Encourager 88 May 2014

ENCOURAGER 88 MAY 2014
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Now that we are in the season of Easter, we think about new life and transformation. One of the things that fascinates me is the differences between Organisations and Movements. The way these two things operate in our world can sometimes look so similar and yet at their heart is something very different.
Organisations work on rules and regulations, they’re about following the manual and the correct procedure, anyone can do the job as long as they follow the instructions. A Movement focuses on values and passing these on to those who come next, anyone can be involved but they must learn the values and the culture.
It is a trend in our society at the moment to be more of an Organisation than a Movement. We see this in how everything must have rules and regulations, but no one stops to correct poor manners. A society that has movement values, will together correct poor manners, or poor values in those around it.
It is interesting that the Christian Church always seems to go through the struggle between being Movement and Organisation. When in times of trouble, an Organisation aims for more rules, more regulations, and more reports. When a Movement encounters times of trouble, it goes back to its values: it goes back to who it is.
I believe that Jesus started a Movement, not an Organisation. It is interesting that when you build the church you sometimes get disciples of Jesus, but when we make disciples we always get the church.
Cursillo as a renewal movement of the church is, at the heart of it, about discipleship, about values. Yes, we have manuals and regulations, but who we are is about the values we hold dear. Cursillo is about the discipleship that we have been taught by those who went before us and called us to pass on. It is not just about our experience but about ‘who do we now pass this on to?’.                         Download…
ENCOURAGER 88 MAY 2014