\u00deegar lokafrestur n\u00e1lgast \u00e1 verkefnum \u00ed sk\u00f3lanum er alltaf freistandi a\u00f0 gera eitthva\u00f0 allt anna\u00f0. N\u00fa b\u00ed\u00f0ur m\u00edn a\u00f0 lj\u00faka vi\u00f0 kynningarefni um L\u00father \u00ed kirkjus\u00f6gu og \u00fev\u00ed lj\u00f3st a\u00f0 \u00feankar um mat \u00e1 kirkjustarfi og ranns\u00f3knir \u00e1 g\u00e6\u00f0um \u00feess er \u00fea\u00f0 sem \u00e9g \u00e6tla a\u00f0 skrifa um.
\n\u00c1 skrifbor\u00f0i d\u00f3ttur minnar (\u00e9g \u00e1 ekki mitt eigi\u00f0) er n\u00fana b\u00f3kin “Natural Church Development” eftir Christian A. Schwarz, h\u00fan er til \u00ed \u00edslenskri \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ingu hj\u00e1 a\u00f0ventistum, en \u00e9g man ekki heiti\u00f0 \u00ed augnablikinu. \u00cd b\u00f3kinni kynnir Schwarz nokkur einkenni veluppbygg\u00f0ra og starfh\u00e6fra safna\u00f0a. Hugmyndir hans spretta upp \u00far Church Growth hreyfingunni \u00ed BNA, en tekur tillit, a\u00f0 eigin s\u00f6gn, til \u00feeirrar gagnr\u00fdni a\u00f0 v\u00f6xtur s\u00e9 ekki endilega g\u00f3\u00f0ur m\u00e6likvar\u00f0i \u00e1 g\u00e6\u00f0i starfs.
\nSchwartz byggir rit sitt \u00e1 ranns\u00f3knum \u00e1 1100 s\u00f6fnu\u00f0um \u00ed 32 l\u00f6ndum. Hann leggur \u00e1herslu \u00e1 menningarlegan og landfr\u00e6\u00f0ilegan mun \u00e1 umhverfi safna\u00f0anna, a\u00f0 eigin s\u00f6gn, og \u00fea\u00f0 ver\u00f0ur a\u00f0 segjast a\u00f0 ni\u00f0urst\u00f6\u00f0urnar eru um margt \u00e1hugaver\u00f0ar, \u00fe\u00f3 \u00e9g hafi enn a\u00f0eins skima\u00f0 b\u00f3kina l\u00edtillega. Hann greinir \u00ed ritinu s\u00f6fnu\u00f0ina \u00ed fj\u00f3ra meginflokka, \u00fear sem \u00e1 x-\u00e1snum er m\u00e6ldur v\u00f6xtur og \u00e1 y-\u00e1s er tala\u00f0 um g\u00e6\u00f0i. Hvernig \u00feetta er m\u00e6lt hyggst \u00e9g ekki fjalla um h\u00e9r.
\nHins vegar er fyrsta fullyr\u00f0ingin sem hann fjallar um \u00e1hugaver\u00f0. \u00cd lj\u00f3s kemur a\u00f0 \u00ed h\u00f3pi \u00feeirra presta sem starfa \u00ed kirkjum sem eru sta\u00f0na\u00f0ar og bj\u00f3\u00f0a upp \u00e1 l\u00edtil g\u00e6\u00f0i \u00ed starfi hafa 85% loki\u00f0 formlegri gu\u00f0fr\u00e6\u00f0imenntun (sem er reyndar ekki skilgreind n\u00e1nar). \u00deeir s\u00f6fnu\u00f0ir hins vegar sem eru vaxandi og bj\u00f3\u00f0a upp \u00e1 vanda\u00f0 starf (skv. Schwarz) hafa einungis \u00ed 42% tilvika lei\u00f0toga me\u00f0 formlega gu\u00f0fr\u00e6\u00f0imenntun. Eins er athyglisvert \u00fevert \u00e1 kenningar kirkjuvaxtarhreyfingarinnar a\u00f0 \u00feeir s\u00f6fnu\u00f0ir sem vaxa byggja s\u00ed\u00f0ur \u00e1 markmi\u00f0smi\u00f0u\u00f0um lei\u00f0togum, en leggja meira upp \u00far samskiptum og \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 kalla sem flesta til \u00e1hrifa. \u00deannig er hugmyndin um sterkan alr\u00e1\u00f0an lei\u00f0toga, sem vi\u00f0 sj\u00e1um oft v\u00edsa\u00f0 til, alls ekki sterkari \u00ed kirkjum \u00ed vexti, heldur en hnignandi kirkjum.
\nNi\u00f0urst\u00f6\u00f0ur Schwarz eru fleiri, margar tala beint inn \u00ed veruleika \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0kirkjunnar \u00e1 \u00cdslandi \u00e1 sorglegan h\u00e1tt. Hins vegar er mikilv\u00e6gt a\u00f0 gl\u00edma vi\u00f0 st\u00f6\u00f0u \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0kirkjunnar \u00ed lj\u00f3si svona ranns\u00f3kna, hvort sem vi\u00f0 teljum a\u00f0 v\u00f6xtur s\u00e9 mikilv\u00e6gur e\u00f0a ekki, og hvort sem vi\u00f0 teljum a\u00f0 g\u00e6\u00f0i eins og \u00feau eru m\u00e6ld \u00ed tilfelli Schwarz skipti m\u00e1li. \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0kirkjan er ekki eyland, h\u00fan \u00fearf a\u00f0 svara hva\u00f0 h\u00fan vill me\u00f0 vi\u00f0skeytinu -kirkja.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00deegar lokafrestur n\u00e1lgast \u00e1 verkefnum \u00ed sk\u00f3lanum er alltaf freistandi a\u00f0 gera eitthva\u00f0 allt anna\u00f0. N\u00fa b\u00ed\u00f0ur m\u00edn a\u00f0 lj\u00faka vi\u00f0 kynningarefni um L\u00father \u00ed kirkjus\u00f6gu og \u00fev\u00ed lj\u00f3st a\u00f0 \u00feankar um mat \u00e1 kirkjustarfi og ranns\u00f3knir \u00e1 g\u00e6\u00f0um \u00feess er \u00fea\u00f0 sem \u00e9g \u00e6tla a\u00f0 skrifa um.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[29],"class_list":["post-397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-islenska","tag-church"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}