Category: Emergent/Emerging Churches

Movable Theoblogical: AuthenticChurch Archives “WE ARE CULTURAL ADDICTS AND WE CANNOT BREAK THIS ADDICTION ALONE” .. not strictly emergent but … I need to read these posts .. keeps important things in perspective! something different thanks to Prodigal Kiwi(s) Blog How Can We Sing the Lord’s Song in a Strange Land? “There are two other…

Emerging Church/Theological Education Caucus Audio Thanks to Adam Cleaveland for making this available … I’m downloading away! Loyal radicals Great summary and notes. These words from Karen Ward struck me as she shares on how their congregation relates to the denomination as a whole –> “Emergent leaders in the ELCA talk about relating to our…

Ethnic Diversity Within the Church That Is Emerging So this is not just “for white guys with two books under the arm and a budget to travel around to conferences. ” 🙂 I’ve more than 2 books, and I don’t have much of a budget to travel around (I’m usually dependent on sponsors!) Any, I…

An Interview with Scot McKnight Hey thanks Scot … I saw a familiar name in the interview 🙂 How Emergent Are You? McLaren’s Seven Layers of the Emergent Conversation Layers makes it sound like some onion … I like onions! I’m getting hungry … James Macdonald and Emergent Caricatures tend to distract us from the…

I realize that many have not yet been initiated “carefully” into the subject of modernity and postmodernity in our Malaysian context (as well as what all this means to us) … this is so true after observing and listening to some reaction at a session in the latest youth consultation organized by NECF (more on…

(is there something subversive about this picture? *just in case some are wondering … I’ll note the Cross is still central … grin*) I’m not sure whether I’ll have time to blog about a fruitful feeble attempt we tried last saturday at the emergent Malaysia open (eMo) meeting. so I’ll let one of the presenters…

When I mentioned “EMO” in a recent meeting with a bunch of varsity students I heard some “Aws” and “Ahs” 🙂 so when i realized what we’ve been calling our emergent malaysia open meetings can be called EMO meetings I thought that would be fun. But seriously, the guy who works with the National Bank…

“What is Emerging?: A Conversation about a New Kind of Church” I’ve downloaded all the mp3s … looks good .. I’m listening to Brian’s talk now, glanced through the powerpoint of Dr. Mike Wittmer this afternoon while I was downloading the rest. Interesting. Brian McLaren and the Emergent Conversation… Steve Argue lists down the questions…

What Is The Emerging Church? (mp3) Brian McLaren starts by saying why he doesn’t like the term “The Emerging Church” (I like the emerging edge *grin*)… so it’s not about church, it’s about mission … these two words (church & mission) came up in a conversation yesterday I had in my discussion about my Masters…

I haven’t been posting a lot relating directly to the Emergent Conversation lately … but I’m still catching up with the it myself after quite a busy few weeks 🙂 Unraveling Emergent here are some of Doug’s phrases that caught my attention: “As Christ-centered people, many of us understand the Gospel in terms of Jesus’…