just a little off the top: Former prof on the emergent church movement

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Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Former prof on the emergent church movement

I recently stumbled onto a site of a professor who used to teach at KCU (where I attended 3 years.)

Although I never had Dr. Chouinard, many of my friends and my wife seemed to have enjoyed his classes.

HE recently wrote a posting about the emergent church, which I find ver y interesting. So I will quote some of it here and provide a link if you would like to read the full posting.

How Do Emergent Churches Differ from the Traditional Church?

Recently Fuller Theological Seminary missiology professor Ryan Bolger was interviewed about "Emerging Church, Emerging Culture, and Emerging Spirituality". I was struck by Bolger's succinct answer to the question: "Let's talk about the emerging church movement. What is it, and how does it differ from the contemporary church or seeker sensitive churches?" Here is Bolger's response:

Continue reading Dr. Chouinard's post

2 Comments:

At 5:43 PM, Rochelle said...: "they would rather be a part of a community that had a service than a church service in hopes of creating a community." I like that line.. That's how it should be :)
At 8:07 PM, Mike said...: I can't agree with you more.