Articles for tag: Emergent Church

January 18, 2009

by Robert C. Kurka Logic . . . reason . . . rationality . . . truth.Â While such terms were fairly common””and desirable””depictions of biblical faith in the literature of 19th- and 20th-century Christians (especially restorationists), they are increasingly being abandoned by theological writers during this new millennium. In fact, in today”s religious climate, if a conservative theologian ventures to talk about “absolute truth,” chances are he may be ridiculed by the evangelical academy, or at least those “younger evangelicals” (to use the late Robert Webber”s designation) who deride such language as the antiquated baggage of a bygone modernism.1

September 16, 2007

Christian Standard

Church & Ministry Church Growth

Emerging, Emergent, Missional: What’s the Difference?

By Gary Zustiak Confused by the terms emerging, emergent, and missional? That would be normal, because many people use the words interchangeably in discussing the current church scene. I apologize if I unfairly portray any group, but we must do some generalizing if we are to provide definitions for these movements to help guide the average church member through the blogs, magazines, and books that focus on them. “¢ An emerging church is an evangelical church that seeks to engage postmodern people, especially the unchurched and postchurched, with the story of the gospel and to challenge them to a radical

September 16, 2007

Christian Standard

Book Reviews Reviews

5 Books About Emerging/Emergent Churches

By Gary Zustiak EXILES: Living Missionally in a Post-Christian Culture By Michael Frost Hendrickson Publishers, 2006 Frost is professor of evangelism and missions at Morling College in Sydney, Australia. His book is scholarly, yet very practical. It carefully lays out what the church must do to effectively communicate the gospel to a postmodern world and retain those Christians “who find themselves falling into the cracks between contemporary secular Western culture and a quaint, old-fashioned church culture of respectability and conservatism” (p. 3). Exiles acknowledges the yearnings of those in the emerging church movement who long for church that is more

August 6, 2006

Jeff Krajewski

Leadership Development Church Leadership

An Apology and Invitation

Jeff Krajewski reflects on Paul’s counsel to Timothy, apologizes for youthful arrogance, and invites older and younger leaders to pursue humility and unity as the church navigates change together.

July 10, 2005

Rick Chromey

Church & Ministry Church Growth

The Changing Church

Rick Chromey argues the church must adapt its “wineskins” to a new cultural moment—moving from club to community, rules to relationships, and words to images—without weakening the gospel.