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This presentation in on Marketplace Ministry and Vocation workshop for Christians in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math field. It was presented to the Chinese Bible Church of Greater Boston by Andrew Sears.
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Marketplace Ministryfor STEM Professionals
Strengths of STEM Christians• Problem solvers• Logic and analysis, Rational/methodical• Marketable: in demand• Improvise creatively• High income/ financially stable• Well educated• Objective/data driven• Meritocracy• Innovation/Efficiency• Collaborative Open• High leverage
Weaknesses of STEM Christians• Analysis paralisis • Lower emotional IQ/out of touch w/emotions• Perfectionism • Lack of communication/interpersonal• Public speaking/shyness• Isolated (persionally, society)• Risk adverse• Distant from end use/• Unknown whether you are helping others• Arrogance of rationality• One part of many/anonymous• Out of touch with pop culture
Opportunities for STEM Christians• Tent Makers• Natural missionaries to STEM fields• People leadership in tech field• Create stuff that helps those in need• Magnify reach of other Christians
Threats/Challenges to STEM Christians• Faith in rationality/logic/numbers• Attacked for faith• Legalism• Working for wealth• Limited work in STEM for direct ministry• Isolation: from gadgets• Addiction to gadgets• Loneliness• More frequent Crisis of faith• Instant gradification/impatience
Technology and Ministry Resources Online & Digital Ministry & Evangelism
◦ Mobile Ministry Forum◦ Azuza’s Connected Summits
Christian Media Ecology◦ Gordon’s The Promise and Challenge of Technology Conference◦ Seattle Pacific’s Digital Society Conference◦ Baylor’s Technology and Human Flourishing Conference
Technology & Missions◦ International Conference on Computing and Mission
Christian Tech Volunteering◦ ChristianVolunteering.org◦ Lightsys
Education and Computer Centers◦ Greater Europe Mission, SIM International
Engineering◦ Engineering Ministries International
Book RecommendationsFrom the Garden to the City, John DyerThe Hidden Power of Electronic Culture,
Shane HippsThe Millennium Matrix, Rex Miller
TechMission: Ways to HelpVolunteer
◦Mentors needed to TechMission staff in Java, PHP, Salesforce/Apex, Ruby
◦Advisory Board Intern
Opportunity 1: Disruptive Technology Will
Transform Education
Characteristics of Disruptive EducationCost is orders of magnitude cheaper than
traditional methodsProvides alternative credentials
◦ Credit by examination with standardized tests◦ Certificates rather than degrees◦ Denominational ordinations
Typically starts at lower end and gradually improves quality ◦ Freshman & Sophomore courses
Examples of Disruptive EducationSecular Examples
◦StraighterLine.com: freshman year for $999◦Edx, Coursera, Course Hero, iTunesU, Khan
Academy, Lynda.com◦CLEP, AP Courses, ACE
Christian Examples◦Global University: largest ministry school in the
world with over 400,000 students ◦CityVision.edu◦KnowledgeElements.com◦UrbanMinistry.org
Need for Low Cost Education
Only 6.7% of people globally have college degrees compared to 40% in the USA◦ Majority of Christian growth is in developing countries
where Christian leaders are lacking educationEducation (like missions) is most effective when it
taught in the students culture and language
Technology innovation will enable ubiquitous, low-cost Christian education globally
Opportunity 2: The Long Tail Will Turn the World of
Christian Media Upside Down
Effect of the Long Tail: 80/20 Rule Becomes the 60/40 Rule
Before the Internet: 80% of profit comes from 20% of products
After the Internet: 60% of profit comes from 40% of products = increased content diversity
Effects of the Long Tail & Missions Long Tail Increases Diversity of Videos
◦ Blockbuster Video: 80% of rentals are recent “blockbusters,” only carry 75 documentaries
◦ Netflix: 30% of rentals are “blockbusters” and carry 1,180 documentaries
◦ Amazon: carries 17,061 documentaries (of a possible 40,000) Long Tail of Search Terms (TechMission Websites)
◦ Top 500 search terms provide 19.5% of visitors◦ 604,916 search terms provide 80.5% of visitors
Missions Implication◦ Non-Western culture voices are almost entirely on the long tail.◦ The Internet extends the long tail. It decreases the proportion
controlled by big media from 80% to around 60% which gives more room for non-Western voices.
◦ Open strategy maximizes visibility of non-Western voices.
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Source: International Bulletin of Missionary Research, January 2005. David B. Barrett & Todd M. Johnson. http://www.globalchristianity.org/resources.htm
Opportunity 3: Mobile Technology
Mobile Projections2012 number of mobile-connected devices
exceeds the number of people on earth2015:
◦1 billion smartphones shipping annually◦60% of data will be outside of Europe & North
America◦All parts of the world will have average speed > 1
Mbps◦Market share 2015: 43.8% android, 16.9% iOS, 20.3%
Windows (Android market share likely to be double that in developing countries)
2016 there will be 1.4 mobile devices per capita (10 billion)
Importance of Audio & Video In Access to the Word Globally
Source: http://www.wycliffe.org/about/statistics.aspx http://www.lausanne.org/en/blog/1779-the-70-orality-and-the-mission-of-the-church.html
Opportunity 4: The Semantic Web & Big Data
For More Info Visit: http://www.slideshare.net/techmission/christian-social-graph-v2
http://www.slideshare.net/techmission/nonprofit-social-graph
Christian Social Graph
Christian Social Graph
Parachurches300,000+
Jobs15,000+
Volunteer Opportunities
10,000+
ClassifiedListings
Resumes(People)
Churches300,000
Groups & Events
Content150,000
items
Funders & Grants11,000
TechMission’sInitial Focus
Opportunity 5: The “Networked Church”
Architecture of Catholic Church
Mainframe EraHub/Spoke ArchitectureOne HierarchyCentralizedMonolithicStrength: addressing
problems requiring centralized approach
Problems◦ The Pope is not Jesus◦ Single point of failure◦ Lack of competition
Pope
Hub/Spoke Architecture
Architecture of Protestant Church Pre-Internet
Computers & LANs Disconnected/No
Interconnection Atomized No hierarchy or
denominational hierarchy Problems
◦ The Body of Christ should not be atomized and disconnected
◦ Week in addressing problems requiring a centralized approach
Isolated Networks(denominations & churches)
Networked, Modular Church Complex organic
interconnection Uses strengths of both
centralized and distributed architectures
Modular Increased specialization
Internet ArchitectureFrom: NetDimes.org
Trend Toward Specialization:Growth of the Parachurch
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$100
$200
$300
$400
$500
$600
Parachurch $0 $1 $20 $162 $230 $570
Church $1 $7 $50 $108 $140 $300
1800 1900 1970 2000 2007 2025
(in Billions)
62%
66%
60%
Source: International Bulletin of Missionary Research, January 2005. David B. Barrett & Todd M. Johnson. http://www.globalchristianity.org/resources.htm
Modular Transformation of Computer Industry
Source: Only the Paranoid Survive, Andy Grove
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Virtually Integrated Church
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Sacraments
Sunday Service
Small Group
Teaching
Accountability
Modular Church
Student Groups
12 StepGroups
Accountability Partners
Meetups
ChristianLiterature
MegachurchStreaming
ChristianRadio/TV
DenominationStructures
LocalChurch
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Sacraments
Sunday Service
Small Group
Teaching
Accountability
Modular Transformation of the Church
Opportunities and Threats from Technology
Opportunities Threats
Growth in diversity Growth in deviance
Many options/connections Shallow relationships
More information More temptation
Less global poverty More domestic inequalityDecreased autocracy Decreased accountability
Viral church growth Viral cults
Megachurch network growth Wal-Mart Effect on Churches
Increased Specialization Holistic church decrease
Individual Capacity for Good Individual Capacity for Evil
What’s MissingScienceBiotechUnforeseen opportunitiesIncluding all elements of vocation
Dimensions of Christian Vocation
From The Other Six Days. R. Paul Stevens
Four Questions of Personal Vocation
Calling
What are you good at?
Does the world need?What do you enjoy?
Will the world pay?
Internal Motivation(deep gladness)
External Motivation(world’s deep hunger)
Status
Meaning
Status without Meaning• Empty success• Corporate drone
Meaning without Status• Financially unsustainable• Starving volunteer
Internal • Underemployed• Starving artist
External Motivation• Burnout• Joyless worker
2. Discussion How STEM Professionals Can Improve Balance in Vocation?
3. Ideas for Increasing Meaning
4. What would 24/7 ministry look like for STEM Professional and in your context?