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The Emerging Church
Introduction and History
Short-Term Agenda
•What is the Emerging
Church (summary)?
•Why study the Emerging Church?
•Emerging critique of Evangelicalism=
3;
•What is the Emerging
Church (detail)?
•Diversity in the Emerging Church
<=
/span>
•Emerging vs. Emergent&=
#13;
•You might be Emergent =
if
…
•Emerging Leaders
Later Topics
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span
style=3D'font-size:125%'>•Emerging Worship
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:125%'>•Language, Truth and Logic
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:125%'>•Use of Scripture
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:125%'>•An Emergent Gospel?
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:125%'>•Doctrinal Issues
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:125%'>•Biblical view of the Church
What is the Emerging Church?
<=
span
class=3DBB style=3D'position:absolute;left:-4.43%'>•A reactio=
n to
“fundamentalism”
<=
span
class=3DBB style=3D'position:absolute;left:-4.24%'>•A reactio=
n to
consumerist Christianity
<=
span
class=3DBB style=3D'position:absolute;left:-4.43%'>•A reactio=
n to
modern Christianity
•An effort=
to
reach emerging generations / postmodern peopleWhy St=
udy
the Emerging Church?
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:88%'>•It appears to be a growing movement
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:88%'>•Its influence exceeds its size
<=
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<=
span
style=3D'font-size:88%'>•People we respect have raised concerns
=
•It seems to be having some influence on our =
own denomination
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:88%;visibility:hidden'>•
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:88%'>•To prepare us to meet the challenges it poses
=
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:88%'>•To practice biblical discernment
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:88%;visibility:hidden'>•
Critique of Evangelicalism
•The church=
is
out of step with culture, esp. urban culture
•T=
he
church is negative and judgmental
•T=
he
church is authoritarian
•T=
he
church is a private club
–It
speaks its own language
–It
makes outsiders uncomfortable
•T=
he
church is male-dominated
•T=
he
church is aligned with right-wing politics
Critique of Evangelicalism (2)
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:88%'>•The church is wedded to modernity
•The church has a naïve view of scripture and =
its =
interpretation
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:88%'>•The church is homophobic
•The church is too focused on getting people into <=
/span>heaven
•What is=
the
Emerging Church?
Wikipedia
Wikipedia
What is=
the
Emerging Church?
Wikipedia (2)
Wikipedia (2)
•While
practices and even core doctrine vary, most emergents can be recognized by the following value=
s:
•<=
/span>Authenticity
People in the postmodern culture seek real and authentic experiences in preference over scripted or superficial experiences. Emerging churches strive = to be relevant to today's culture and daily life, whethe= r it be through worship or service opportunities. The core Christian message is unchanged but emerging churches attempt, as the church has throughout the centurie= s, to find ways to reach God's people where they are to = hear God's message of unconditional love.=
People in the postmodern culture seek real and authentic experiences in preference over scripted or superficial experiences. Emerging churches strive = to be relevant to today's culture and daily life, whethe= r it be through worship or service opportunities. The core Christian message is unchanged but emerging churches attempt, as the church has throughout the centurie= s, to find ways to reach God's people where they are to = hear God's message of unconditional love.=
What
is the Emerging Church?
Wikipedia (3)
Wikipedia (3)
2.Missional living
Christians go out= into the world to serve God rather than isolate themselves within communities of like-minded individuals.
Christians go out= into the world to serve God rather than isolate themselves within communities of like-minded individuals.
3.Narrative theology
Teaching focuses = on narrative presentations of faith and the Bible rather than systematic theology or biblical reductionism.
Teaching focuses = on narrative presentations of faith and the Bible rather than systematic theology or biblical reductionism.
4.Christ-likeness
While not neglect= ing the study of Scripture or the love of the church, Christians focus their lives on the wo= rship and emulation of the person of Jesus Christ.
While not neglect= ing the study of Scripture or the love of the church, Christians focus their lives on the wo= rship and emulation of the person of Jesus Christ.
Emerging
Church: History
(according to Dan Kimball)
(according to Dan Kimball)
•1996: Leadership Network began series of conferenc=
es focusing on ministry to “baby busters,”
“Gen-X”
•<=
/span>1997: Leadership Network uses the tagline: "a=
dvance
scouts for the emerging
church“
•<=
/span>Over time, focus shift from a specific generation =
to a change in culture, first “postmodern” =
then
“emerging” (about
2001-2003)
•<=
/span>Key people: Brian McLaren, Tony Jones, Doug Pagitt=
, Mark Driscoll, Dan Kimball, Chris Seay
=
•<=
/span>June 21, 2001 – Brian McLaren, Tony Jones, D=
oug =
Pagitt and others form Emergent, obtain domain nam=
es emergentvillage.com, emergentvillage.net
Mark
Driscoll
4 Lanes of the Eme= rging Church
4 Lanes of the Eme= rging Church
The Emerging Church is =
diverse
Emerging
or Emergent
Justin Taylor
Justin Taylor
•<=
/span>Emergent is an organization (www.emergentvillage.c=
om/) or an official network of likeminded leaders and
churches involved in one
particular stream of the emerging "conversation."
Tony Jones now serves as the first national
coordinator in the United States.
•<=
/span>Emerging, on the other hand, is the term most ofte=
n used
to describe the much broader
movement (or "=
conversation")
of those seeking to incarnate and contextualize
the gospel for postmoderns.
•<=
/span>All that is emergent is emerging, but not all that=
is emerging is necessarily emergent. … some pas=
tors, churches, and writers want to retain the emerging =
label
… without identify=
ing
themselves with or even supporting the Emergent organization.
•
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Emerging, Emergent, Missional
Missional
Emerg=
ing
Emergent
After D=
avid
G. Dunbar, Missional, Emerging, Emergent: A Traveler;s Guide
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Emerging
vs. Emergent
according to Doug = Pagitt
according to Doug = Pagitt
Emerging
Culture
Emerging Church
See Doug
Pagitt, video blog post Sept. 19,2008, dougpagitt.com
You migh=
t be
Emergent if …
Kevin DeYoung*
Kevin DeYoung*
=
You might be an emergent Christian: if you listen =
to U2,
Moby, and Johnny Cash’=
s Hurt
(sometimes in church), use sermon illustrations from The S=
opranos, drink lattes in the afternoon and Guinness in th=
e evenings, and always use a Mac; if your reading li=
st
consists primarily of Sta=
nley
Hauerwas, Henri Nouwen, N. T. Wright, Stan Grenz, Dallas Willard, Brennan Manning, Jim Wallis, Frederick
Buechner, David Bosch, =
John
Howard Yoder, Wendell Berry, Nancy Murphy, John Franke, Walter Winks and Lesslie Newbigin (not to
mention McLaren, Pagitt,
Bell, etc.) and your sparring partners include D. A. Carson, John <=
/span>Calvin, Martyn Lloyd-Jones, and Wayne Grudem; if y=
our
idea of quintessential
Christian discipleship is Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, or Desmond Tutu; if you
don’t like George W.
Bush or institutions or big business or capitalism or Left Behind Christianity; if your political concerns are pover=
ty,
AIDS, imperialism, war-mo=
ngering,
CEO salaries, consumerism, global warming, racism, =
and oppression and not so much abortion and gay
marriage;
•
•* co-au=
thor,
with Ted Kluck, of Why We’re=
Not
Emergent (By Two Guys Who Should Be)
You migh=
t be
Emergent if …
Kevin DeYoung
Kevin DeYoung
You migh=
t be
Emergent if …
Kevin DeYoung
Kevin DeYoung
Emerging Leaders
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Brian
McLaren
Mark
Driscoll
=
Doug Pagitt
=
Dan Kimball
Rob Bel=
l
Karen War=
d
Tony Jo=
nes
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Emergent Worship
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A
Conversation Between Tony Jones and Karen Ward
Tony Jones – National Coordinator of Emergent Village
Karen Ward – Pastor, Church of the Apostles, Seattle=
3;
Tony Jones – National Coordinator of Emergent Village
PBS on the Emerging Church
Emerging
Worship
Ryan Bolger
Ryan Bolger
•Emerging Worship is about
access and inclusion:
•<=
/span>Who was invited and empowered to create and participate in worship?
•<=
/span>Was worship from the people or from the experts?&#=
13;
•<=
/span>Was the door open for any to come and share in the=
worship planning and execution?
=
•<=
/span>Did the worship itself invite a bodily encounter b=
etween
a person and God, t=
hus
facilitating an engaged form of worship?
•<=
/span>Was there a deep sense that this is the people's w=
orship
and represents our collective
offering to God?
•<=
/span>Was worship from us, the average Jane and Joe in t=
he congregation, or was it from the priests performing
rites for us, to us, bu=
t not
with us?
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