Third and final installment of Howard Snyders thoughts on his Major Trends twenty years on. 8. From nuclear family to family diversity. This continues in the U.S. where something close to half the population now lives in single-person households. That is staggering. It produces many shifting “virtual families†and communities in the form of social [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2006
Snyder Updates Major Trends 4-7
7 January, 2006 – 3:59 AM
The second installment from Howard Snyder on his Major Trends. 4. From institutional tradition to kingdom theology. I am encouraged with the increasing emphasis on the kingdom of God, broadly understood, and on “holistic†and “transformational†mission and the missio Dei theme among Evangelicals. There is still little understanding that a “holistic†kingdom theology must [...]
Changing your world
6 January, 2006 – 4:50 AM
Movements emerge because something needs to change. From Scott Hampton: unNotified Bodies – Stubborn Resistance to Change If you can’t change the little things in your methods, you’ll never change the big things. Pick something, make it better. . . . BUT if you wait for everyone else to change BEFORE you will, remember that [...]
Snyder Updates Major Trends 1-3
5 January, 2006 – 5:08 AM
Here’s the first installment of Howard Snyder’s “scattered thoughts†on his Ten Major Trends. He refers back to my “muddled thoughtsâ€. 1. From regional churches to world church. This is continuing. As you mention, Philip Jenkins’ Next Christendom is relevant here. It is not clear however what “world church†might end up meaning. The church [...]
Major Trends 20 years on
3 January, 2006 – 1:41 AM
This just came in from Howard Snyder. Over the next few days I’ll be publishing Howard Snyder’s update to the Ten Major Trends. Steve Thanks for sending me the comments by yourself and several others regarding the “Ten Major Trends†that Dan Runyon and I highlighted in our 1986 book, Foresight. I found a number [...]
