Module 2: Introduction to Systems Thinking

What is an example of homeostasis in congregations?

What does Andy Stanley mean by “Your mission is what is hanging on the wall; your system is what is happening down the hall.”

According to Peter Senge, why is systems thinking the most important of the five disciplines?

Judy is the chair of the Finance Committee. Every summer, she becomes highly anxious when the pledge payments drop off. She grew up in a family that lived paycheck to paycheck ever since the Great Depression. This is an example of:

The congregation has been aging and Sunday School enrollment has been declining in the past few years. The enrollment at the local public school has also been declining. The increase of aging members has increase the need for pastoral care and the congregation has recently contracted with a local chaplain to help out. The new RE committee chair, who is also an empty nester, suggests that the Religious Educator start accounting for all of his hours and make weekly phone calls to families who did not come to church on Sunday. This is an example of:

What is NOT a quality of self-differentiation?