Incarnational versus Incorporational
Written by Mark Van Steenwyk : January 18, 2007
I just stumbled upon a fascinating post by Geoff Holsclaw that is well worth a look. You may not agree with him, but his proposal shows the sort of creativity and radical shift that needs to happen among Christians in this country (imho). The basic idea is:
…that the emerging/missional/organic church of progressive evangelicals mmust move beyond a critique of corporate influences on ecclesial life, to a robust practice of stepping outside of the circulation of money between multinational corporations and instead begin investing in local cooperatives. Only then we will succeed in escaping the grip of the Corporation. (Read the rest here)
Mark Van Steenwyk is the editor of JesusManifesto.com. He is a Mennonite pastor (Missio Dei in Minneapolis), writer, speaker, and grassroots educator. He lives in South Minneapolis with his wife (Amy), son (Jonas) and some of their friends.
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1. Could this ever really work?
2. Is it worth the tremendous cumulative co$t to me? (Wal-Mart always has lower prices. Always.)
The way of Jesus is so impractical.
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What I was suggesting is not really that practical, but as jerry said, I do think it is necessary.
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I think if more US Christians pressured Walmart and Target and Costco, we could get them to have more fair trade versions of products that cost somewhat more but are guaranteed to have paid their workers significantly better in better working conditions.
I don't think we can say no completely to MNCs, they are part of the authorities of this age, but I think we can play them off each other somewhat and force them to abide by different rules.
I also think that we shd be pressing for a minimum wage of 60 cents per hour on all products and their parts that are made for export to the US. Sixty cents per hour will enable someone working 3000 hours a week, not uncommon in the third world, to make 5 dollars a day. That may sound like not much, but it would make a diff. It would also help us with our trade-imbalance with PRoChina that hamstrings us from pushing for more protections for Christians there.
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