Batch Review — purpose-driven-church-03-what-drives-your-church

Source: resources/Purpose-Driven-Church/03-what-drives-your-church.md Scope: 12 atomics (across 1 unit(s)) Date: 2026-05-24 Variant: foundation-pass Class: tparents

Generated by scripts/process_batch.py atomize (ADR-0023). Linking step has been applied — see ## Linking applied below for the related-graph, glossary wikilinks, and dedup flags.

Atomics

FileTitleTags
every-church-has-a-driving-force.mdEvery Church Has a Driving Force, Whether Acknowledged or Notecclesiology, church-growth, purpose-of-creation
tradition-driven-church-perpetuates-the-past.mdThe Tradition-Driven Church Confuses Stagnation With Stabilityecclesiology, church-growth, evangelical-critique
personality-driven-church-collapses-when-leader-leaves.mdThe Personality-Driven Church Comes to a Standstill When Its Driver Leavesecclesiology, church-growth, personhood
finance-driven-church-asks-how-much-saved-not-who-saved.mdThe Finance-Driven Church Asks ‘How Much Did We Save?’ Instead of ‘Who Was Saved?‘ecclesiology, church-growth, salvation
program-driven-church-shifts-from-developing-people-to-filling-positions.mdThe Program-Driven Church Subtly Shifts From Developing People to Filling Positionsecclesiology, church-growth
building-driven-church-tail-wags-dog.mdIn Building-Driven Churches, the Tail Wags the Dogecclesiology, church-growth
event-driven-church-confuses-activity-with-productivity.mdThe Event-Driven Church Confuses Activity With Productivity and Attendance With Maturityecclesiology, church-growth, worship
seeker-sensitive-not-seeker-driven.mdThe Church Should Be Seeker Sensitive but Not Seeker Drivenecclesiology, evangelism, church-growth
purpose-driven-as-biblical-paradigm-alternative.mdPurpose-Driven Church Is Offered as the Biblical Alternative to All Seven Drift Patternsecclesiology, church-growth, purpose-of-creation, biblical
nothing-precedes-purpose-the-foundational-question.mdNothing Precedes Purpose: ‘Why Do We Exist?’ Is the Starting Pointecclesiology, purpose-of-creation, church-growth, seed-atomic
pastor-congregation-purpose-mismatch-arn-survey.mdPastors and Congregations Hold Opposite Views of Why the Church Existsecclesiology, sociology, evangelism, church-growth
strong-churches-built-on-eternal-purposes-not-programs.mdStrong Churches Are Built on God’s Eternal Purposes, Not Programs, Personalities, or Gimmicksecclesiology, church-growth, purpose-of-creation, biblical

Model notes (per unit)

03-what-drives-your-church.md — Chapter is structured as a typology of 7 inadequate drivers + 1 proposed (purpose), each meriting its own atomic, plus framing/conclusion atomics. The Arn survey atomic is split out as a sociology observation worth its own slot. Bible references rendered as plain prose since Bible class is not ingested. Several atomics surface UC application questions (Cheon Jeong Gung capital footprint, second-gen program audits, member/leader purpose mismatch) for future threading.

Linking applied

  • related: additions: 28 wikilink(s) across batch atomics
Source atomicTarget atomic
building-driven-church-tail-wags-dog.md[[every-church-has-a-driving-force]]
building-driven-church-tail-wags-dog.md[[purpose-driven-as-biblical-paradigm-alternative]]
event-driven-church-confuses-activity-with-productivity.md[[every-church-has-a-driving-force]]
event-driven-church-confuses-activity-with-productivity.md[[program-driven-church-shifts-from-developing-people-to-filling-positions]]
every-church-has-a-driving-force.md[[purpose-driven-as-biblical-paradigm-alternative]]
every-church-has-a-driving-force.md[[strong-churches-built-on-eternal-purposes-not-programs]]
finance-driven-church-asks-how-much-saved-not-who-saved.md[[every-church-has-a-driving-force]]
finance-driven-church-asks-how-much-saved-not-who-saved.md[[purpose-driven-as-biblical-paradigm-alternative]]
nothing-precedes-purpose-the-foundational-question.md[[every-church-has-a-driving-force]]
nothing-precedes-purpose-the-foundational-question.md[[purpose-driven-as-biblical-paradigm-alternative]]
nothing-precedes-purpose-the-foundational-question.md[[strong-churches-built-on-eternal-purposes-not-programs]]
pastor-congregation-purpose-mismatch-arn-survey.md[[nothing-precedes-purpose-the-foundational-question]]
pastor-congregation-purpose-mismatch-arn-survey.md[[every-church-has-a-driving-force]]
personality-driven-church-collapses-when-leader-leaves.md[[every-church-has-a-driving-force]]
personality-driven-church-collapses-when-leader-leaves.md[[purpose-driven-as-biblical-paradigm-alternative]]
program-driven-church-shifts-from-developing-people-to-filling-positions.md[[event-driven-church-confuses-activity-with-productivity]]
program-driven-church-shifts-from-developing-people-to-filling-positions.md[[every-church-has-a-driving-force]]
program-driven-church-shifts-from-developing-people-to-filling-positions.md[[strong-churches-built-on-eternal-purposes-not-programs]]
purpose-driven-as-biblical-paradigm-alternative.md[[every-church-has-a-driving-force]]
purpose-driven-as-biblical-paradigm-alternative.md[[nothing-precedes-purpose-the-foundational-question]]
purpose-driven-as-biblical-paradigm-alternative.md[[strong-churches-built-on-eternal-purposes-not-programs]]
seeker-sensitive-not-seeker-driven.md[[every-church-has-a-driving-force]]
seeker-sensitive-not-seeker-driven.md[[purpose-driven-as-biblical-paradigm-alternative]]
strong-churches-built-on-eternal-purposes-not-programs.md[[every-church-has-a-driving-force]]
strong-churches-built-on-eternal-purposes-not-programs.md[[purpose-driven-as-biblical-paradigm-alternative]]
strong-churches-built-on-eternal-purposes-not-programs.md[[nothing-precedes-purpose-the-foundational-question]]
tradition-driven-church-perpetuates-the-past.md[[every-church-has-a-driving-force]]
tradition-driven-church-perpetuates-the-past.md[[purpose-driven-as-biblical-paradigm-alternative]]
  • Inline glossary wikilinks added: 0 (0 canonical-slug matches auto-accepted; 0 alias matches Haiku-validated; 2 alias matches rejected by Haiku)

Alias matches rejected by Haiku (not wikilinked):

AtomicPhraseWould-be targetReject reason
purpose-driven-as-biblical-paradigm-alternative.mdChrist[[messiah]]Christ refers to Jesus as biblical/historical foundation figure, not UC messiah theology
purpose-driven-as-biblical-paradigm-alternative.mdheart[[shimjeong]]’heart’ means ordinary English seat of plans/will, not UC shimjeong spiritual concept
  • Suspected duplicates flagged: 15 (full table in ## Suspected duplicates / cross-batch notes below)

  • New glossary stubs proposed: 0 (deferred — not yet implemented; see ADR-0023 linking spec)

  • Embedding refresh: 4 new/changed atomic(s) embedded; store now holds 358 atomics. Embedding cost: $0.0000 (1,648 tokens).

Glossary / Person updates

None at atomize stage. Linking pass may surface new glossary stubs or backlinks.

Suspected duplicates / cross-batch notes

Batch atomicCandidate matchSimilarityVerdictReason
building-driven-church-tail-wags-dog.md[[smm-real-church-is-one-person-not-a-building]] (reference/smm-real-church-is-one-person-not-a-building.md)0.646adjacentBoth critique buildings-as-church but Warren’s claim is about budget/space constraints inverting ministry priorities, while Moon’s is about the ontological definition of church as person not structure.
every-church-has-a-driving-force.md[[uc-has-drifted-toward-denominational-mainline-pattern]] (reference/uc-has-drifted-toward-denominational-mainline-pattern.md)0.679adjacentBoth concern hidden/unacknowledged drift in church identity, but Hendricks’s claim is UC-specific drift, not Warren’s universal driving-force thesis.
every-church-has-a-driving-force.md[[core-uc-message-is-the-true-parents-claim]] (reference/core-uc-message-is-the-true-parents-claim.md)0.611adjacentRelated — both ask what the real driver/message of a church is; Hendricks names UC’s specifically, Warren makes the general diagnostic claim.
pastor-congregation-purpose-mismatch-arn-survey.md[[uc-has-drifted-toward-denominational-mainline-pattern]] (reference/uc-has-drifted-toward-denominational-mainline-pattern.md)0.647adjacentBoth diagnose drift pattern in churches; UC parallel question explicitly relevant.
personality-driven-church-collapses-when-leader-leaves.md[[core-uc-message-is-the-true-parents-claim]] (reference/core-uc-message-is-the-true-parents-claim.md)0.616adjacentTouches founder-centric identity that the new atomic flags as personality-driven risk.
personality-driven-church-collapses-when-leader-leaves.md[[uc-message-must-stand-independent-of-korean-culture]] (reference/uc-message-must-stand-independent-of-korean-culture.md)0.610adjacentIndependence from founder’s cultural context parallels independence from founder’s personality.
program-driven-church-shifts-from-developing-people-to-filling-positions.md[[uc-has-drifted-toward-denominational-mainline-pattern]] (reference/uc-has-drifted-toward-denominational-mainline-pattern.md)0.653adjacentRelated internal-critique drift theme applicable to UC programs.
seeker-sensitive-not-seeker-driven.md[[seeker-service-as-hybels-innovation]] (reference/seeker-service-as-hybels-innovation.md)0.691adjacentRelated to seeker methodology origins; Warren’s distinction builds on this tradition but makes a different claim.
seeker-sensitive-not-seeker-driven.md[[sugita-tokyo-seeker-implementation-playbook]] (reference/sugita-tokyo-seeker-implementation-playbook.md)0.602adjacentConcrete seeker-model implementation; related to Warren’s broader seeker-sensitive framework.
strong-churches-built-on-eternal-purposes-not-programs.md[[smm-real-church-is-one-person-not-a-building]] (reference/smm-real-church-is-one-person-not-a-building.md)0.652adjacentBoth contrast church-as-building/program with deeper essence; thematically related.
strong-churches-built-on-eternal-purposes-not-programs.md[[core-uc-message-is-the-true-parents-claim]] (reference/core-uc-message-is-the-true-parents-claim.md)0.648adjacentParallel structural argument that core/foundation must drive the church; related theme.
tradition-driven-church-perpetuates-the-past.md[[uc-has-drifted-toward-denominational-mainline-pattern]] (reference/uc-has-drifted-toward-denominational-mainline-pattern.md)0.669adjacentRelated diagnosis of UC drift into tradition-bound forms, but Hendricks’s specific empirical claim vs Warren’s general typology.
tradition-driven-church-perpetuates-the-past.md[[uc-message-must-stand-independent-of-korean-culture]] (reference/uc-message-must-stand-independent-of-korean-culture.md)0.622adjacentRelated concern about inherited cultural forms ossifying the message, but distinct argument.
tradition-driven-church-perpetuates-the-past.md[[hadaway-19-feature-growing-vs-dying-comparison]] (reference/hadaway-19-feature-growing-vs-dying-comparison.md)0.617adjacentEmpirical features include innovation-readiness vs tradition-boundness; related but different framework.
tradition-driven-church-perpetuates-the-past.md[[for-us-by-us-principle-for-next-generation]] (reference/for-us-by-us-principle-for-next-generation.md)0.616adjacentSecond-generation ossification concern overlaps with UC application of tradition-driven warning.

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