Theology of Church as Family: From Me to We

The Church Renewal Podcast · Sep 11, 2025 · 37m · transcript

Churches, like families, instinctively resist change even when it's healthy because systems naturally seek stability—even dysfunctional stability.

• Family systems theory provides powerful insights for understanding church dynamics

• Western individualism misses our design for relationship and community

• Eastern collectivism correctly values community but can suppress healthy differentiation

• Jesus modeled perfect differentiation—maintaining values while staying connected

• Identity and acceptance cannot be self-manufactured but must be received

• When we try to work for acceptance rather…