Recently, American rock star Lady Gaga canceled an Indonesian concert amid Muslim protest fears. Her provocative immodesty and satanic song lyrics have caused Muslims to view her as the “devil’s messenger.” With American performers like Lady Gaga, it is no wonder why Islamic nations refer to America as the Great Satan. Al Aribiya News reported:…
Category: Emergent Church
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…
The Real Roots of the Emergent Church
COMING SOON: JANUARY 2012 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…
Tattoo Parlor Inside Michigan Church
Steve Bentley is a Michigan pastor of The Bridge, a church located inside a Flint Township shopping center. Because “mainstream religion has become ineffective and irrelevant,” he says is the motivation for opening Serenity Tattoo parlor within the church itself: A Michigan pastor who says he’s doing everything he can to reach out to people…
Drucker’s Discipleship
What the Emergent Church, Rick Warren and Bill Hybels Have in Common Leadership Network While the Emergent Church movement seems to be a reaction against the large, plastic, church growth phenomenon, both movements have in common a lineage that can be traced back to business management guru Peter Drucker. The genesis of Emergent can be…