Rules for Radicals

CNLP 824 | A $37 Million Building Campaign with a Church of 900 People: Aaron Graham on Big Vision and The Key to Talking About Hot Button Topics

The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast, 18 August 2026. The book comes up at 1 hr 0 min in.

Aaron Graham references Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals and its principle "you must polarize to mobilize," arguing that some churches have borrowed this secular community-organizing playbook by stoking outrage to generate engagement. He contrasts this with what he sees as the biblical call to speak truth while maintaining relationships across difference rather than becoming divisive influencers.

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