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Emergent Movement
Though a subject of great discussion in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the emergent movement has seemingly dropped off the map as of late. Part of this stems from the difficulty in defining just what the Emergent Movement is. Led by authors and pastors like Brian McLaren (A New Kind of Christian, 2001) and Tony Jones (The Church is Flat, 2011), emergent churches have sought to reshape how to “do church” in the postmodern culture, often challenging traditional Christian understandings of faith and practice.
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Stories from the ‘Sandwich Generation’
Readers relate to Jen Wilkin’s article from January/February about the seasons of life.
The Bestseller that Made Church Cool—and Optional
‘Blue Like Jazz’ spoke for a generation and left disillusioned evangelicals more dissatisfied.
The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill
Boomers, The Big Sort, and Really, Really Big Churches
Post-war suburban church expansion charted a course that Mars Hill would follow.
The Difference between ‘Platform’ and Pastoral Leadership
Australia pastor Mark Sayers says influence has to be about more than book sales and retweets.
News
Top Three Adversaries of Christian Conservatives: Communism, Islam … and the Emergent Church?
Pioneer of biblical investing will take aim at unexpected target during Values Voter Summit.
A Long Obedience in the Same Downtown
The local, highly ordinary gospel witness of Zoe Livable Church.
Review
Sorry, ‘Emergence Christianity’ Still Isn’t the Reformation
Phyllis Tickle’s investigation into the varieties of “emergence Christianity” is insufficiently skeptical about “this new thing that God is doing.”
Review
Brian McLaren’s ‘A New Kind of Christianity’
Brian McLaren’s ‘new’ Christianity is not so much revolutionary as evolutionary.
