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So you want to know about the emerging church. Well, lets keep in mind that the emerging church is not an official label or group or movement or denomination of any kind. Because no one person or group of people speak on behalf of the emerging church, it is perhaps best understood by the diversity of people and communities that self-identify under the term. The last thing I want to do is define it for you. I will simply point you in helpful directions, so click away friend! For the benifit of others I encourage you to rate this lens, also feel free to contact me with the link in the about section.
emerging starting points.
- Welcome to Emergent Village
- Keep in mind that emergent does not equal the emerging church. That said, the folks at emergent village get the majority of the media attention, and their site is fine place to start.
- THEOOZE - conversation for the journey
- THEOOZE is dedicated to the emerging Church culture, providing a place for open communication on issues of community, culture, faith and ministry. Also, organizing the premiere annual event for this audience, called Soularize.
- emergingchurch.info
- "a touching place for the emerging church" another helpful place to explore. Check out their 'beginner's guide'.
- ginkworld.net
- "proof that evolution is in flux" Whatever that means... ginkworld.net is a postmodern ministry resource center designed to help churches reach this generation for christ. we are a online guide to the postmodern church.
- ALLELON - Companions in the Gospel
- Allelon is a foundation helping to train and inspire Christ followers to become the kinds of people who can, as God's creative instruments, embody, announce, and demonstrate the Gospel of the Kingdom for the sake of the world.
- the Next Wave
- An online magazine that always seems to have quality articles that will keep you thinking.
- Alt.Worship Intro
- "your guide to the Christian alternative worship and emerging church movement worldwide"
- Open Source Theology
- The purpose of this site is to assist the development of a transparent, community-driven theology for the 'emerging church'. Be sure to read the introduction.
Del.icio.us bookmarks tagged "emerging church"
Del.icio.us is a community driven collection of bookmarks organized by "tags". Here's some of the most popular on the emerging church
- Five Streams of the Emerging Church | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction
- Emergent Village
- open source theology | collaborative theology for the emerging church
- NOOMA.com
- emergingchurch.info : a touching place for the emerging church
- Brian McLaren
- Friend of Missional - What is a Missional Church?
- Motivational Posters for the Emerging Free-for All
- alternativeworship.org Intro
- New Monasticism
Tall Skinny Kiwi
The blog of Andrew Jones
Andrew is one of the true pioneers in this thing called the emerging church. Pay close attention to this blog, he's always got the skinny on the emerging church conversation.
Fetching RSS feed... please stand bythe emergent blog
Keep an eye on this blog and you'll get a feel for how the emerging church is engaging the culture around us. Just remember emergent DOES NOT equal emerging church...
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the blog of Alan Roxburgh and Chris Erdman
These guys are just plain smart! Read as much as you can. You might not want to start here but don't wait too long, you won't want to miss it.
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- TallSkinnyKiwi.com
- Live from Orkney, the blog of Andrew Jones
- the pagittBlog
- Like Tertullian, "trying to free the church of Christ from the Academy of Plato". (And other thoughts, descriptions and pictures featuring the life of my family.)
- Urban Onramps
- Content and networking for the emerging urban church around the world.
- jonnybaker
- uk voice in the global conversation about alternative worship, mission, postmodernity, emerging church and all that.
- Theoblogy
- emerging church, missional life, practical theology, rants. Tony Jones is the uh...director...err...coordinator...umm...he provides some much needed leadership to the organization known as emergent(emergent village).
- Jesus Creed
- Scot McKnight is a pretty mainstream voice that often goes out of his way to explain (with admirable fairness) what's what with the emerging church
- submergence
- down the rabbit hole, into the looking glass, and off to out the wizard. The blog of Karen Ward.
- tim keel's blog
- [Tim's blog seems to be broken right now but I'll leave here for awhile to see if it comes back online]
- This is Jordon Cooper's weblog
- Jordon should be on our payroll as a web research... ummm... person, or something. Always has quality info and links to what's up on the emerging web.
- The BolgBlog
- Ryan Bolger's musings about following Jesus within post-Western cultures. Ryan is co-author of "emerging churches" in the list below.
- Chris Seay's vBlog
- because this is a flash based site you have to navigate to Chris' vBlog on your own (it's easy to find). It's worth a look see and definetly good to have Chris' voice on the net as regular blogging was never his thing.
Recommended by Andrew Jones
The Shaping of Things to Come: Innovation and Mission for the 21 Century Church
From Australia
Amazon Price: $13.57 (as of 10/08/2008)
The Out of Bounds Church?: Learning to Create a Community of Faith in a Culture of Change (Emergent Ys)
From New Zealand
Amazon Price: $12.74 (as of 10/08/2008)
Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Community in Postmodern Cultures
From the USA
Amazon Price: $12.23 (as of 10/08/2008)
Some books to help you explore
[if you're more of a curl up on the couch type]
Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Community in Postmodern Cultures
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Amazon Price: $12.23 (as of 10/08/2008)
The Emerging Church: Vintage Christianity for New Generations
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Amazon Price: $11.55 (as of 10/08/2008)
Listening to the Beliefs of Emerging Churches: Five Perspectives
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Amazon Price: $11.55 (as of 10/08/2008)
Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church: Understanding a Movement and Its Implications
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Amazon Price: $10.19 (as of 10/08/2008)
An Emergent Theology for Emerging Churches
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Amazon Price: $11.56 (as of 10/08/2008)
The Church Emerging from Vatican II: A Popular Approach to Contemporary Catholicism
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Amazon Price: $24.95 (as of 10/08/2008)
The Emerging Church: A Model for Change & a Map of Renewal
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Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 10/08/2008)
YouTube vids tagged "emerging church"
Photos tagged EmergingChurch over at Flickr
Emerging type folks can be a bit odd sometimes... just check out the current pics they are uploading. Seriously, it may help to see what all this is about in images:
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