Sparing no effort in keeping you twisting in the wind with every gaudy religious trinket, we direct your attention to this.
It's called Movemental Christianity, and it has an "outline". Some would just call it a list, others would call it a mere ring of ovals, but it is very pretty. If you happen to have any smart pills lying around, now would be an excellent time to polish off the entire bottle.
There will be ten elements, maybe more.
- Prayer will "be a conviction that establishes its priority".
- To be movemental will require that you show intentionality.
- Change will cost you: you will have to move from "a place of being static" to a body in action.
- Movements do not occur through large things. They occur through small units that are readily reproducible.
- You should also "hold firm and passionate positions on biblical views."
- Movements will look like, and be owned by, ordinary people in their setting.
- Movements only occur when the disempowered are given the freedom, and then take up the responsibility, to lead.
- Movemental Christianity requires charity to maintain our firmly held convictions while rejoicing for and speaking well about those with whom we differ but are being greatly blessed by God.
- More frequently, non-scalable structures, will actually hinder the movement. These structures become bottlenecks rather than catalysts.
- Movemental Christianity will practice wholistic ministry much in the way of Jesus. Current movements and historical awakenings are and were accompanied by societal transformation.
(It's just a first guess, but I think Dr. Stetzer means holistic.)
Sartre once wrote, "l'enfer, c'est les autres". J-P. S. said several highly unreliable things and that was one of them, but this perception does cause me to wonder: What if A. W. Tozer had to spend an eternity sharing a couch with Dr. Ed Stetzer?