Church: Organized or Organic

While conversing with a friend about the term Organic Church, he used the term organized effort to describe the more familiar form in the western church. Looking these adjectives up in WordNet, I am beginning to see the contrast. Especially from the terms listed in the similar to sections below.

• S: (adj) organized (methodical and efficient in arrangement or function) "how well organized she is"; "his life was almost too organized"
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• S: (adj) methodical (characterized by method and orderliness) "a methodical scholar"
• S: (adj) well-conducted (characterized by good organization and control) "a well-conducted meeting"

• S: (adj) organic (being or relating to or derived from or having properties characteristic of living organisms) "organic life"; "organic growth"; "organic remains found in rock"
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• S: (adj) integrated, structured (resembling a living organism in organization or development) "society as an integrated whole"
• S: (adj) nonsynthetic (involving or derived from living organisms; free from chemical treatments or additives) "organic gardening is more natural"; "nonsynthetic fertilizer"

Source of terms:

http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Also can compare based on structure, behavior, and roles.

The brick and mortar church

structure ... Top-Down; Committees
roles ... Leader vs. follower/constituent; Instructor vs. Listener
behavior ... Scheduled; Well-conducted; Best foot forward; Facade; Greek Model

The organic church

structure ... Integrated web of relationships
roles ... Participant; Conversational
behavior ... As needed; Ad hoc; Be real; Broken; Hebrew Model