what are ya'lls thoughts on the emergent church? just curious as i've had some interesting conversations with different people over the past few days....
for me, i think that the emergent church, as a whole, has an awesome vision on community, missional living, and authenticity but is definitely lacking in doctrine/sound theology. they question a lot of essentials within christian theology and that is scary...
some people that you might know that are categorized, generally, as 'emergent thinkers' would be rob bell, brian mclaren, donald miller and a whole host of others (by labeling them as 'emergent thinkers' is it obvious that they are all 'emergent thinkers' to varying degrees)...
anyways, i just wanted to see what ya'll thought about this huge postmodern ideal...
http://www.emergentvillage.com/
http://emergingwomen.blogspot.com/
Jill
Caitlyn
Olivia
Justina
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I agree with you for sure on this Livs. As we talked about at BWW the other day, I love that the emergent church is creating awareness in the church body today. We are becoming more and more aware of the lack of fire in the church, we need more emotion. We need more "spirit" if you will. But at the same time, the emergent church DOESN'T have good doctrine. I feel like alot of their emphases in their beliefs contradict what we have long believed in the protestant church. While this a good sounding board, something to push against, something to strengthen us in our own beliefs, it is still giving some Christians a false system of beliefs. In the emergent church, it seems as if it is all about Jesus (and maybe the spirit)...not God. There is a shying away of the just God, of the God that is saddened when we sin. Instead it's "Jesus is our homeboy" and such. I'm not saying that all of the emergent church's beliefs are "wrong" as much as "wrongly focused."
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