UPDATE: Not this time. Nobody in Altanta is really interested so I will shelve this talk and bring it out at another date – perhaps Dallas early next year as part of our ten year celebration of the Boaz Project under BGCT. Original Post: Saturday evening Oct 3, 2009 I will be in Atlanta on…
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– I can related to the blog-weary Phoenix Preacher who seeks a cave between and the Lighthouse Trails and the renewal movement. – The Sovereignty series on Man of Depravity ended well. Lots of good thoughts, including one from me. – When I was at Greenbelt Festival, I met Rob Bell and the controversial but…
Read MoreThe 1% Clergical Elite and the 10% Cultural Creative Leadership
John La Grou was talking recently about a 1% ecclesial elite and the 10% cultural creatives in the church world. I asked him to elaborate and thus a new blog post this morning. “The emergence of virtual community, the virtual ecclesia, will radically change global religion in part because creatives-of-faith now have direct access to…
Read MoreLoving the Church but Hating the Book
Bill Kinnon restores the art of writing a review on a book that you dont like. This has been a big issue for me. I am often sent rubbish books and I would rather not say anything at all than put up yet another negative review and have everyone mad at me. But maybe if…
Read MoreReflections on the Jesus Freaks
A few days have passed since camping out with the Jesus Freaks in Germany and I have a few thoughts on the movement. 1. The Jesus Freaks, after 2 years of summing up the previous chapter of ministry, going through a few trials, and accepting their identity as a movement that has matured out of…
Read MoreComing back soon. But first a plug for the emerging church forum.
OK. That month of silence was really good for me. And, [you add], it was really good for us also! Thanks. I appreciate that. I plan to start blogging again here really soon. I have some clarity on how this blog needs to get back to its roots as a global mission blog. More on…
Read MoreRock Harbor an Emerging Church?
Its an interesting conversation for some. Rock Harbor Church is an item in the blogs right now after Lighthouse Trails gave them a hard time for being an "emerging church" and Rock Harbor has responded with a video. Phoenix Preacher has the skinny and is following the conversation. I wrote my thoughts a few years…
Read MoreBaptists and the Emerging Church
Hi everyone from yesterday’s Baptist meeting in Lisbon, Portugal. Thanks for coming to the meeting and for such an inspiring and encouraging afternoon. REALLY REALLY GREAT to be with you. Here are some links related to our talk yesterday about emerging church, church planting, etc. “The Emergent/Emerging Church: A Missiological Perspective” Dr. Ed Stetzer, Fall…
Read MoreEmerging Church Panel Discussion
A podcast worth listening to: Emerging Church Panel discussion from a publishing perspective at the Christian Book Expo in Dallas a week or so ago. Or watch the video here. I will avoid giving my usual comments that authors are not necessarily leaders and much of the emerging church is held hostage by the American…
Read MoreIs the Virtual Church a REAL Church?
Douglas Estes, one of the participants of yesterday’s Cyberchurch Symposium, and who managed to get lost in London twice during our walk [must be a curious fellow] is releasing a book on the Cyberchurch in a few months. He interviewed me for the book and a few questions I just dug up from an old…
Read MoreFrench toast, Saturday Morning and the Emerging Church
Saturday morning. I made French toast out of a single pan loaf, like I always do on a Saturday morning. Then I read the text from Kevin Ward’s lecture “It may be emerging but is it church?” and drank some coffee. Then I read Bruce Hamill responding to Kevin Ward with some interesting thoughts on…
Read MoreExploring the Emerging Church Conference Today
Interesting conference on today in Michigan. Exploring the Emerging Church: Theology, Culture, Ritual, and Meaning, hosted by Calvin Institute of Christian Worship. A book will be emerging from this conference and a list of budding chapters can be downloaded here and read. I am guessing the authors will be kicking around the material today. Technorati…
Read MoreEmerging Church Argument 2.0
Why settle for an emerging church argument when you can have an emerging church argument 2.0? Adam Abu-Nab emailed me this morning to throw me a bone. Adam is helping to launch a new 2.0 app called aMap. It’s “designed to promote the art of arguing by mapping out complex arguments in a simple visual…
Read More150 Emerging Church Books
QUESTION: What have I done with the 150 emerging church books that used to sit on my bookshelf? ANSWER: I am setting them free to be read by my blog readers and Suddenly Seminary students. Let me tell you why and how. WHY? Heres the deal. In a month or so, our family gets back…
Read MoreEmerging Church: Ten Year Retrospective on Next Wave
Ten years ago i was interviewed by Next Wave regarding church on the new edge. Now, a decade later, the term has changed to “emerging church” and we are still talking. Actually, the Next-Wave online mag is one of the very best resources for emerging church stuff and its an honor to be a part…
Read MoreReforming or Conforming? Chapter 7
Church and Community or Community and Church? by Ronald Gleason From the book Reforming or Conforming? Post-Conservative Evangelicals and the Emerging Church This chapter by Ronald Gleason and Phil Johnson’s chapter, were the best ones in the book for me so I am responding to them before the others, in case I dont get to…
Read MoreReforming or Conforming? Chapter 9
Joyriding on the Downgrade at Breakneck Speed: The Dark Side of Diversity, by Phil Johnson. From the book Reforming or Conforming? Post-Conservative Evangelicals and the Emerging Church Phil Johnson has written the best chapter in the book and in fact should probably have written the introduction. If you buy the book, read this chapter first…
Read MoreReforming or Conforming? Chapter 1
Chapter 1 – The Doctrine of Scripture: Only a Human Problem, by Paul Wells. From the book Reforming or Conforming? Post-Conservative Evangelicals and the Emerging Church Paul Wells discusses the divine-human relationship to Scripture and offers four models – witness, accommodation, the analogy between Christ and the Bible [incarnational] and the servant form of Scripture.…
Read MoreReforming or Conforming? Post-Conservative Evangelicals and the Emerging Church
A really good book came in the mail two days ago. Reforming or Conforming? Post-Conservative Evangelicals and the Emerging Church. I always said that when a book of a decent calibre comes out as a corrective to the emerging church, I would give it some airplay and consideration on the blog. Although I think it…
Read MoreTribal Generation in England this week
I am heading down to England this week to be part of the Tribal Generation event. Should be great. We will be exploring mission among and out of the emerging generation. The Latinos have a lot of energy and simplicity to their faith. We all need a bit of that sometimes. If you want to…
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