“Emergent” folks are Christians who are impatient with rigid megachurch formulas and noisy doctrinal in-fighting. They want to nurture a “vintage Christianity” that promotes the love of Christ for the emerging (non-churchgoing) generation. They’re hammering out a theology that’s friendly to ancient faith practices (contemplative prayer, labyrinths, hospitality) in a postmodern world of quantum physics, 24/7 media and coffee-house culture.
‘Emergent’ Christians seek spirituality without nasty theological squabbling“: a newspaper article in the Tennessean the recent Emergent Convention. As far as newpaper reviews go, that one is pretty good!! (link fixed now – thanks)
link seems to be down andrew…
I tracked down the link for you all…try cutting and pasting this into your browser:
http://www.gallatinnewsexaminer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050528/NEWS06/505280346/1023
Hope that helps!
thanks
just reposted
Goodness, that sounds a lot like what I’m trying to do. I didn’t know I had so much in common with ’emerging church’. Maybe like ‘postmodern’ it’s meaning is fairly elastic. To be honest ’emerging church’ has seemed rather elusive and hard to pin down up to now.
sad that you are across a hemisphere and the international date line and yet you find an article in my local paper.
they were great at using just about every coined phrase from every book or workshop.. also, did they know that we were there in prior years? &:~D
not sad at all
well done Gavin!
And thanks to Gallantin new sex aminer .com for publishing it.
Emerging Church critique, review, response
From Andrew comes a link to a Tennessee newspaper’s take on the emerging church. As far as newspaper accounts go, this one is pretty decent. Here are a couple of issues I have with the article: – It is a
Emerging Church critique, review, response
From Andrew comes a link to a Tennessee newspaper’s take on the emerging church. As far as newspaper accounts go, this one is pretty decent. Here are a couple of issues I have with the article: – It is a
For the nonconformists this is a breath of fresh air movement that is logic based rather than what society thinks is the norm.
Great Piece,