Britain at the End of November

November slipped by last night and I was wondering who was praying this week, or what earth-shattering events might be taking place. People around the world were encouraged to pray. The post from Christian City News and Blogs Network (and image) got picked up all over the blogosphere. For me, a highly significant national act…

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Kongress For Church Innovation

I will be speaking at the Kon . . i mean Congress for Church Innovation in Switzerland, May 4-6. Alan Hirsch (Dangerous Stories, Shaping of Things to Come) will be the main speaker. Actually he was born in South Africa but has incarnated himself quite effectively as an Aussie. Karsten Wolff will be there, Reinhold,…

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Hammett on Emerging Church 1.2

[continued from Hammett : Intro] If I had a candle for every minister who believes the emerging church is a runaway faction of anti-establishment philosophers, sipping starbucks on leopard-skin couches and projecting the Matrix movie onto labyrinths, then I could probably light up the entire worship space at an Emergent Convention. But there are 2…

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Hammett on Emerging Church – Intro

[Update: The original title for this series was “Emerging Church Hammering”. Out of respect for John Hammett, because it did not fairly reflect his intentions towards the emerging church, I have edited the titles] So . . . what about the latest ‘hammering’ on the emerging church? I don’t respond to many of these critiques,…

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