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Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Me? Emergent? Who?

HT to CartoonChurch.com

As I've said a number of times, the difficulty I have with criticism of the 'emerging church' or the 'emergent movement' is that there is not one satisfactory definition of just what constitutes the animal. Ask ten different self-professed 'emergees' to define it and you'll get ten different answers... at least.

Here is an article from Dan Kimball's blog that I found most thought provoking. He asks a question of critics: Just what information are they working with?

Where we are concerned, do any of these critiques sound to you like CCA? (1) drawn to ambiguity; (2) rejecting the notion that God's word is clear; (3) and that is it understandable; (4) the rethinking of or wholesale rejection of precious doctrines; (5) thriving on disorganization; (6) distrusting authority; (7) dislikes preaching; (8) recognizes few doctrinal boundaries; (9) few moral boundaries; and (10) feeds intellectual pride

There is one more allegation in the article, that is that 'everything is being questioned and deconstructed'. I think one of the markers of our society in these times is a propensity to ask questions and a desire to deconstruct - and I am seeing people come to Christ through this very process!

So, what do you think of Dan's article? The debate?

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posted by Darin at 3/07/2007 05:20:00 PM  

2 Comments:

  • Greetings from Dallas...
    First: note that they are using macs... G, what do you think?

    second: I do not think that Christ church falls into concerns 1-10. I also do not feel that these criticisms are correct in the "emergent church" as I understand it.

    third: I do see the final allegation in the conversations in our body, but I think it is a good thing. The critics fear change and are to stuch in their doctrinal dogma to be willing to question. they are afraid that if their doctrine is questioned their faith will fall apart. Our faith should be in the Lord, not in doctrine and I would challenege the critics to consider that. It is our dogma and doctrine that scare people away not the true message of Jesus, and I have seen firsthand that open dialogue, questions and earnest discussion have played roles in people coming to a passionate relationship with Jesus Christ.

    By Lisa Andreasen, at 3/08/2007 12:40 AM  

  • I think they wasted God's money... :-)

    Love ~G

    By germaine, at 3/09/2007 3:48 PM  

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