INFLUENCING THE WORLD

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Transforming our Communities

• Part 3
• INFLUENCING THE WORLD

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6 Facesof the Future
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AST
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RBAN
T
RIBAL
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NIVERSAL
R
ADICAL
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THICAL
From Futurewise by Dr Patrick Dickson
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Percentage of UK population in Church, by age
group, 1979, 1989 1999
From Religious Trends Christian Research
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Influence - FAMILY

• Divorce capital of Europe
• UK has highest teenage pregnancy rate
• Crises in sexuality
• Section 28

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Influence - ENVIRONMENT

• Universal concern
• Global village
• Global warming
• Renewable resources
• God speaks through creation
• The earth is the Lords and everything in it

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Influence - WORK

• All consuming
• Resultant stress
• New spiritual management values
• Technological changes
• New work practices