{"id":1603,"date":"2010-02-17T23:10:14","date_gmt":"2010-02-18T07:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/2010\/02\/17\/the-vision-thing\/"},"modified":"2010-02-17T23:10:14","modified_gmt":"2010-02-18T07:10:14","slug":"the-vision-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/2010\/02\/17\/the-vision-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"the vision thing"},"content":{"rendered":"
I\u2019ve been involved in one of our interminable discussions of the state of fundamentalism on another blog<\/a>. The topic of conversation shifted from the original post somewhat and one comment from a pastor in California brought up the idea of \u2018vision\u2019.<\/p>\n He suggests that it is easy to summarize in a few short words or a phrases the essential vision of various evangelical ministries, but questions whether that is true of fundamentalist ministries or institutions. I don\u2019t happen to think that he is right, but he seems to think that the \u2018visions\u2019 of the evangelicals are more compelling than the lack of vision of fundamentalists.<\/p>\n Another complicating factor in making these comparisons is that the \u2018competing\u2019 ministries are represented by ministries strongly identified with a popular individual on the conservative evangelical side as opposed to more institutional or group oriented ministries\/organizations on the fundamentalist side. In some ways we aren\u2019t really comparing apples to apples here.<\/p>\n Having said that, the idea of \u2018vision\u2019 (or \u2018mission statements\u2019) leaves me cold. Too much corporate psycho-babble for me.<\/p>\n I wonder, however, if a few readers would like to chime in on the subject by giving us their brief \u2018vision statements\u2019 for the various ministries mentioned. Here is the list:<\/p>\n I am going to post the complete post I am reacting to after the jump, so I would suggest that it would be best if you write out your vision\/mission statements first, without looking at the post or other comments. Then click through to my comments section and post your reaction.<\/p>\n We can discuss various other aspects of this post as well, but let\u2019s start with how well we can define these ministries without looking up their mission statements on their web-sites or doing any research about them. If you aren\u2019t that familiar with a ministry, \u2018I don\u2019t know\u2019 is an acceptable response.<\/p>\n More below\u2026<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here is the post I am reacting to in it\u2019s entirety:<\/p>\n\n
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