WHAT IF the real church thought the real world mattered to God? Pt. 2 of 4
Reversing the Decline of the Presbyterian Church: Addressing the Cause, Practicing the Remedy
February 14, 2012
Kevin Yoho, DMin
Transformation With a Passion http://kevinyoho.blogspot.com.
General Presbyter, Newark Presbytery
Synod of the Northeast
Presbyterian Church (USA)
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Reciprocal Church 2 of 4 Who Pays First?
1. The Reciprocal Church
Reversing the Decline of the Presbyterian Church:
Addressing the Cause, Practicing the Remedy
February 14, 2012
Kevin Yoho, DMin
Transformation With a Passion http://kevinyoho.blogspot.com.
General Presbyter, Newark Presbytery
Synod of the Northeast
Presbyterian Church (USA)
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
2. The Reciprocal Church
Reversing the Decline of the Presbyterian Church:
Addressing the Cause, Practicing the Remedy
February 14, 2012
Kevin Yoho, DMin
Transformation With a Passion http://kevinyoho.blogspot.com.
General Presbyter, Newark Presbytery
Synod of the Northeast
Presbyterian Church (USA)
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
3. The Reciprocal Church
Reversing the Decline of the Presbyterian Church:
Addressing the Cause, Practicing the Remedy
February 14, 2012
Kevin Yoho, DMin
General Presbyter, Newark Presbytery
Synod of the Northeast
Presbyterian Church (USA)
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
4. The Reciprocal Church
Reversing the Decline of the Presbyterian Church:
Addressing the Cause, Practicing the Remedy
February 14, 2012
Kevin Yoho, DMin
General Presbyter, Newark Presbytery
Synod of the Northeast
Presbyterian Church (USA)
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
5. The Reciprocal Church
Reversing the Decline of the Presbyterian Church:
Addressing the Cause, Practicing the Remedy
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
6. The Reciprocal Church
Reversing the Decline of the Presbyterian Church:
Addressing the Cause, Practicing the Remedy
To Grow the Church Deep and Wide
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
7. Where Did The
Social Capital Go?
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8. Where Did The
Social Capital Go?
The research of Dr. Robert Putnam, Harvard
University, helps us quantify forty years of social
capital in North America in his two best sellers,
Bowling Alone (2001) and Better Together (2004).
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
9. Where Did The
Social Capital Go?
The research of Dr. Robert Putnam, Harvard
University, helps us quantify forty years of social
capital in North America in his two best sellers,
Bowling Alone (2001) and Better Together (2004).
One indicator of volunteerism’s effectiveness is to
measure group membership.
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
10. Where Did The
Social Capital Go?
The research of Dr. Robert Putnam, Harvard
University, helps us quantify forty years of social
capital in North America in his two best sellers,
Bowling Alone (2001) and Better Together (2004).
One indicator of volunteerism’s effectiveness is to
measure group membership.
Groups include all voluntary associations such as the
PTA, AMA, synagogues, mosques, recreation clubs,
political parties, bowling leagues, etc., and the church
with all its tribes and varieties.
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
11. The Data
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12. The Data
Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends and
the DDB Needham Life Style, we learn about Americans' changing
behavior over the past thirty years.
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
13. The Data
Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends and
the DDB Needham Life Style, we learn about Americans' changing
behavior over the past thirty years.
We have become increasingly disconnected from
family, friends, neighbors, and social structures,
whether the PTA, church, recreation clubs, political
parties, or bowling leagues.
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
14. The Data
Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends and
the DDB Needham Life Style, we learn about Americans' changing
behavior over the past thirty years.
We have become increasingly disconnected from
family, friends, neighbors, and social structures,
whether the PTA, church, recreation clubs, political
parties, or bowling leagues.
Our shrinking access to the "social capital" reward of
communal activity and community sharing is a serious
threat to our civic and personal health.
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
15. The Data
Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends and
the DDB Needham Life Style, we learn about Americans' changing
behavior over the past thirty years.
We have become increasingly disconnected from
family, friends, neighbors, and social structures,
whether the PTA, church, recreation clubs, political
parties, or bowling leagues.
Our shrinking access to the "social capital" reward of
communal activity and community sharing is a serious
threat to our civic and personal health.
Congregations are part of this trend of decline shared
with all other groups.
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
16. Group Numbers
Total Number of Groups
Total Membership in Groups
Groups
include all
voluntary
associations
such as the
PTA, AMA,
synagogues,
churches,
recreation
clubs, political
parties, and
bowling
leagues, etc.
(Illustrates comparative
data)
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
17. Group Numbers
Total Number of Groups
Total Membership in Groups
Groups
include all
voluntary
associations
such as the
PTA, AMA,
synagogues,
churches,
recreation
clubs, political
parties, and
bowling
leagues, etc.
(Illustrates comparative
data)
1968 2004
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
18. Group Numbers
Total Number of Groups
Total Membership in Groups
Groups
include all
voluntary
associations
such as the
PTA, AMA,
synagogues,
churches,
recreation
clubs, political
parties, and
bowling
leagues, etc.
(Illustrates comparative
data)
1968 2004
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
19. Group Numbers
Total Number of Groups
Total Membership in Groups
Groups
include all
voluntary
associations
such as the
PTA, AMA,
synagogues,
churches,
recreation
clubs, political
parties, and
bowling
leagues, etc.
(Illustrates comparative
data)
1968 2004
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
20. Group Numbers
Total Number of Groups
Total Membership in Groups
Groups
include all
voluntary
associations
such as the
PTA, AMA,
synagogues,
churches,
recreation
clubs, political
parties, and
bowling
leagues, etc.
(Illustrates comparative
data)
1968 2004
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
21. Group Numbers
Total Number of Groups
Total Membership in Groups
Groups
include all
voluntary
associations
such as the
PTA, AMA,
synagogues,
churches,
recreation
clubs, political
parties, and
bowling
leagues, etc.
(Illustrates comparative
data)
1968 2004
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
22. North Americans Do Not Perceive
Value of Participating in Groups
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23. North Americans Do Not Perceive
Value of Participating in Groups
Stressors exist for all volunteer
associations, including churches:
More Groups
Fewer Members
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
24. North Americans Do Not Perceive
Value of Participating in Groups
Stressors exist for all volunteer
associations, including churches:
More Groups
Fewer Members
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
25. Group Trends
Presbyterian Church (USA) Membership (millions)
All Other Groups Membership (millions)
4
3
2
1
US Population
0
1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2003 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
26. Group Trends
Presbyterian Church (USA) Membership (millions)
All Other Groups Membership (millions)
5
4
3
2
1
US Population
0
1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2003 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
27. Group Trends
Presbyterian Church (USA) Membership (millions)
All Other Groups Membership (millions)
5
4
3
2
1
Presbyterian Church
Membership US Population
0
1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2003 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
28. Group Trends
Presbyterian Church (USA) Membership (millions)
All Other Groups Membership (millions)
100 Years Group Membership
5
5
4
4
3
3
Aggregate Group
Membership
2
1
Presbyterian Church
Membership US Population
0
1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2003 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
29. Group Trends
Presbyterian Church (USA) Membership (millions)
All Other Groups Membership (millions)
100 Years Group Membership
5
5
4
4
3
3
2
1
US Population
0
1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2003 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
30. The Reciprocal Church
Part 2: Who Pays First?
Reversing the Decline of the Presbyterian Church:
Addressing the Cause, Practicing the Remedy
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
31. The Reciprocal Church
Part 2: Who Pays First?
Reversing the Decline of the Presbyterian Church:
Addressing the Cause, Practicing the Remedy
To Grow the Church Deep and Wide
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
32. Consider this conversation…
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33. Consider this conversation…
A
Government
support?
No.
Of course not.
A
Property
Taxes?
No.
Not at all.
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34. Fact: In Newark Presbytery Alone
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35. Fact: In Newark Presbytery Alone
The equivalent exemption in property taxes for the presbytery’s
thirty-eight congregational sites exceeds…
$2,000,000
Per Year !
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36. Missional Reciprocity Opportunity
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37. Missional Reciprocity Opportunity
Decades ago, it was clear that any
church in the community added value
to the community that could be
measured as social capital. Tax
exemption can only be understood in
light of the principle of reciprocity.
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38. Missional Reciprocity Opportunity
It is a fair question to ask our
congregations, “In what ways does
the community receive a reciprocal
value in services equal to the “gift”
of property tax relief from the
municipalities?”
This is the opportunity!
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39. Missional Reciprocity Opportunity
Most congregations return
something to the community. The
missional challenge is to invite every
congregation to be accountable in
their ministry and mission to give, in
a reciprocal way, to their own
community.
For more information about the Reciprocal Church, please contact the author, Dr. Kevin Yoho kevin@newarkpresbytery.org .
Notas del editor
Social networks have value\nSocial capital refers to the collective value of all people in social networks and the benefits from these networks to do things for each other (norms of reciprocity).\n\n
Social networks have value\nSocial capital refers to the collective value of all people in social networks and the benefits from these networks to do things for each other (norms of reciprocity).\n\n
Social networks have value\nSocial capital refers to the collective value of all people in social networks and the benefits from these networks to do things for each other (norms of reciprocity).\n\n
Social networks have value\nSocial capital refers to the collective value of all people in social networks and the benefits from these networks to do things for each other (norms of reciprocity).\n\n
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Groups include all voluntary associations such as the PTA, AMA, synagogues, churches, recreation clubs, political parties, and bowling leagues, etc. \nSlide Point:\nThe point is that there are more groups, but dramatically fewer members. The Moveable Feast offers resources to help reverse these discoveries.\n\nBased on statistical research published of Dr. Robert D. Putnam (Harvard University) in his Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2001) and Better Together: Restoring the American Community (2004). Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends and the DDB Needham Life Style -- surveys that report in detail on Americans' changing behavior over the past twenty-five years -- Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and social structures, whether the PTA, church, recreation clubs, political parties, or bowling leagues. Our shrinking access to the "social capital" that is the reward of communal activity and community sharing is a serious threat to our civic and personal health. Congregations are part of this trend of decline shared with all other groups. \n\nSource Data:\nhttp://www.thearda.com/Denoms/Families/Trees/familytree_presbyterian.asp\n\nFor more information and the missional implications for the PC(USA), please contact the author:\nDr. Kevin Yoho, General Presbyter\nNewark Presbytery\n973.429.2500 office\n201.207.1544 mobile\nKevin@newarkpresbytery.org\n\n\n\n
Groups include all voluntary associations such as the PTA, AMA, synagogues, churches, recreation clubs, political parties, and bowling leagues, etc. \nSlide Point:\nThe point is that there are more groups, but dramatically fewer members. The Moveable Feast offers resources to help reverse these discoveries.\n\nBased on statistical research published of Dr. Robert D. Putnam (Harvard University) in his Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2001) and Better Together: Restoring the American Community (2004). Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends and the DDB Needham Life Style -- surveys that report in detail on Americans' changing behavior over the past twenty-five years -- Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and social structures, whether the PTA, church, recreation clubs, political parties, or bowling leagues. Our shrinking access to the "social capital" that is the reward of communal activity and community sharing is a serious threat to our civic and personal health. Congregations are part of this trend of decline shared with all other groups. \n\nSource Data:\nhttp://www.thearda.com/Denoms/Families/Trees/familytree_presbyterian.asp\n\nFor more information and the missional implications for the PC(USA), please contact the author:\nDr. Kevin Yoho, General Presbyter\nNewark Presbytery\n973.429.2500 office\n201.207.1544 mobile\nKevin@newarkpresbytery.org\n\n\n\n
Groups include all voluntary associations such as the PTA, AMA, synagogues, churches, recreation clubs, political parties, and bowling leagues, etc. \nSlide Point:\nThe point is that there are more groups, but dramatically fewer members. The Moveable Feast offers resources to help reverse these discoveries.\n\nBased on statistical research published of Dr. Robert D. Putnam (Harvard University) in his Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2001) and Better Together: Restoring the American Community (2004). Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends and the DDB Needham Life Style -- surveys that report in detail on Americans' changing behavior over the past twenty-five years -- Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and social structures, whether the PTA, church, recreation clubs, political parties, or bowling leagues. Our shrinking access to the "social capital" that is the reward of communal activity and community sharing is a serious threat to our civic and personal health. Congregations are part of this trend of decline shared with all other groups. \n\nSource Data:\nhttp://www.thearda.com/Denoms/Families/Trees/familytree_presbyterian.asp\n\nFor more information and the missional implications for the PC(USA), please contact the author:\nDr. Kevin Yoho, General Presbyter\nNewark Presbytery\n973.429.2500 office\n201.207.1544 mobile\nKevin@newarkpresbytery.org\n\n\n\n
Groups include all voluntary associations such as the PTA, AMA, synagogues, churches, recreation clubs, political parties, and bowling leagues, etc. \nSlide Point:\nThe point is that there are more groups, but dramatically fewer members. The Moveable Feast offers resources to help reverse these discoveries.\n\nBased on statistical research published of Dr. Robert D. Putnam (Harvard University) in his Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2001) and Better Together: Restoring the American Community (2004). Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends and the DDB Needham Life Style -- surveys that report in detail on Americans' changing behavior over the past twenty-five years -- Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and social structures, whether the PTA, church, recreation clubs, political parties, or bowling leagues. Our shrinking access to the "social capital" that is the reward of communal activity and community sharing is a serious threat to our civic and personal health. Congregations are part of this trend of decline shared with all other groups. \n\nSource Data:\nhttp://www.thearda.com/Denoms/Families/Trees/familytree_presbyterian.asp\n\nFor more information and the missional implications for the PC(USA), please contact the author:\nDr. Kevin Yoho, General Presbyter\nNewark Presbytery\n973.429.2500 office\n201.207.1544 mobile\nKevin@newarkpresbytery.org\n\n\n\n
Groups include all voluntary associations such as the PTA, AMA, synagogues, churches, recreation clubs, political parties, and bowling leagues, etc. \nSlide Point:\nThe point is that there are more groups, but dramatically fewer members. The Moveable Feast offers resources to help reverse these discoveries.\n\nBased on statistical research published of Dr. Robert D. Putnam (Harvard University) in his Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2001) and Better Together: Restoring the American Community (2004). Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends and the DDB Needham Life Style -- surveys that report in detail on Americans' changing behavior over the past twenty-five years -- Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and social structures, whether the PTA, church, recreation clubs, political parties, or bowling leagues. Our shrinking access to the "social capital" that is the reward of communal activity and community sharing is a serious threat to our civic and personal health. Congregations are part of this trend of decline shared with all other groups. \n\nSource Data:\nhttp://www.thearda.com/Denoms/Families/Trees/familytree_presbyterian.asp\n\nFor more information and the missional implications for the PC(USA), please contact the author:\nDr. Kevin Yoho, General Presbyter\nNewark Presbytery\n973.429.2500 office\n201.207.1544 mobile\nKevin@newarkpresbytery.org\n\n\n\n
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Slide Point:\nThe point is that Presbyterian Church membership decline is NOT a Presbyterian problem, but a sociological one.\nIt is critical in the transformation process to put “our” decline in its social context so that congregational responses to this decline can be relevant, effective, and contextually relevant. The negativity and defensiveness that often describes the PC(USA) membership and leadership can be mitigated and even turned around to positive and creative responses when we realize that only through contextual and collaborative transformation efforts can these trends be reversed.\n\nBased on statistical research published of Dr. Robert D. Putnam (Harvard University) in his Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2001) and Better Together: Restoring the American Community (2004). Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends and the DDB Needham Life Style -- surveys that report in detail on Americans' changing behavior over the past twenty-five years -- Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and social structures, whether the PTA, church, recreation clubs, political parties, or bowling leagues. Our shrinking access to the "social capital" that is the reward of communal activity and community sharing is a serious threat to our civic and personal health. Congregations are part of this trend of decline shared with all other groups. \n\n\nSource Data:\nPresbyterian Church data is in millions of members, composited to include various streams of PC(USA). data sets found at: datahttp://www.thearda.com/Denoms/Families/Trees/familytree_presbyterian.asp\nAll Other Group Data: data is 10x million of members, Robert Putnam, data sets found at: http://www.bowlingalone.com/data.php3\n\nFor more information and the missional implications for the PC(USA), please contact the author:\nDr. Kevin Yoho, General Presbyter\nNewark Presbytery\n973.429.2500 office\n201.207.1544 mobile\nkevin@newarkpresbytery.org\n\n
Slide Point:\nThe point is that Presbyterian Church membership decline is NOT a Presbyterian problem, but a sociological one.\nIt is critical in the transformation process to put “our” decline in its social context so that congregational responses to this decline can be relevant, effective, and contextually relevant. The negativity and defensiveness that often describes the PC(USA) membership and leadership can be mitigated and even turned around to positive and creative responses when we realize that only through contextual and collaborative transformation efforts can these trends be reversed.\n\nBased on statistical research published of Dr. Robert D. Putnam (Harvard University) in his Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2001) and Better Together: Restoring the American Community (2004). Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends and the DDB Needham Life Style -- surveys that report in detail on Americans' changing behavior over the past twenty-five years -- Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and social structures, whether the PTA, church, recreation clubs, political parties, or bowling leagues. Our shrinking access to the "social capital" that is the reward of communal activity and community sharing is a serious threat to our civic and personal health. Congregations are part of this trend of decline shared with all other groups. \n\n\nSource Data:\nPresbyterian Church data is in millions of members, composited to include various streams of PC(USA). data sets found at: datahttp://www.thearda.com/Denoms/Families/Trees/familytree_presbyterian.asp\nAll Other Group Data: data is 10x million of members, Robert Putnam, data sets found at: http://www.bowlingalone.com/data.php3\n\nFor more information and the missional implications for the PC(USA), please contact the author:\nDr. Kevin Yoho, General Presbyter\nNewark Presbytery\n973.429.2500 office\n201.207.1544 mobile\nkevin@newarkpresbytery.org\n\n
Slide Point:\nThe point is that Presbyterian Church membership decline is NOT a Presbyterian problem, but a sociological one.\nIt is critical in the transformation process to put “our” decline in its social context so that congregational responses to this decline can be relevant, effective, and contextually relevant. The negativity and defensiveness that often describes the PC(USA) membership and leadership can be mitigated and even turned around to positive and creative responses when we realize that only through contextual and collaborative transformation efforts can these trends be reversed.\n\nBased on statistical research published of Dr. Robert D. Putnam (Harvard University) in his Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2001) and Better Together: Restoring the American Community (2004). Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends and the DDB Needham Life Style -- surveys that report in detail on Americans' changing behavior over the past twenty-five years -- Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and social structures, whether the PTA, church, recreation clubs, political parties, or bowling leagues. Our shrinking access to the "social capital" that is the reward of communal activity and community sharing is a serious threat to our civic and personal health. Congregations are part of this trend of decline shared with all other groups. \n\n\nSource Data:\nPresbyterian Church data is in millions of members, composited to include various streams of PC(USA). data sets found at: datahttp://www.thearda.com/Denoms/Families/Trees/familytree_presbyterian.asp\nAll Other Group Data: data is 10x million of members, Robert Putnam, data sets found at: http://www.bowlingalone.com/data.php3\n\nFor more information and the missional implications for the PC(USA), please contact the author:\nDr. Kevin Yoho, General Presbyter\nNewark Presbytery\n973.429.2500 office\n201.207.1544 mobile\nkevin@newarkpresbytery.org\n\n
Slide Point:\nThe point is that Presbyterian Church membership decline is NOT a Presbyterian problem, but a sociological one.\nIt is critical in the transformation process to put “our” decline in its social context so that congregational responses to this decline can be relevant, effective, and contextually relevant. The negativity and defensiveness that often describes the PC(USA) membership and leadership can be mitigated and even turned around to positive and creative responses when we realize that only through contextual and collaborative transformation efforts can these trends be reversed.\n\nBased on statistical research published of Dr. Robert D. Putnam (Harvard University) in his Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2001) and Better Together: Restoring the American Community (2004). Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends and the DDB Needham Life Style -- surveys that report in detail on Americans' changing behavior over the past twenty-five years -- Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and social structures, whether the PTA, church, recreation clubs, political parties, or bowling leagues. Our shrinking access to the "social capital" that is the reward of communal activity and community sharing is a serious threat to our civic and personal health. Congregations are part of this trend of decline shared with all other groups. \n\n\nSource Data:\nPresbyterian Church data is in millions of members, composited to include various streams of PC(USA). data sets found at: datahttp://www.thearda.com/Denoms/Families/Trees/familytree_presbyterian.asp\nAll Other Group Data: data is 10x million of members, Robert Putnam, data sets found at: http://www.bowlingalone.com/data.php3\n\nFor more information and the missional implications for the PC(USA), please contact the author:\nDr. Kevin Yoho, General Presbyter\nNewark Presbytery\n973.429.2500 office\n201.207.1544 mobile\nkevin@newarkpresbytery.org\n\n
Slide Point:\nThe point is that Presbyterian Church membership decline is NOT a Presbyterian problem, but a sociological one.\nIt is critical in the transformation process to put “our” decline in its social context so that congregational responses to this decline can be relevant, effective, and contextually relevant. The negativity and defensiveness that often describes the PC(USA) membership and leadership can be mitigated and even turned around to positive and creative responses when we realize that only through contextual and collaborative transformation efforts can these trends be reversed.\n\nBased on statistical research published of Dr. Robert D. Putnam (Harvard University) in his Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2001) and Better Together: Restoring the American Community (2004). Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends and the DDB Needham Life Style -- surveys that report in detail on Americans' changing behavior over the past twenty-five years -- Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and social structures, whether the PTA, church, recreation clubs, political parties, or bowling leagues. Our shrinking access to the "social capital" that is the reward of communal activity and community sharing is a serious threat to our civic and personal health. Congregations are part of this trend of decline shared with all other groups. \n\n\nSource Data:\nPresbyterian Church data is in millions of members, composited to include various streams of PC(USA). data sets found at: datahttp://www.thearda.com/Denoms/Families/Trees/familytree_presbyterian.asp\nAll Other Group Data: data is 10x million of members, Robert Putnam, data sets found at: http://www.bowlingalone.com/data.php3\n\nFor more information and the missional implications for the PC(USA), please contact the author:\nDr. Kevin Yoho, General Presbyter\nNewark Presbytery\n973.429.2500 office\n201.207.1544 mobile\nkevin@newarkpresbytery.org\n\n
Slide Point:\nThe point is that Presbyterian Church membership decline is NOT a Presbyterian problem, but a sociological one.\nIt is critical in the transformation process to put “our” decline in its social context so that congregational responses to this decline can be relevant, effective, and contextually relevant. The negativity and defensiveness that often describes the PC(USA) membership and leadership can be mitigated and even turned around to positive and creative responses when we realize that only through contextual and collaborative transformation efforts can these trends be reversed.\n\nBased on statistical research published of Dr. Robert D. Putnam (Harvard University) in his Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2001) and Better Together: Restoring the American Community (2004). Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends and the DDB Needham Life Style -- surveys that report in detail on Americans' changing behavior over the past twenty-five years -- Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and social structures, whether the PTA, church, recreation clubs, political parties, or bowling leagues. Our shrinking access to the "social capital" that is the reward of communal activity and community sharing is a serious threat to our civic and personal health. Congregations are part of this trend of decline shared with all other groups. \n\n\nSource Data:\nPresbyterian Church data is in millions of members, composited to include various streams of PC(USA). data sets found at: datahttp://www.thearda.com/Denoms/Families/Trees/familytree_presbyterian.asp\nAll Other Group Data: data is 10x million of members, Robert Putnam, data sets found at: http://www.bowlingalone.com/data.php3\n\nFor more information and the missional implications for the PC(USA), please contact the author:\nDr. Kevin Yoho, General Presbyter\nNewark Presbytery\n973.429.2500 office\n201.207.1544 mobile\nkevin@newarkpresbytery.org\n\n
Slide Point:\nThe point is that Presbyterian Church membership decline is NOT a Presbyterian problem, but a sociological one.\nIt is critical in the transformation process to put “our” decline in its social context so that congregational responses to this decline can be relevant, effective, and contextually relevant. The negativity and defensiveness that often describes the PC(USA) membership and leadership can be mitigated and even turned around to positive and creative responses when we realize that only through contextual and collaborative transformation efforts can these trends be reversed.\n\nBased on statistical research published of Dr. Robert D. Putnam (Harvard University) in his Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2001) and Better Together: Restoring the American Community (2004). Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends and the DDB Needham Life Style -- surveys that report in detail on Americans' changing behavior over the past twenty-five years -- Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and social structures, whether the PTA, church, recreation clubs, political parties, or bowling leagues. Our shrinking access to the "social capital" that is the reward of communal activity and community sharing is a serious threat to our civic and personal health. Congregations are part of this trend of decline shared with all other groups. \n\n\nSource Data:\nPresbyterian Church data is in millions of members, composited to include various streams of PC(USA). data sets found at: datahttp://www.thearda.com/Denoms/Families/Trees/familytree_presbyterian.asp\nAll Other Group Data: data is 10x million of members, Robert Putnam, data sets found at: http://www.bowlingalone.com/data.php3\n\nFor more information and the missional implications for the PC(USA), please contact the author:\nDr. Kevin Yoho, General Presbyter\nNewark Presbytery\n973.429.2500 office\n201.207.1544 mobile\nkevin@newarkpresbytery.org\n\n
Slide Point:\nThe point is that Presbyterian Church membership decline is NOT a Presbyterian problem, but a sociological one.\nIt is critical in the transformation process to put “our” decline in its social context so that congregational responses to this decline can be relevant, effective, and contextually relevant. The negativity and defensiveness that often describes the PC(USA) membership and leadership can be mitigated and even turned around to positive and creative responses when we realize that only through contextual and collaborative transformation efforts can these trends be reversed.\n\nBased on statistical research published of Dr. Robert D. Putnam (Harvard University) in his Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2001) and Better Together: Restoring the American Community (2004). Drawing on vast data from the Roper Social and Political Trends and the DDB Needham Life Style -- surveys that report in detail on Americans' changing behavior over the past twenty-five years -- Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and social structures, whether the PTA, church, recreation clubs, political parties, or bowling leagues. Our shrinking access to the "social capital" that is the reward of communal activity and community sharing is a serious threat to our civic and personal health. Congregations are part of this trend of decline shared with all other groups. \n\n\nSource Data:\nPresbyterian Church data is in millions of members, composited to include various streams of PC(USA). data sets found at: datahttp://www.thearda.com/Denoms/Families/Trees/familytree_presbyterian.asp\nAll Other Group Data: data is 10x million of members, Robert Putnam, data sets found at: http://www.bowlingalone.com/data.php3\n\nFor more information and the missional implications for the PC(USA), please contact the author:\nDr. Kevin Yoho, General Presbyter\nNewark Presbytery\n973.429.2500 office\n201.207.1544 mobile\nkevin@newarkpresbytery.org\n\n
Social networks have value\nSocial capital refers to the collective value of all people in social networks and the benefits from these networks to do things for each other (norms of reciprocity).\n\n
Social networks have value\nSocial capital refers to the collective value of all people in social networks and the benefits from these networks to do things for each other (norms of reciprocity).\n\n