I read John Robb, John Arquilla, Robert Leonhard, Douglas Macgregor, Ralph Peters, James Martin and others on asymmetrical warfare and open source terrorist networking. Also networking is the new way to get things done in business and industry. So, is it beginning to happen in the way Christians come together in the organizational church?
Young, well-educated, knowledge workers, are self motivated for a purpose, do a job and get on. This is a characteristic mind set of the Information Age. If this way is so successful in business and commerce, military and government, is it applied to Christians looking to live out their faith, to have a religious experience, and to demonstrate love for others?
The established congregational church, the way church was for hundreds of years, is having trouble making itself seem relevant to today's seeking believers. I heard a comment from a "missionary" in England saying networking through purpose oriented groups is the way seekers are finding faith. George Barna, a trends evaluator who writes on church and Christian topics, reports in "Revolution" that young seekers are finding solutions through networking. It is a new generational way to celebrate Christianity.
Cells of seekers and believers are forming when two to five like minded individuals start sharing their belief. The cell will grow to about 12 - 15 members and then will split into more groups due to circumstances of work requirements, living locations, and changes in lifestyles and other reasons for moving on.
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