cutting edge material on the emerging church (church church)

11Dec08

at a little indie used bookstore in Wilmington, NC with Helen. Larson and Osborne (1970) are so ahead of the curve…

and I quote:
The emerging Church will not choose up sides in such a fashion. Rather, it will affirm what is valuable on each emphasis, bringing together the most helpful of the old and [...]

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Tags: emergent, emerging church, the Great Emergence

old-school blog 1: on art, creativity, worship and the emerging church

14Sep08

Look what I dug up. I wrote this post almost 4 years ago in early January 2005 while about to enter my final semester at Northwestern State U in Natchitoches, LA. Note the reference to the emerging church and the post-evangelical marriage of art and music, as well as the Protestant maverick tone [...]

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Tags: aesthetics, Cathoicism, Catholicism, college, emergent, emerging church, Natchitoches, post-denominational, post-evangelical, Protestantism, theology of art

signs of emergence in the Ham

09Sep08

fellow post-restorationists, as if one of them needed a nametag
signs of emergence are everywhere. so much going on right now. i want to share stories and news with the locals in the area who are on board with the emergent conversation or whatever you call it.
first, Greg had a great post on the [...]

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Tags: birmingham alabama, Birmingham Emergent Cohort, Brian McLaren, disciples fellowship, emergent, emerging church, Pete Rollins, Phyllis Tickle

[i-x] emerging then, emerging now: Barton Stone and the Post-Restorationists

01Sep08

at the close of an epoch here at the priesthood, i have reposted our series “emerging then, emerging now” in sequence along with the pdf file below.  i enjoyed the dialog that this series generated.  thanks for entertaining me with your comments.  a few have mentioned using this paper in a class/conversation setting.  feel free [...]

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Tags: post-restorationist, barton stone, restoration movement, church planting, stone-campbell movement, emerging church, missional, missio dei, emergent, Churches of Christ, disciples fellowship, Alexander Campbell, organic church

[ix] emerging then, emerging now: Barton Stone and the post-restorationists

25Aug08

In line with his apocalyptic kingdom theology, Stone’s ecclesiology manifested itself in what can be described as a “missional polity.”* As such, Stone made room for the office of apostle, one who is sent. Ben Cheek (MS) notes that the common word “missionary” never appears in the New Testament. Instead, the [...]

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Tags: apostle of hustle, apostolic, barton stone, church planting, emerging church, missio dei, missional, post-restorationist, restoration movement, stone-campbell movement