Primer on the Emergent Church

Conversations abound about the emergent church that often elicit strong feelings ranging from intrigue to adoration and from fear to contempt. Many of these conversations are based in ignorance.

I am not part of an emergent church nor do I consider myself an expert (though I have taken some time to familiarize myself with it). Yet I am often asked my opinion about it; in fact 2 different people asked me about it this week.

In attempting to answer their questions, I sent them articles on the EC written by a conservative EC voice (Mark Driscoll) and a more liberal one (Brian McLaren) published by the Criswell Theological Review last year. These clearly aren't meant to be exhaustive, but they're great primers to give a basic understanding if you're interested in studying the Emergent Church.

So in case you're interested and never saw these articles, here they are:
Download 3220apastoralperspectiveontheemergentchurch5bdriscoll5d.pdf
Download 3220interviewwithbrianmclaren28streett29.pdf

Comments

[SamE]

Very helpful Bill, thanks

SamE