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A 6 page book report on “Beyond the Box: Innovative churches That Work” by Bill Easum and Dave Travis. No additional sources cited.
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in which the old system of establishing and running churches no longer works and in some respects people need to get back to basics, while also moving ahead into more
innovative and modern approaches concerning churches in the doctrine of Christianity. According to the authors of this book many churches are clearly stuck in old ways, never stopping to think
that as society and people develop so must the churches that meet their growing and changing needs. The following paper offers a synopsis, a book report, on Easum and Travis
book. "Beyond the Box: Innovative Churches That Work" One of the primary things that the authors first examine is the need to rid churches of certain types of
practices, certain types of a mentality. The authors break this down into 9 different categories as follows: Hierarchy, Structure/Organization, Property/Location, Conflict, Centralized Control, Ordination, Clergy, Seminaries, and Denominations. These are
all elements of fields of focus, that the church, or churches need to change. In relationship to hierarchy this essentially means eliminating the rank of individuals in relationship to
one having more power than another. Structure and organization calls for a change in the base foundation of how churches are run and set up. In relationship to property and
location the authors will argue that a church does not need to be an actual church but can really be located anywhere. Conflict is something all institutions and organizations can
ultimately do without and centralized control indicates that, once more, the churches should branch out and allow the Word to be taught, not the church to be controlled through hierarchy
concerns. Ordination and clergy are also elements that speak of similar perspectives and seminaries is something that is suggested be attended by all people, not just the clergy, and that
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