I couldn’t resist playing with the Friend of emergent badge. I always enjoy my times with the Emergent crowd but there are also things that sometimes bug me – as with any organization – so I suppose i am a friend and a fiend. But more of a friend.
If I had a badge for every emerging church network I support, I would need to build another column to hold them all. Emergent seems to get the lion’s share of publicity for the global emerging church and so I tend NOT to blog about them as much as i would like to. There are many AMAZING emerging church networks and movements around the world that many people have not even heard of and I like to even up the playing field – since most influential Christian publishers and websites are based in USA.
Speaking of . . .
– Tribal Generation happens in Brazil, June 14-17. There will be emerging church networks from all over Latin America. I should be there also, having been involved with TG since 2000.
– Die Gefaehrten, a Global Roundtable for the Underground Emerging Church, will happen in August 4-6 in Germany. Invitations have already been issued and leaders will be participating from all over the globe. And yes, I will be there.
– and in Malaysia this October, 500 young leaders will be gathering at Lausanne sponsored event. I was invited as an ‘old guy’ – being over 35, but am not sure if i will be there or not.
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Andrew, we really need you to blog on the “other” emergers in the world. Do please continue to even up the playing field. Thank you for your faithfulness.
Dana
Speaking as a 50 year old, the nice thing about being older is that you are still here. I look forward to being in the eternal kingdom, but at this moment there is still a few things I would see and do. But the sad this about being 50 is that my beautiful children now drive. I do not kow what that is like in the UK, but here it is always an adventure.
Thanx, Andrew for leveling the playing field. I am so hungry to know what is going on around the world in “other” emerging contexts. I echo Dana’s sentiments above. I am tired of only hearing about USAmerican Emergent. Symptomatic of how inward focused my country is. Pax, Adele
Any contacts to Finland?
i think ‘fiend of emergent’ definately your divine calling Andrew ;o)
really interested that a Lausanne gathering in this field is happening. i seem to be becoming involved in one on alternative spiritualites…who’s gonna put all this stuff together?
like others i think the global dimension is really important and so hard to get information on. i often find myself being asked about it for good reason and whilt i have some stuff i can say i’m aware i know so little. what is happening in an increasingly Globalised and capitalist culture? are things radically different accross the globe or is ’emerging church’ increasingly becoming a global family reponding to an increasing global cultural convergence? keep up the good work!