Monday, September 5, 2011

Denomination as Multi-National Corporation?

...only a fool or a true believer still thinks that denominations differ from one another for decisive theological reasons.  For all their different traditions, most denominations now resemble each other remarkably closely in structure.  They are all cast in the same organizational logic and confronted by the same organizational imperatives, such as public relations, fundraising, and lobbying.  Watch their day-to-day operations, their hierarchical chains of authority, their external dealings, and what do you see--the "Body of Christ" or a pale ecclesiastical version of a multinational corporation?"
--Oz Guiness, The Last Christian on Earth p. 139

God forbid.

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