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

08Aug08

Kester Smith: keeping Austin theologically weird, in a very good way, of course

In line with Barton Stone, Post-Restorationist church planters, along with their communities, have experienced tension within their initial heritage—some to a lesser degree than others. For Greg Newton of Disciples’ Fellowship (Birmingham, AL), his Church of Christ identity changed while in the [...]

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Tags: post-restorationist, barton stone, restoration movement, church planting, stone-campbell movement, missional, missio dei, Greg Newton, Kester Smith, Jared Looney, bronx fellowship, immanuel austin, disciples fellowship

brethren blogs

31Jul08

Back in the old glory days, religious institutions with denominational affiliation would refer to themselves as “sister churches” or “sister schools” or what have you. Henceforth I give you a few of what I call “brethren blogs.” When my Google-Reader platform shows an RSS update from the following brethren, it makes my heart [...]

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Tags: Kester Smith, Blogroll, Danner Kline, Steve Holt, Mark Love, Free the Hops, Blake Thompson, brethren blogs, Mark Willis, Brian Harrison

[1ntro] emerging then, emerging now: Barton Stone and the post-restorationists

08Jul08

the man, the exile, the forerunner
If you’re an emerging underling like me, you do what missiologists/anthropologists with PhD’s from Fuller tell you. So the next few posts will be pieces from a paper I wrote that started with some research I did in graduate school as Chris Flanders’ graduate assistant. Initially, [...]

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Tags: barton stone, Ben Cheek, Brian McLaren, Chris Flanders, church planting, Doug Foster, emerging church, Greg Newton, Jared Looney, Kester Smith, missional, Nic Acosta, post-restorationist, restoration movement, stone-campbell movement