed.
Based on statistical research published of Dr. Robert D. Putnam (Harvard University) in his Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2001) and Better Together: Restoring the American Community (2004). Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends and the DDB Needham Life Style -- surveys that report in detail on Americans' changing behavior over the past twenty-five years -- Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and social structures, whether the PTA, church, recreation clubs, political parties, or bowling leagues. Our shrinking access to the "social capital" that is the reward of communal activity and community sharing is a serious threat to our civic and personal health. Congregations are part of this trend of decline shared with all other groups.
Source Data:
Presbyterian Church data is in millions of members, composited to include various streams of PC(USA). data sets found at: datahttp://www.thearda.com/Denoms/Families/Trees/familytree_presbyterian.asp
All Other Group Data: data is 10x million of members, Robert Putnam, data sets found at: http://www.bowlingalone.com/data.php3
For more information and the missional implications for the PC(USA), please contact the author:
Dr. Kevin Yoho, General Presbyter
Newark Presbytery
973.429.2500 office
201.207.1544 mobile
kevin@newarkpresbytery.org
Slide Point:
The point is that Presbyterian Church membership decline is NOT a Presbyterian problem, but a sociological one.
It is critical in the transformation process to put “our” decline in its social context so that congregational responses to this decline can be relevant, effective, and contextually relevant. The negativity and defensiveness that often describes the PC(USA) membership and leadership can be mitigated and even turned around to positive and creative responses when we realize that only through contextual and collaborative transformation efforts can these trends be reversed.
Based on statistical research published of Dr. Robert D. Putnam (Harvard University) in his Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2001) and Better Together: Restoring the American Community (2004). Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends and the DDB Needham Life Style -- surveys that report in detail on Americans' changing behavior over the past twenty-five years -- Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and social structures, whether the PTA, church, recreation clubs, political parties, or bowling leagues. Our shrinking access to the "social capital" that is the reward of communal activity and community sharing is a serious threat to our civic and personal health. Congregations are part of this trend of decline shared with all other groups.
Source Data:
Presbyterian Church data is in millions of members, composited to include various streams of PC(USA). data sets found at: datahttp://www.thearda.com/Denoms/Families/Trees/familytree_presbyterian.asp
All Other Group Data: data is 10x million of members, Robert Putnam, data sets found at: http://www.bowlingalone.com/data.php3
For more information and the missional implications for the PC(USA), please contact the author:
Dr. Kevin Yoho, General Presbyter
Newark Presbytery
973.429.2500 office
201.207.1544 mobile
kevin@newarkpresbytery.org
Slide Point:
The point is that Presbyterian Church membership decline is NOT a Presbyterian problem, but a sociological one.
It is critical in the transformation process to put “our” decline in its social context so that congregational responses to this decline can be relevant, effective, and contextually relevant. The negativity and defensiveness that often describes the PC(USA) membership and leadership can be mitigated and even turned around to positive and creative responses when we realize that only through contextual and collaborative transformation efforts can these trends be reversed.
Based on statistical research published of Dr. Robert D. Putnam (Harvard University) in his Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2001) and Better Together: Restoring the American Community (2004). Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends and the DDB Needham Life Style -- surveys that report in detail on Americans' changing behavior over the past twenty-five years -- Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and social structures, whether the PTA, church, recreation clubs, political parties, or bowling leagues. Our shrinking access to the "social capital" that is the reward of communal activity and community sharing is a serious threat to our civic and personal health. Congregations are part of this trend of decline shared with all other groups.
Source Data:
Presbyterian Church data is in millions of members, composited to include various streams of PC(USA). data sets found at: datahttp://www.thearda.com/Denoms/Families/Trees/familytree_presbyterian.asp
All Other Group Data: data is 10x million of members, Robert Putnam, data sets found at: http://www.bowlingalone.com/data.php3
For more information and the missional implications for the PC(USA), please contact the author:
Dr. Kevin Yoho, General Presbyter
Newark Presbytery
973.429.2500 office
201.207.1544 mobile
kevin@newarkpresbytery.org
Social networks have value
Social capital refers to the collective value of all people in social networks and the benefits from these networks to do things for each other (norms of reciprocity).
Social networks have value
Social capital refers to the collective value of all people in social networks and the benefits from these networks to do things for each other (norms of reciprocity).