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Triperspectivalism, Multiperspectivalism & Other Large Words
Author: D. Goodmanson31 May
It's been well over a year since my first post on multiperspectivalism (or triperspectivalism), but more and more people & churches are seeing this as a framework to do effective ministry. In the Acts 29 forum, there appears to be several churches who are re-thinking their structures based on this framework. At Kaleo Church, Dick Kaufmann and Doug Swagerty (from Harbor Pres.) have influenced us greatly. These two missional church planters have had years of applying a triperspectival approach to ministry. Also, they both taught on triperspectivalism with John Frame. I've been told Redeemer is flying Dick out (who used to be 'Keller's right hand man') to do some consulting for them. David Fairchild has also been emailing John Frame (right image, the man credited with introducing triperspectivalism) who we're trying to schedule for our regional event in San Diego. We are just at the beginning of unpacking this and seeing how it applies to the church & our lives but I thought it would be helpful to consolidate what we have so far:
John Frame's Primer on Perspectivalism (pdf)
Posts from my blogs:
How Multi-perspectivalism and Tri-Perspectivalism should shape your Worldview
Triperspectival Ecclesiology - Being the Church as Corporate, Intimate & Group
The Decline of the Western Church and the Call to renew your Church’s Ecclesiology
Missional Eldership - Leading a Transformational Community
Creating a Church to Change Culture
Triperspectival Ministry Assessment
How Mutliperspectivalism shapes Church Leadership and how you staff a church
Leadership Conflict Resolution: Prophet | Priest | King
What type of churches NOT to plant (triperpectival)
Other bloggers mentioning these perspectival approaches:
Ministry through the lens of Multiperspectival Epistemology
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Drew is an elder/pastor at Kaleo Church and CEO of Monk Development. Kaleo is a church planting movement in San Diego. Drew spends much of his time thinking about church planting strategy, web missiology and being a husband and father of two (Gideon & Roman). More about Drew Goodmanson.
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6 Responses for "Triperspectivalism, Multiperspectivalism & Other Large Words"
Thanks, Drew for consolidating this collection of articles. I haven’t seen a collection like this anywhere else.
No prob Ortiz. Have you written some stuff up on this too? I know you are drinking the same Kool Aid we are.
Drew-
Thanks for Frame’s primer. When you really start to think through this stuff, you really begin to see the world in triangles.
I’ve just started reading Hirsch’s “The Forgotten Ways” and in chapter 1 he argues that “a true encounter with God in Jesus must result in: worship, discipleship and mission.”
Worship - Normative
Discipleship - Existential
Mission - Situational
He goes on to argue “that practically as well as theologically these are profoundly interconnected, and each informs the other to create a complex phenomenon called “church”. This definition is important because it distills the core aspects of what constitutes a faith ecclesia.” Maybe I’m making a stretch, but that seems like something Frame himself could have written.
The problem I face is practically how to really benefit from this approach. It has helped to keep us balanced, but I feel like there is so much more to be written on the triperspectival approach. Being in a church plant where “the cement is still wet” so to speak, I really want to continue to develop and think through this framework and how it can positively affect the ministry in our church. Thanks for all of the stuff that you have already written - it has helped tremendously.
Now someone just needs to come up with a more accessible name than “multiperspectival”…
I see triangles everywhere! Thanks for the comment. There is much more that will be written about perspectivalism. David and I have considered writing something, but I agree we need a simpler name.
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