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| CrazyChurch.com Freely Get. Freely Give. |
Over the last 15 years technology has reduced the cost of replicating and distributing
ideas to almost nothing. The result has been a rate of innovation unlike any before.
One result is that creative ideas from a local church can now be shared for free
with other churches anywhere in the world almost immediately. As a result, many
of the traditional pipelines once needed for sharing ideas are no longer the most
efficient or effective. But the church world hasn’t responded to this new
reality. The architecture of information is broken.
Part of Jesus’ marching orders was, "Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse
those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received, freely give."
Shouldn’t there be a way for creative churches to freely share ideas and tools
God has given them with the church at large? After all, what will change the world
faster, if we keep selling our ideas to each other, or give them away? Not “B-game,
good enough for church” kind of stuff, but the best stuff from the edge of
God’s work. And then see how others spin and mold it for their work. There’s
still a place for some things that need to be sold when there’s no other option.
It just shouldn’t be the first option. We need an open source attitude with
God’s ideas.
It may not work. We’ve certainly heard every argument why this isn’t
doable. But how about we give it a try? If we are out of our mind, it is for the
sake of God.
If we get to the end of our lives and the Internet is mostly known as a place to
get porn for free and sermons for $5, something’s gone terribly wrong.
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