While emerging churches talk a lot about being relevant to postmodern culture, they are also aware that there is a danger in relevance.
Not exact matches
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I wandered through other
church traditions, traditional, contemporary, liturgical, meditative, mystic, seeker - sensitive,
emerging, ancient - future, denominational, mega-
church, old
church, new
church, basement
church, no
church for a
while there: you name it, I found my way there and I found the people of God in each place, I did.
I've been part of the
emerging church (and I kind of still am in the truest sense of the word) but sang its swan song
while secretly hoping for its resurrection.
As the
emerging church conversation has focused on the nature and role of truth, the epistemological effects and aspects of the Enlightenment have been pretty well worn over (though I see John Franke's latest will probably restart that conversation for a
while).
While the classical concept
emerged in a
church which understood itself as a communion of churches, it was nonetheless a united C
church which understood itself as a communion of
churches, it was nonetheless a united
ChurchChurch.
While they are hurt and angry that the
church has limited the exercise of women's talents in the past, they are hopeful that a new era for women» s ministries is
emerging.
Thus
emerging republics were spared the conflicts of old religious differences
while the
church was spared the loss of its monarchical worship forms.
My brokenness
emerges out of the reality that
while the nation's collective tapestry stands broken, the
church is divided.