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Dr. Rick=20 Warren 05.07.07




Utilizing the largest global network--the Church.

One of the great lessons of the 20th century is that = centralized=20 planning and control don't work. They lead to bureaucratic = stagnation and=20 collapse under their own weight. Decentralization is fast, fluid = and=20 flexible. It allows exponential, viral growth.

The network is a far older and more basic organizational = pattern than=20 the hierarchy. Our bodies, families and the environment are just a = few=20 examples. What's different now is that technology turns this = organic=20 paradigm of networking into a global force. It transforms every = social=20 structure that was previously organized by command and control. = Whether in=20 the war on terror, the presidential campaign or American = Idol, the=20 power and effectiveness of networking--for good or bad--is = undeniable.=20 Right now our structured armed services are learning to fight an=20 unstructured, networked enemy. It's a new day and a new = battle.

If drug smugglers and terrorists can use networks to their = advantage,=20 certainly we can do the same in attacking spiritual emptiness, = corruption,=20 poverty, disease and illiteracy. I call these five giant problems = the=20 Global Goliaths because they affect billions, not just millions, = of=20 people. Only a global network can take on problems of this = size.

Most readers will be surprised to learn that the largest = international=20 network is not Wal-Mart (nyse: WMT=20 - ne= ws=20 - people=20 ) (in 14 countries, with 1.8 million employees) or = McDonald's=20 (nyse: MCD=20 - ne= ws=20 - people=20 ) (in 119 countries, with 465,000 employees). It is a network = that=20 links people in every country, every social or ethnic group and = every=20 economic stratum together. This network was global hundreds of = years=20 before Magellan. It includes one out of every three people on the = planet.=20 It is the Christian Church.

The Church, in all its expressions--Catholic, Evangelical, = Pentecostal,=20 Protestant and many others--has 2.3 billion followers. That makes = it=20 almost as large as China and India combined. The Church speaks = more=20 languages than the United Nations and is represented among = thousands of=20 subgroups of people that you've never heard of.

I could take you to millions of villages around the world where = the=20 only civil institution that exists is a church. The hamlet may = have no=20 school, no clinic, no post office, no store--but it has a church! = In many=20 nations, outside of the capital, the only service organization you = can=20 find anywhere is a church. Because of the Church's size, = diversity,=20 universality, credibility and motivation to serve, neither = business nor=20 government can afford to ignore this network if we are serious = about=20 working together to defeat the Global Goliaths.

At the World Economic Forum in Davos you will hear endlessly = recited=20 the importance of public and private partnerships in attacking = global=20 problems. While that is certainly essential, it is not enough. = Neither=20 business nor government has the universal distribution, the army = of=20 volunteers or the credibility in villages to get the job done. A = one- or=20 two-legged stool will fall over. You need three legs.

Governments set national priorities and agendas. Their role is = to=20 protect the people, preserve freedom, provide opportunity and = promote=20 prosperity. Businesses and the rest of the private sector provide = capital,=20 expertise, technology and management skills, all vital. But the = Church=20 also brings several critical missing elements to the table: The = worldwide=20 network of congregations offers universal distribution, a local = presence=20 everywhere, a large pool of motivated voluntary manpower, = long-term=20 grassroots commitment and built-in credibility with villagers. = Governments=20 are limited by geography and the sovereign rights of other = nations.=20 Businesses, even multinationals, must deal with the barriers of = local=20 customs and languages. But indigenous congregations face none of = these=20 barriers.

For 27 years I have had the privilege of being the founding = pastor of=20 Saddleback Community Church in Orange County, Calif. After I = completed=20 college and seminary, my wife, Kay, and I began the congregation = in 1980.=20 What started out as 7 people meeting in our living room has grown = into=20 77,000 names on our church roll, a 120-acre campus, a paid staff = of more=20 than 400 and an average weekend attendance of 21,000. In addition = our=20 church has helped hundreds of other new churches get started. I = have gone=20 through every one of the typical phases that an entrepreneur goes = through=20 in building a business.

Our church's biggest challenge is nurturing personal = relationships. I=20 knew the names of everyone up to the first 3,000 members, then my = brain=20 fried. The church outgrew me a long time ago. Of course, there is = no way=20 today that I can personally meet the needs of all our members. But = I don't=20 have to! From the start, we built the congregation on the network=20 principle.

Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point, detailed=20 Saddleback's network organization in a 2005 New Yorker = article. He=20 pointed out that one secret of our growth is our network of small = groups,=20 or cells, that meet weekly in homes all across southern = California. While=20 many churches sacrifice community for growth, we wanted both and = used a=20 network structure to achieve both.

People who attend one of our six weekend services see only the = tip of=20 the iceberg--the large group-worship celebrations. But most of the = congregation is unseen beneath the waterline. Close to 30,000 = people meet=20 weekly in 3,300 home groups spread out over 98 cities across = southern=20 California, from Santa Barbara to the border of Mexico. This = network=20 structure is geographically unlimited, infinitely expandable, = costs=20 nothing, provides personal care and contact, affords = accountability and=20 develops leadership faster than any other approach. Our church has = 9,000=20 commissioned lay leaders. The small-group network structure is a=20 leadership factory. In our church it has turned spectators into=20 participators, consumers into contributors and an audience into an = army.

A few years ago we took on an enormous task. Our members = committed to=20 providing three meals a day, for 40 days, to the 42,000 homeless = people=20 living in Orange County. The undertaking required us to serve 5.8 = million=20 meals in 6 weeks. How did we do it? With our network. Each small = group=20 assumed responsibility for the homeless in its own neighborhood. = By=20 decentralizing the operation among 3,300 small groups, we = accomplished=20 what had never been done before.

Now extrapolate that potential to include the members of = millions of=20 congregations worldwide. You can see why churches are a vital leg = of the=20 stool.

In the early 1980s we used phones and faxes to communicate to = our=20 network of members. In 1992 we became the first church on the = Internet.=20 Today we use podcasts, blogs, Webcasting, text messaging and even = YouTube=20 and MySpace to keep in touch with members.

The Church has always used the best technology of the day to=20 disseminate the Good News. Remember that the first book to come = off=20 Gutenberg's press was the Bible--and within a few decades Europe=20 experienced the Reformation. The early Christian Church was the = ultimate=20 viral network. Through contagious gossiping about the Gospel, what = started=20 as a small band of believers in Jerusalem eventually overtook the = Roman=20 Empire and grew to include one-third of Earth's population. As = Peter=20 Drucker, my mentor for 20 years, used to tell me: "Businesses = ought to be=20 learning from churches!"

What can business learn from churches? How to the spread the = word. My=20 church has, in conferences and dvd training, taught 400,000 = pastors around=20 the world. I have also shared my thinking with chief executives. = Effective=20 churches know far more about motivating volunteers, organizing by = small=20 groups, assimilating new people, casting vision, managing = conflict,=20 releasing talent, adopting innovations and communicating widely = than most=20 business people imagine. The most difficult leadership task is = leading=20 volunteers, because you don't have the wage incentive or the = threat of=20 firing. Volunteers only do what you inspire them to do with values = and=20 vision.

Three recent crises demonstrate the effectiveness of the Church = in=20 responding to problems--and why government and business must = consider it=20 as an equal partner in humanitarian efforts: the Indonesian = tsunami,=20 Hurricane Katrina and aids in Rwanda.

When the tsunami hit Southeast Asia, enormous amounts of = resources were=20 delivered to the ports of those countries. But many of those = resources sat=20 unused and rotting at the docks because there was no grassroots=20 distribution system in place.

In contrast, I heard about the disaster within minutes from a = Sri=20 Lankan pastor's e-mail. We immediately notified the Southeast = Asian=20 churches in our network to send their members from inland areas to = the=20 coastline. Saddleback contributed $1.6 million and began = mobilizing=20 volunteers in our network within seconds of the wave. Residents in = Asian=20 villages were amazed at the speed with which our network moved = into=20 action.

A similar lightning response occurred nine months later after = Hurricane=20 Katrina. Nearby churches were the first in and the last out. They = were=20 best prepared to help the communities because they were the = community.=20 Articles in newspapers, and even the government's own official = assessment=20 of Katrina, noted that churches could provide resources and relief = far=20 more quickly than the Federal Emergency Management Agency or the = Red=20 Cross, because they were already on the ground and knew their own=20 community.

For that matter, the Red Cross gets much of its labor from = church=20 volunteers. During our work in Baton Rouge after Katrina the Red = Cross=20 leader told me that 90% of their volunteers were church members. = The Texas=20 Baptist Men sent in 30,000. That was just one denomination, from = one=20 state.

A week after Katrina I spoke to the refugees camped out in = Houston's=20 Astrodome, and I noticed all the coverage about what government = agencies=20 were doing for those thousands of folks. But the real story was = the more=20 than 100,000 refugees in Houston, a large number of whom were = quietly=20 assimilated and cared for by hundreds of congregations.

A third example is the Purpose Driven Network's work in Rwanda. = At the=20 invitation of President Paul Kagame and a coalition of church and = business=20 leaders in Rwanda, we created a system of cooperation and = collaboration=20 that not only improves life in Rwanda but also serves as a model = to help=20 neighboring countries like Burundi.

We began by listening to every segment of Rwandan society, = taking notes=20 and asking questions. We especially listened to African pastors = and=20 priests. Because he is one of the villagers without a self-serving = agenda,=20 a minister has first-hand knowledge of the village's needs. There = is a=20 saying in Africa: "The pastor sleeps in the same blankets as the = rest of=20 the villagers."

The three-legged model of cooperation is something we call the=20 P.E.A.C.E. plan (partner with congregations; equip leaders; assist = the=20 poor; care for the sick; educate the next generation). This is a = response=20 to the five global problems I mentioned earlier: spiritual = emptiness,=20 corruption, poverty, disease and illiteracy. To date Saddleback = Church has=20 dispatched more than 4,000 members to more than 65 countries to=20 participate in P.E.A.C.E. projects, in addition to 3,500 other = members who=20 served overseas before we launched the plan.

In Rwanda a collaboration between the country's ministry of = health,=20 American aids experts Dr. Robert Redfield and Dr. Robb Sheneberger = and a=20 network of African churches came about because of the willingness = of the=20 three sectors to work together to fight hiv. An important fact = about=20 Africa is that many villagers are hours (on foot) from the nearest = clinic=20 but only minutes from the nearest church. So churches are handing = out the=20 antiviral pills.

That is the kind of thinking that has been missing in so many = previous=20 humanitarian plans and projects. Let's use the grassroots network = that is=20 already on the ground. It's time to lay aside our prejudices and = work=20 together.

Dr. Rick Warren is the founder and senior pastor of = Saddleback=20 Community Church in Lake Forest, Calif.

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