Articles for tag: Spencer Burke

January 28, 2009

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

Church & Ministry Church Growth

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 14, 2007

Gary Zustiak

Mission & Evangelism

Evangelism in a Postmodern World

Gary Zustiak argues that evangelism in a postmodern world must be relational and intentional, not sales-like or coercive. Using metaphors like dance, midwife, and gardener, he calls the church to invite people into community.

October 18, 2006

Mark A. Taylor

Church Leadership Preaching

Line “˜em Up and Lay It on “˜em

A young adult’s comment about wanting the “best speaker” raises a deeper question: have churches reduced Sunday to a sermon-centered product? With voices from theOOZE.com and 1 Corinthians 14:26, this piece calls for greater participation.