Articles for tag: Dan Kimball

April 24, 2012

Christian Standard

The Attractional Model: “˜Come and See”

By Brian Jobe The growing population of church critics out there disheartens me. I”m not talking about the reform-minded leaders who actually love the church of Jesus and work to make it stronger. I”m referring to the so-called leaders who cloister themselves in a corner and proclaim how horrible the church is. Everybody but them is doing it wrong! As a young leader””and by that, I mean under 40″”I have been around a lot of younger guys who preach the praises of the missional church model. The premise is excellent: We need to be in the trenches, in the communities,

January 28, 2009

Christian Standard

Random Notes, Important Items

By Mark A. Taylor This week”s items have little relationship to each other except that (1) they”re important, and (2) they don”t fit anywhere else in the magazine. So, please forgive the somewhat random nature of this, but keep reading. The first is an apology, not for two articles we published, but for the way we illustrated them. William R. Baker”s comparison of emerging churches with Restoration Movement thought (November 23 and 30) is valuable to consider. But by positioning images of Alexander Campbell and Barton W. Stone over the shoulders of Dan Kimball, Brian McLaren, and Spencer Burke, we

September 16, 2007

Christian Standard

The Emerging Church Phenomenon

By Gary Zustiak A new church movement is sweeping across the country. In many ways it is much like the beginnings of the Restoration Movement. It freely crosses racial and economic boundaries and knows no denominational ties. It has no headquarters or officials who make binding decisions about doctrine or church polity. Its advocates rabidly insist they are not a new denomination, preferring the terms movement or conversation. Some have observed a likeness to the old Jesus People movement of the “60s and “70s. What am I referring to? The emerging church movement. The Beginnings The emerging church movement informally

January 21, 2007

Christian Standard

Two Examples of Emerging Worship

By Jennifer Taylor In his book Emerging Worship: Creating Worship Gatherings for New Generations, author Dan Kimball asserts that “postmodern” worship, “emerging” worship, or “multisensory” worship should not be viewed as just a trendy new option for weekend programming. “As you rethink worship past the surface, you will find that the changes needed for the emerging church and worship go far beyond changing musical styles,” he writes. “It”s also not about adding candles. It is about rethinking how we approach our theology of church.” In other words, changing the model for “doing church” can lead to changes in the weekend

January 17, 2007

Christian Standard

A Nagging Concern

By Mark A. Taylor Let me say at the outset I’m not ready to join a house church like those described by Keith Shields this week. But I am intrigued to think about the quality of relationships and accountability I’d experience if I were a member of one. And I can’t imagine worshiping in virtual silence every week, in a setting like the one Dan Gilliam describes. But I can’t forget talking with Tony Twist who asks graduate students to spend two hours in silent prayer as the “final exam” for his course in spiritual formation. Neither am I sure

January 7, 2007

Christian Standard

Embracing the Possibilities in Postmodernism

By Mark A. Taylor Frankly, I’d have been happier not to know so much about postmodernism. A year or so ago, I chose to reprint in CHRISTIAN STANDARD an article by Chuck Colson proclaiming the death of postmodernism. With a sigh of relief, I assured myself Colson must be right: postmodernism was passing; soon everything would return to “normal,” and we could get back to life and church the way we’d always known them. But then I read Dan Kimball’s book, The Emerging Church , and Stuart Burke’s, Making Sense of Church , and I began to believe otherwise. As

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