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Why in the PeaBird World, the male Peacock is more pretty than the female Peahen, whereas in the Human World, the female woman is more pretty than the male man ??
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Friday 22 January 2010
Some Christian organisations will last, some will not
Old Churches such as Anglican, Catholic, Methodist, have existed for a long time. Some Churches, like New Creation, City Harvest, are relatively 'young'.
When an organisation is young, there are few rules and regulations.
As an organisation gets older, 50 years, 100 years, 500 years, an organisational culture develops. The volume of rules, regulations, codes of conduct grows so huge that the organisation may even need an 'Archival Department'!.
Many independent churches were started by zealous and charismatic leaders. But when the first generation leaders passed away, these churches weaken and finally cease to exist.
The first generation lasts about 70 years. The next generation overlaps the previous generation by 30 years and lives another 40 years. The next next generation last another 40 years. Hence 3 generations would mean a total of 70+40+40 = 150 years.
Memories last only 3 generations. We can remember our grandparents in some detail. But we cannot remember our great-grandparents in detail.
Hence, the critical year is about 150. If a church or a religious organisation could survive 150 years, it is likely to live on. An organisation which is less than 150 years old has a high probability of dying out.
So you can expect many Christian organisations, though successful they may be at present, to cease before they reach their critical years equivalent to 3 generations. New religious organisations will always sprang up to take their place.
Are you with an organisation that is less than 3 generations old? Are the first two generations putting in place a robust succession plan?
When an organisation is young, there are few rules and regulations.
As an organisation gets older, 50 years, 100 years, 500 years, an organisational culture develops. The volume of rules, regulations, codes of conduct grows so huge that the organisation may even need an 'Archival Department'!.
Many independent churches were started by zealous and charismatic leaders. But when the first generation leaders passed away, these churches weaken and finally cease to exist.
The first generation lasts about 70 years. The next generation overlaps the previous generation by 30 years and lives another 40 years. The next next generation last another 40 years. Hence 3 generations would mean a total of 70+40+40 = 150 years.
Memories last only 3 generations. We can remember our grandparents in some detail. But we cannot remember our great-grandparents in detail.
Hence, the critical year is about 150. If a church or a religious organisation could survive 150 years, it is likely to live on. An organisation which is less than 150 years old has a high probability of dying out.
So you can expect many Christian organisations, though successful they may be at present, to cease before they reach their critical years equivalent to 3 generations. New religious organisations will always sprang up to take their place.
Are you with an organisation that is less than 3 generations old? Are the first two generations putting in place a robust succession plan?
Friday 15 January 2010
Haiti unites the world (for a moment)
To get quarrelling members of a team to unite, we give the whole team a project with a common objective. As the members work on the project towards that single objective, members put animosity behind them.
Countries of the world are always quarrelling. When God look down from Heaven, He sees a divided world.
I was thinking, perhaps when there is a need to fight off aliens from far-away galaxies attacking earth, the countries of the world will have a common objective to be united.
Haiti had been reduced to nothing by an earthquake 3 days ago. Sadly, Haiti now faced the same destruction as Sodom and Gomorrah, where Lot escaped and his wife turned into a pillar of salt (Gen 19:1-29).
All the countries in the world (well, almost all) are preparing to help. Well, at least the world is united, for a moment.
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