Conversations You Can’t Ignore Part V
By now you know I resonate with all of these movements in one way or another, but my heart lies with the Reproductive Movement. So I am happy to know that for the first time in many years more churches are being planted than are being closed. The Sim Card Movement The Sim Card movement […]
Conversations You Can’t Ignore Part III
So far we have examined the Emergent and Incarnational Movements. Today we examine the Organic movement. The Organic Movement The Organic movement is a kissing cousin to the Incarnational movement and a distant cousin to the Emergent movement. Compared to the other two movements it sees little to no need for the institutional church. But unlike […]
Conversations You Can’t Ignore Part VI
Payday loans Over the past week we have examined the major church movements underway today – Emergent, Incarnational, Organic, Reproductive, and Sim Card. You may be asking “Why didn’t you mention the “Missional Movement?” One simple reason – I believe every true church, no matter what movement it is a part of, has to be missional or […]
Conversations You Can’t Ignore Part II
Yesterday we examined the Emergent movement and its implications for Western Christianity. I have one more thing to add: over the past year, I have heard little to nothing from this movement. Today we will examine what I call the Incarnational Movement. The Incarnational Movement Like Emergents, the Incarnational folks have a love/hate relationship with […]
Conversations You Can’t Ignore
Over the next few days I will be exploring some of the key conversations occurring within Western Christianity. The Morphing Protestant Scene We all know our world has radically changed over the past few decades. I first wrote about this change in 1993 in my book Dancing with Dinosaurs[i]. In my book, I described the change as […]
Tragedy in the Making
I caught a glance at a blog post from Serene Jones, the president of Union Theological Seminary, and was struck yet again at how little surprises me, but I never cease to be amazed. The post is titled “Why Attend Seminary?” and somehow my curiosity was roused and I glanced through her musings. It was […]