Emerging Church Movement - Acts 29 Network, Alternative Worship, Brian McLaren, Cafe Church, Dan Kimball, Doug Pagitt, Emerging Church, Erwin MCM (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Acts 29 Network, Alternative worship, Brian McLaren, Cafe church, Dan Kimball, Doug Pagitt, Emerging church, Erwin McManus, George Barna, Grace Covenant, Kyle Lake, Lighthouse Trails Publishing, Mars Hill Church, Max King (theologian), Michael Frost (minister), Mike Riddell, Missional community, Multisensory worship, Peter Rollins, Scum of the Earth Church, Searching for God Knows What, The Barna Group, The Well (church), Tony Jones (theologian). Excerpt: The emerging church is a Christian movement of the late 20th and early 21st centuries that crosses a number of theological boundaries: participants can be described as Protestant, post-Protestant, Catholic, evangelical, post-evangelical, liberal, post-liberal, conservative, post-conservative, anabaptist, adventist, reformed, charismatic, neocharismatic, and post-charismatic. Emerging churches can be found throughout the globe, predominantly in North America, Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Africa. Some attend local independent churches or house churches while others worship in traditional Christian denominations. Proponents believe the movement transcends such "modernist" labels of "conservative" and "liberal," calling the movement a "conversation" to emphasize its developing and decentralized nature, its vast range of standpoints, and its commitment to dialogue. Participants seek to live their faith in what they believe to be a "postmodern" society. What those involved in the conversation mostly agree on is their disillusionment with the organized and institutional church and their support for the deconstruction of modern Christian worship, modern evangelism, and the nature of modern Christian community. Emerging churches are fluid, hard to define, and varied; they contrast themselves with what has gone before by using the term "inherited church...".