Thursday, June 28, 2007

The Who? What? Where? When? and Why? of the Emerging Church

By Matt Jenson
Scriptorium Daily

Too many conversations on this subject begin, ‘What exactly is the emerging church?’ The response is some variation on, ‘Um…well…it’s sort of…well, it’s hard to pin down.’ This is true enough of any new movement, and more than true of the choir (or, as it seems at times, the cacophony) of voices that make up the emerging ‘conversation’. In part, this reflects the still-converging nature of things emergent. Over the next few weeks, I’ll post some thoughts about the emerging church. Most will be in the form of dispatches from the front. (more)