[Dialogue] 20 Principles of Corporateness

[John Cock]

Below is the list from memoir Herman Greene posted recently. I had a loose
sheet of 20 Principles from OE somewhere. Can't find it now. Can't remember
how much I edited them. ~John
 
HOW DO I BEGIN to list what I learned from my years in the Order:
Ecumenical? Maybe with a variation on some of the Order's operating
principles that are quite applicable to any sensitive and responsive group:

THE 20 PRINCIPLES OF CORPORATENESS

1.                Corporateness grows out of a mutual calling.

2.                Covenant and discipline sustain community.

3.                Regular accountability of each member is necessary.

4.                Absolution is that without which corporateness fails.

5.                Each member has a gift to be developed and offered.

6.                Everyone is responsible for the whole mission.

7.                Worship of God by whatever name is the most important act
of the community.

8.                The community has one mission, not many.

9.                Sacrificial commitment of time and resources is crucial.

10.            Care is provided structurally.

11.            The power is in the center of the table.

12.            Decisions are made by consensus, not by majority vote.

13.            Equity, not equality, is the key to fairness.

14.            Effectiveness, not efficiency, is the hallmark of service.

15.            The first response is always yes.

16.            Indirection is preferred to direct encounter.

17.            Only criticize with an alternative model to offer.

18.            Only decide or act as a team of two or more.

19.            The external situation is never the real problem.

20.            The community has local autonomy and global responsibility.

 

Called to Be: A Spirit Odyssey, by John Cock, pg. 217


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It was something like that.  It was a paper in common usage, I thought.  Too
bad it is lost.
    Darrell

Maybe it was more like a summary of revolutionary principles for being the
Order.
Marshall


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Way back when, I remember there was a list of, I guess, what one would call
"core values."  It was a list of twenty or so qualities, among them "the
first answer is always 'yes'" and "effectiveness, not efficiency, is the
hallmark of our work."  (paraphrased)  Could someone send me that list.  I
have lost mine.
    Darrell Walker -- Phoenix where it remains 110 F



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