Category: Emerging Church
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Brian McLaren Responds to Everything Must Change Concerns
Tall Skinny Kiwi (Andrew Jones): Brian McLaren Responds to Everything Must Change Concerns Heres a little email chat I had with Brian McLaren recently. He agreed to let me post it on my blog. I reviewed Brian's book "Everything Must Change" but my mixed review was a little harsh and I had a few questions…
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Shopping for justice: The trouble with good intentions
Christian Century: Shopping for justice: The trouble with good intentions Julie Clawson needed a new bra. Most of the time Clawson, a Chicago-area pastor, would have just gone to the store, plunked down some cash and headed home with a new bra. But she had been reading about globalization, and her conscience made her wonder…
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What are Emerging’s advantages?
Jesus Creed (Scot McKnight): What are Emerging’s advantages? Greetings Scot, I was one of your students at Trinity Evang Div School… Although my leanings are not emerging/emergent, I want to be fair, honest, and even-handed as I share on the emerging/emergent movement. My questions are these: 1) Could you (or your blog responders) share what…
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I Received a Fascinating Email…
Tony Jones: I Received a Fascinating Email… …from one of my heroes and a pioneer of the internet. He encouraged me to post this but asked that his identity be withheld. Dear Tony, I actually procrastinated a bit this morning and read your chapter (partly because I’m interested in new books, as I’m writing one…
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Americans Embrace Various Alternatives to a Conventional Church Experience as Being Fully Biblical
Barna Group: Americans Embrace Various Alternatives to a Conventional Church Experience as Being Fully Biblical (Ventura, CA) 2008 promises to be a year of significant change for Americans. The presidential election has already introduced significant transitions into the political process and conversation. The sagging economy is altering many people’s financial behavior and lifestyles. New technology…
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Emergent Church Difficulties and Differences
Tall Skinny Kiwi: Emergent Church Difficulties and Differences The phrase "emergent church difficulties and differences", although it sounds like a new book title, is actually found in a document from 1622 known as the Propositions of the Synod of the churches of New England, which convened in Boston that year. This document was part of…
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Tom Brokaw on the Emerging Church
For a video of Tom Brokaw’s report on the Emerging Church click here.
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On the Value of the Term “Emerging Church”
Faithmaps Blog (Stephen Shields): On the Value of the Term “Emerging Church” Andrew Jones asks: I ask this every year. This year, MOST people in my world say that the label “emerging church” or “emergent church” does not define or describe the kinds of ministries they are doing. That also means that many books on…
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“Intuitive Leadership” Book Review
What might leadership look like for the Church in the 21st Century? Tim Keel, pastor of Jacob's Well in Kansas City, MO, writes about the mission of the Church in his book Intuitive Leadership: Embracing a Paradigm of Narrative, Metaphor and Chaos: To be missiological in a post-Christendom world is not to be more committed…