The labels Emergent Church, Emerging Church, Emergence Christianity, and New Christianity all imply innovative and progressive understandings of Orthodox Christianity. Like nailing jello to a wall, many have attempted to understand and define the Emergent movement only to be frustrated and confused. At the heart of the Emerging movement is the worldview of postmodernism which…
Category: Doctrine
The Spiritual Battle for God’s Word
Jesus said, “I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly” (John 10:10). Satan, on the other hand, came “to steal, and to kill, and to destroy” (John 10:10). Satan “is a liar, and the father of it” (John 8:44). Today, Satan is repeating the lie told from…
The Real Roots of the Emergent Church
Because diversity characterizes the Emergent Church movement, it is difficult to paint everyone in the movement with a broad brush. Some have observed that defining the Emergent Church is like nailing jello to a wall. All participants agree on their disillusionment with the institutional church, but do not all agree on where the church is destined…