There's a Post-Charismatic Movement?

I am honored that you call me friend, Steve.

Wish the distance from Charlotte would shorten or that gas prices would plummet so I could afford to hang out with the cohort there.

Both would be miracles.

I am so glad to find others that consider themselves post-charismatic. Sometimes I have felt like traitor abandoning her roots. It’s nice to not be alone. Thanks for pointing in the directions who are delving into this topic.

Glad to see more attention on this, Steve—we emergers are somewhat due for a conversation in pneumatology.

As background to “post-charismatic”, Jason Clark used the term in June 2005, independent of Rob McAlpine, who posted something on it in February 2005 when the book was already an ongoing project with that title. He published it online in February 2006, but removed the online version when the publishing deal took shape.

And to be historically fair and accurate, the term “post-charismatic” was used by J. Lee Grady in his 1993 book What Happened To The Fire?, and John Wimber used it in his book Power Evangelism back in 1985, although he was referring to a conversation from 1980.

The term may go back even further, for all I know!

wow – the earliest i heard it was 2001 (Gerald Coates). love that history rob!

Please note that a consortium of post-charismatic folk have now banded together and trademarked Post-Charismatic™. A PC™ logo is in the works. In the future, you are welcome to use post-charismatical, post-charismaticing and post-charismaticed (or post-charismaticked to aid in pronunciation). However, to avoid any confusion, we require that any use of Post-Charismatic™ include the trademark. Thank you.

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From my perspective Post-Charismatic Village is a growing friendship, not a movement.

(Sorry Bill, I don’t know how to do the TM thingy.)

Thanks to you folks at emmergent village and several emergent authors I have been able to “hang in there” and not throw out all of my past faith experiences coming from a background of charismatic/prophetic confusion! Keep up the good work! May freedom of honest discussion and dialogue continue!

Sorry i’m new here. Is emergent a new denomination? My understanding is that it is not. Surely it incorporates traditional, catholic, charismatic and pentecostals (like myself)?