Faith and Leadership

1. The digital revolution:
2. Multi-nodal world: traditional markers of identity and place are being re-negotiated. 
3. Reconfigurations of denominations and emerging forms of congregations
   1. end of the “typical” midsized denominationally loyal church
   2. Megas: Congregation grazing: one person is a member of 2 or 3 churches
   3. satellite
   4. new monastics
   5. Culture war labels define better than denominational ones
   6. Future of denominations is not clear
4. Institutions are suspect
5. Employee costs stressing small institutions
6. Clergy more as equippers rather than creators
7. Re-emergence of the city center