The Gospel According to Jesus Brian McLaren, the prolific writer and Emergent Church guru, recalls being asked what the Gospel is according to Jesus and not having a suficient answer. A “well-known Evangelical theologian” then turned McLaren’s attention to the Gospel of the Kingdom of God. McLaren recalls: My lunch mate was a well-know Evangelical…
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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…