Relationships

Mike Regele, a church analyst, suggests, “Authority in the future will be granted to people, not to positions. It will not be enough, and indeed will most likely be counterproductive, to claim authority based upon position.”

Even a church considering the Internet as their new community needs to consider some things.  Clay Shirsky makes these conclusion in a white paper addressing this subject - "This does not mean that hosting community is never worthwhile -- the communal aspects of sites like Slashdot and Kuro5hin are a critical source of their value. It just means that it is hard work, and will require different skills and attitudes than those necessary to run a good broadcast site. Many of the expectations you make about the size, composition, and behavior of audiences when you are in a broadcast mode are actually damaging to community growth. To create an environment conducive to real community, you will have to operate more like a gardener than an architect."

 http://bigthink.com/ideas/41152?page=all

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