What then is involved in the idea and shared perspective of emerging churches? In 2005, Eddie Gibbs and Ryan Bolger, both of Fuller Seminary, presented their significant research on the emerging church movement in their book Emerging Churches: Creating Christian … Continue reading
Emerging Sources of Theology At this point it may be helpful to better define the terminology involved. The emerging church should be understood as a broad movement of communities and individuals who share common emphases and priorities. This movement, for … Continue reading
Last week, I presented a paper at the Society of Pentecostal Studies annual meeting. I was joined by Kyle Bennett and Kutter Callaway in our own session on the topic of a constructive emerging church theology. Indeed, their papers were … Continue reading
If you’ve been following the latest trend around the emerging church interwebs, you’ll have noticed a bit of a general topic being tossed around. If you haven’t been following, let me fill you in. Over the last year or so … Continue reading
I came across yet another series of posts announcing more “end of emerging” arguments. As people who have long been involved in the movement progress in their own theological and ministerial understanding, it’s not surprising to see them realize they … Continue reading
There’s a lot of stuff out there on the topic of emerging church theology. But, I think a lot of it can be brushed aside fairly quickly. Much of it is being produced by people who are trying to attach … Continue reading
Last quarter I did what is called a Directed Reading. Rather than having a class, I worked out a course of study with a professor, Jim Bradley, and worked independently. This basically was a whole lot of reading and a … Continue reading
The Spirit not only calls people into unity. In the recognition and celebration of the calling of many into one Church on account of the work of Christ, it is also vital that the diversity which the Spirit brings also … Continue reading
The Spirit is not limited to the salvific work of Christ. Neither, then, is the Eucharist simply a commemoration or renewal of the salvific grace which Christ provides. This understanding of the Eucharist as being only a time of remembering … Continue reading
Communion celebrates in fact the fullness of the work of the Spirit in three different ways, ways which not only lead to a fuller understanding of the meal itself, but which aid the constant transformation of the community in its … Continue reading
