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Category Archives: emerging church
post- Christian or post religious
The cover story of this week’s edition of Newsweek is the Decline and fall of Christian America. The author John Meachem, a self described flawed Christian (from the Episcopalian tribe) discusses the shift in the American religious landscape. On MSNBC this … Continue reading
faith in a post religious world
So in response to the recent USA today article about people turning away from religion I have had several conversations mostly in cyberspace with Christians who give me way to understand why our culture is moving into being post-religious. First, there is … Continue reading
Alan Roxburgh -: The Missional Journey -Is not what we might think
Here is a link to Alan Roxburgh founder of Allelon vlogging on Rodney Starks book What Americans Really Believe. The insights Roxburgh shares from the book reinforces the though I have ad for some time that we don’t need to … Continue reading
Posted in conversations, emerging church, faith & culture, missional church
Tagged Alan Roxburgh, books, denominations, missional, Rodney Stark
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defining emergence
browsing the ooze blog I cam e across a link to this site which has compiled an extensive list of online definitions of the emerging church i wonder as i wander: what is the emerging/missional/monastic/ multicultural/postmodern church anyway?.
Posted in emerging church
Tagged emer, emergence, emergent, emerging church, post_emergence
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My Struggle with New Monasticism God’s Politics Blog
God’s Politics: A Blog by Jim Wallis & Friends. Here is a great blog addressing some of the issues I have about the way some proponents of new church movements approach what they do in relation to people of color. … Continue reading
Posted in Diversity, emerging church, urban life
Tagged african american, movement, new monastics, race, racial_reconciliation
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DC this weekend for RNA conference panel
I’m heading to this weekend to participate in a panel discussion at the Religious News Writers Association Annual Conference. Info is below BREAKOUT PANEL #2: Whither Congregations? The big wooden doors are closing as graying churches and synagogues can no … Continue reading
alan hirsch in grand rapids
Today I got the chance to here Alan Hirsch talk at Grand Rapid Theological Seminary. These folks are constantly bringing some good people into town to stimulate conversation all across the theological spectrum of thought. This is a good thing. … Continue reading
mustard seed as a metaphor for church multiplication
I came across this post a mustard seed church over at some strange ideas It has some interesting thoughts about the mustard seed being an appropriate metaphor for church growth and multiplication. Since our church Mosaic Life has been exploring … Continue reading
Posted in church planting, emerging church
Tagged church, church growth, church multiplication, mustard seed church
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an undiscovered voice in the conversation
Recently i discovered a voice in the emergent conversation that I was not aware of, melvin bray. His bio reads I am a professional speaker and aspiring author. I am contributing the chapter “Reading the Prophets for Justice: How can … Continue reading
Posted in conversations, Diversity, emerging church
Tagged diversity, emergent, emergent_village
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why race matters VII – credibilty, race and class
So here’s another set of reasons why we can’t ignore the issue of race if the church is to emerge into something other than refuge a disgruntled white intellectuals. There is a credibility gap in our society and it strains … Continue reading
Posted in Diversity, emerging church
Tagged Barack Obama, church, class, Clinton, credibility, diversity, Jeremiah Wright, race, Sean Bell, why race matters
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