The Fast Company story points out that <\/p>\n
\n"Jimmy Wales of Wikipedia revolutionized how we think about knowledge and the encyclopedia. Now he’s taking on Internet search. Google has $10 billion in cash and stock worth $150 billion. Wales has $4 million, a few employees, and (so far) 1,000 or so volunteers. And that just might be enough."<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
We will have a chance to see the transformation of our cities the more pastors think like this. Wales truly believes in volunteers. That ordinary everyday people are the key to creating something beautiful, lasting and excellent. His plan to change the way we surf the internet began with a simple request, "Help me out…" I think that transformative ministry is that simple. If more and more churches remove the barriers to doing ministry and get rid of terms like "The Ministry," we will see that the ordinary everyday person has the capacity to make major kingdom impact.<\/p>\n
Wales remarks, "…people have been lining up, saying, ‘I’ll clean the toilet bowl, let me in here!…And the caliber of the toilet cleaners is strong." <\/p>\n
The talent sitting in the pews of the average church is a remarkable untapped resource. We need a leadership structure that is able to set it free.<\/p>\n
This is where jazz comes in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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