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

18Aug08

“Who would start a new business and call it Enron?”
–one guy of Disciples’ Fellowship, on naming the church plant
Of course, some may wonder exactly why the name “Church of Christ” had to be forfeited in these church plants. Kester Smith notes that two of IA’s core community of six had a different background than [...]

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[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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toward a definition of “missional”

12Jan08

ok, seems like there’s a lot of hair-splitting going out there (done from a thoroughly modern posture) and the hairsplitters believe we cannot use the word “missional” because, as they claim, it has no clear meaning. so there’s a big push by some intellectuals for others to “define” the buzzword “missional” before anyone [...]

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