Grow Slow (Hillsong Church, Blitzscaling vs Building, and the pressures of "Pride")

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We call this episode "Grow Slow; The Game of Breaks."
Ever thought: Build fast and break things? Or Grow Slow and sustainable? It is a common tension point here in Silicon Valley and in the space of church planting.

How do you measure growth? What metrics do you use for health? Do the methods of "growing at all costs" apply to building a church the way they do for a startup? We talk about the rise/fall of Hillsong Church, considering the recent release of the FX series that focuses on the ministry.

In this episode...

• Review of the "Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed" (FX Documentary Series)
• Silicon Valley's culture of "blitzscaling"
• Build fast and break things? Or Grow Slow and sustainable?
• Pride month and the pressures of being a Christian in the Valley.

Timestamps:
(01:40) Katrina's Intro to Episode 12
(03:37) Jump right in: First takes on "Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed" Docu-series
(07:19) Lessons on Scalability from Hillsong Church
(19:56) The Race of Breaks
(32:00) Can health and greed exist together?
(44:17) Pastor Adam Speaks to Church Critics
(48:47) "Deconstruction" and other words
(50:53) Faith at work during pride month
(01:00:51) Questions on Identity

Links:
Hype Network (https://www.hypenetwork.org/)
VIVE Church (https://www.vivechurch.org)
Vest Fund (https://vestfund.org/)

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