http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ en Vox Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:23:51 -0800 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/evangelism-or-mass-marketing.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Corey Sharpe) http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/evangelism-or-mass-marketing.html?_c=feed-rss http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/evangelism-or-mass-marketing.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:23:51 -0800 Rethink Church is the new outreach plan released on May 6 by United Methodist Communications. A website dedicated to seekers ages 18-34, www.10thousanddoors.org uses images of doors, demonstrating numerous ways one can enter into a relationship w... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/evangelism-or-mass-marketing.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c47e9b00050123ddeaf812860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/wesleys-general-rules-not-programs.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Corey Sharpe) http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/wesleys-general-rules-not-programs.html?_c=feed-rss http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/wesleys-general-rules-not-programs.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:38:08 -0700 The United Methodist Church should seriously consider the place of the General Rules in forming its identity as the people of God in the world. More specifically, we should explore how these rules functioned in the Methodist movement not onl... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/wesleys-general-rules-not-programs.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c47e9b00050123ddca472e860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/umc-connectionalism-or-corporatism.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Corey Sharpe) http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/umc-connectionalism-or-corporatism.html?_c=feed-rss http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/umc-connectionalism-or-corporatism.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:56:20 -0700 One element within the Wesleyan/Methodist tradition that might clarify what it means to be the people of God is the practice or principle of connectionalism. In the early Methodist movement, connectionalism referred to a basic set of practic... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/umc-connectionalism-or-corporatism.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c47e9b00050123ddc3255e860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/is-there-an-alternative-vision-to-the-market-oriented-church.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Corey Sharpe) http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/is-there-an-alternative-vision-to-the-market-oriented-church.html?_c=feed-rss http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/is-there-an-alternative-vision-to-the-market-oriented-church.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:29:18 -0700 How do we resist the placement of religion in the private sphere and subvert the impulsive focus on the needs of the individual? What shapes our conversations about what the church is and should be – the Gospel, or the all-encompassing market? ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/is-there-an-alternative-vision-to-the-market-oriented-church.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c47e9b00050123dda717b2860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> church postmodernism united methodist church ecclesiology market economies http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/john-wesley---church-growth-expert.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Corey Sharpe) http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/john-wesley---church-growth-expert.html?_c=feed-rss http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/john-wesley---church-growth-expert.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:53:25 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398c47e9b00050123ddcdadfa860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00e398c47e9b00050123ddcdadfa860d-50si" alt="Church_growth" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> One aspect of modern United Methodism is to consider the church in functional terms. More specifically, a church is successful when it effectively facilitates the spiritual growth of individuals. Such “success” is noticeable through membership, ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/john-wesley---church-growth-expert.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c47e9b00050123f163c5b3860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/emergent-united-methodism.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Corey Sharpe) http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/emergent-united-methodism.html?_c=feed-rss http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/emergent-united-methodism.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:14:29 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/book/6a00e398c47e9b000501240b5d5951860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00e398c47e9b000501240b5d5951860e-50si" alt="Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Community in Postmodern Cultures" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> A few years ago, I became interested in the Emergent Church movement, which represents (among other things) an ongoing experiment with cross-traditional liturgical and formative Christian practices. The United Methodist Church has also shown in... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/emergent-united-methodism.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c47e9b00050123ddb70195860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> emergent church emergent umc http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/a-more-nimble-united-methodist-church-or-niche-marketing.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Corey Sharpe) http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/a-more-nimble-united-methodist-church-or-niche-marketing.html?_c=feed-rss http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/a-more-nimble-united-methodist-church-or-niche-marketing.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:55:49 -0700 In an address to the Council of Bishops in 2007, Council President, Bishop Janice Riggle Huie suggested, “United Methodists need to get past their perception of themselves as an institution and once again become a movement that responds nimbly to... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/a-more-nimble-united-methodist-church-or-niche-marketing.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c47e9b00050110186d8b06860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/are-we-all-slaves-to-debt.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Corey Sharpe) http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/are-we-all-slaves-to-debt.html?_c=feed-rss http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/are-we-all-slaves-to-debt.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:44:12 -0700 Usually it's the Left (religious and political) condemning advertising and consumerism. The Right, in response, tends to characterize these as the free market in action. Similarly, we hear the Left ranting about corporate control of the media... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/are-we-all-slaves-to-debt.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c47e9b00050110169020f8860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/evangelism-or-niche-marketing.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Corey Sharpe) http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/evangelism-or-niche-marketing.html?_c=feed-rss http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/evangelism-or-niche-marketing.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:57:15 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398c47e9b00050110186789af860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e398c47e9b00050110186789af860f-50si" alt="Retro TV Commercial" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> In The( Magic) Kingdom of God, Michael Budde describes the transformation of capitalism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Facing diminishing returns from mass-market production, capitalism shifted to new strategies to sustai... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/evangelism-or-niche-marketing.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c47e9b0005011016484c7d860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> theology ecclesiology niche marketing post fordism http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/serving-christ-or-the-market.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Corey Sharpe) http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/serving-christ-or-the-market.html?_c=feed-rss http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/serving-christ-or-the-market.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:34:44 -0700 In his book Another City, Barry Harvey mentions two places in modern societies where the Church seeks legitimation—the state and the market. Regarding the state, Harvey argues that most post-Reformation churches continue to embrace some form of ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://umcsharpe.vox.com/library/post/serving-christ-or-the-market.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398c47e9b0005011016c529f9860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p>