Below is the updated 3 hour director’s cut of Church of Tares: See how the best business practices of management guru Peter Drucker have been borrowed by Rick Warren, Bill Hybels and Bob Buford to build influential megachurches. Updated material includes a biblical examination of the office of “celebrity pastor,” the unbiblical practice of “vision…
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Real Roots of the Emergent Church Documentary: Updated!
Here is the 3-hour Updated Director’s Cut of The Real Roots of the Emergent Church documentary: 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…
Rick Warren acknowledges Christians and Muslims worship same God
Yesterday’s article in the Life section from the Orange County Register (the same county where Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church is located), is entitled “Rick Warren builds bridge to Muslims.” It describes how Warren is a part of an effort named King’s Way that is attempting to bring evangelical Christians and Muslims together. It goes on…
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…