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Shawn Landres on "Emergent" and "Emerging"

Posted Jan 10, 12:33 AM | 1 comments | by Editor | Link

Following up on recent discussion regarding the terms “emerging” and “Emergent,” Shawn Landres of Synagogue 3000 has a great post today, written primarily for those in the Jewish emerging movement. He writes, “What’s interesting about this (Christian) emergent discussion is how theological and ekklesia-focused it is; there is little attention paid to the organizational structure of these new groups, still less to how they actually spend their time (worship? social service? social change? evangelism? learning? personal growth?). ...

“I think the Christian Emergent debate about labels is more productive than what has (or, rather, hasn’t) transpired among Jewish Emergent leaders. Brian [McLaren], Kester [Brewin], Steve [Knight], and others are exploring the meaning of their work and looking for ways [to] communicate that meaning not only to themselves but more broadly to the Church as a whole, in the ultimate hope that Christendom might reconsider the way it lives out its faith. ...

“The question very few people seem to be asking (admittedly, emergent types just do rather than spend time asking questions) is whether these developments ultimately will result in reform or revolution in existing ecclesial institutions like churches and synagogues … or whether we ought to be looking at new ways of mapping the organized religious world.”

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