Tag: emerging church
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Vibrant Institutions: Jacob’s Well
Faith and Leadership: Vibrant Institutions: Jacob's Well It's one thing to start a church; it's another to keep it going. As Jacob's Well has discovered, even the most cutting-edge, creative and vibrant church has to have organization and structure. August 28, 2012 | At first glance, Jacob's Well, a nondenominational "emerging" church in Kansas City,…
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Progressive vs. Emergence Christianity: From Where I Sit (Phyllis Tickle)
Patheos -Progressive Christian Portal: Progressive vs. Emergence Christianity: From Where I Sit Despite the sharing of conversations, there still are some distinct differences between Progressive Christianity and Emergence Christianity. … Despite that sharing of conversationalists, however, there still are some distinct differences between Progressive Christianity and Emergence Christianity, at least three or four of which…
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Emerging Church and Mainliners
I've been saying for years that much of the emerging Church is simply Evangelicals embracing Mainline Protestant theology while experiencing reticence about Mainline institutions. While "emerging church" encompasses a broad range of expression, in the Mainline world, it is almost monotone. Emerging Mainliners have little dispute with Mainline theology or the deep commitment to progressive/liberal…
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Free-Marketeers, Environmentalists, and Emergent Church
Pileus: Why Free-Marketeers Should Be Environmentalists (And Vice Versa) It is no original insight to note that ecologists and economists both derive equilibrium theories from the Darwinian assumption of natural selection of the traits of successful replicators – organisms for ecologists, firms for economists. Like an ecosystem, the economy is an “emergent” or “spontaneous” order,…
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Selective Emergence?
I have a post up at Jesus Creed today about emergence, emerging church, and economics. Feel free to join the conversation: Selective Emergence?
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Smart guys on the future of the mainline
Call and Response Blog: Smart guys on the future of the mainline Jason Byassee One advantage of my job is getting to meet the smart, dedicated church leaders who attend our Leadership Education events. Recently I got to meet with two: a terrific young UCC conference minister named Mike Denton and the well-known author Brian…
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“Deep Church” – Book Review
Deep Church: A Third Way Beyond Emerging and Traditional Just over ten years ago, my friend Steve told me he was part of a core group that wanted to plant a church in my neighborhood, not far from downtown Kansas City, MO. He wanted to know if I knew of a place they could meet.…
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Spiritual, But Not Religious
Tim Keel: Spiritual, But Not Religious I was invited to be a guest on a radio show of our local NPR affiliate KCUR. The show is called "Up To Date with Steve Kraske." Once a month Kraske hosts a religion roundtable. Today's topic was "Spiritual, But Not Religious." I had a great time, and I…
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Emergent Pencils and the Emerging Church
This week marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most brilliant and enjoyable economic essays ever written. It's titled I Pencil: My Family Tree as told to Leonard E. Read. It beautifully illustrates that no one is in charge of making pencils (there is no pencil czar),, yet there is always an abundant supply…