He was an important part of
the Emerging Church conversation back in its North American heyday.
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).
Not exact matches
I will go with the brothers and sisters that believe in open source
church,
emerging into the new space of participation and authenticity,
conversation and relationship.
I was already drawn towards the early
emerging -
church conversations in the United States (where I lived at the time), and this book was just so different.
We had a candid
conversation about the region, its challenges, who can work with the IMB, and why
emerging missional
churches in the states can be great partners in Central and Eastern Europe.
For example, at a breakfast
conversation sponsored by the
Emerging Women Leaders Initiative, women from main - line
churches shared powerful words of hope and encouragement with evangelical women who struggle to have a voice in their traditions.
Maybe talking about the «changing
church» instead of the «
emerging church» will bring more voices into the
conversation and add some diversity to the group.