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emerging disciple-forming
churches
What’s emerging?
choluteca river bridge
after hurricane mitch, honduras, CA 1998
In your hearts, set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect...1 Peter 3:15-16
2500+ BC
Prehistoric World
2500+ BC
Prehistoric World
2500 BC - 500 AD
Ancient World
1 AD500 BC 500 AD
Sumerian, Akkadian, Egyptian, Hittite, Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian, Greek, Roman empires
2500 BC - 500 AD
Ancient World
1 AD500 BC 500 AD
Sumerian, Akkadian, Egyptian, Hittite, Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian, Greek, Roman empires
2500 BC - 500 AD
Ancient World
1 AD500 BC 500 AD
Medieval World
500 AD - 1500 AD
1500 AD
Printing/GutenbergCaravel/TransportGuns/Infantry/ArtilleryNew EconomyCopernicus/GalileoReformation/Luther
2500 BC - 500 AD
Ancient World
1 AD500 BC 500 AD
Medieval World
500 AD - 1500 AD
1500 AD
Printing/GutenbergCaravel/TransportGuns/Infantry/ArtilleryCopernicus/GalileoReformation/Luther
1500 AD - 2000 AD
Modern World
1750 AD1500 AD 2000 AD
Postmodern World
1950 AD - ???
Medieval World
Print/Screen/InternetNew ScienceNew WeaponsNew TransportationNew EconomyNew Spirituality
1500 AD - 2000 AD
Modern World
1750 AD1500 AD 2000 AD
Postmodern World
1950 AD - ???
Medieval World
Print/Screen/InternetNew ScienceNew WeaponsNew TransportationNew EconomyNew Spirituality
Some ways to think of the church that is emerging -
As center a…
a fringe
a stage
a n d a r a n g e.
a stage
Consider that we live in at least three worlds.
Pre-modern world
Non-modern world
Modern world
Emerging worldNOW
Old
Paradigm/
Model
Early
Transition
Late
Transition
Old
Paradigm/
Model
Early
Transition
Late
Transition
Old
Paradigm/
Model
Early
Transition
Late
Transition
New Paradigm/
Model
Old
Paradigm/
Model
Early
Transition
Late
Transition
New Paradigm/
Model
The Churches We Know
The Churches that are emerging
The Churches of Tomorrow
The Churches We Know
The Churches that are emerging
The Churches of Tomorrow
The Churches We Love and Respect
As center
Liturgical
Charismatic
Social Action
Evangelical
a fringe
Is this “the emerging church?”
A new “slice of the pie?”
catholic
Anglican
baptist
pentecostal
Or are these the churches that are emerging?
A new ring on the tree…catholic
reformed
baptist
pentecostal
Or are both forms of the church that is emerging?
catholic
reformed
baptist
pentecostal
How will they relate?
a r a n g e.
DEEP
ECCLES IOLOGY
Eastern Orthodox
Roman Catholic
Anglo-Catholic
Anglican
Lutheran
Presbyterian
Methodist
Baptist
Pentecostal
House, Cell, Storefront
Micro, quantum, liquid, ghost, ephemeral, unconscious, etc .
DEEP
ECCLES IOLOGY
Eastern Orthodox
Roman Catholic
Anglo-Catholic
Anglican
Lutheran
Presbyterian
Methodist
Baptist
Pentecostal
House, Cell, Storefront
Micro, quantum, liquid, ghost, ephemeral, unconscious, etc .
NOTE:
Protestant History - Downward Expansion
Power becomes more widely distributed; control is increasingly limited.
DEEP
ECCLES IOLOGY
Eastern Orthodox
Roman Catholic
Anglo-Catholic
Anglican
Lutheran
Presbyterian
Methodist
Baptist
Pentecostal
House, Cell, Storefront
Micro, quantum, liquid, ghost, ephemeral, unconscious, etc .
QUESTION:
What happens when various levels learn from one another?
What happens when people inhabit various levels at once?
DEEP
ECCLES IOLOGY
EARLY HOUSE CHURCHES
JESUS AND DISCIPLES … ITINERANT COMMUNITY
NOTE: THE EARLY CHURCH BEGAN AT THE BOTTOM AND EXPANDED UPWARD OVER 3 CENTURIES …
DEEP
ECCLES IOLOGY
Eastern Orthodox
Roman Catholic
Anglo-Catholic
Anglican
Lutheran
Presbyterian
Methodist
Baptist
Pentecostal
House, Cell, Storefront
Micro, quantum, liquid, ghost, ephemeral, unconscious, etc .
PERHAPS GOD’S GOAL IS
DIVERSIFICATION -
NOT DIVISION
NOT UNIFORMITY
BUT
FLEXIBILITY FOR MISSION
emergence and convergence
ModernCrisis
Medieval church
Conservative way
Liberal way
from Nancey Murphy, “Beyond Liberalism and Fundamentalism”
ModernCrisis
Medieval church
from Nancey Murphy, “Beyond Liberalism and Fundamentalism”
“evangelical”
“mainline”
ModernCrisis
Medieval church
Conservative way
Liberal way
Increasing Polarization
ModernCrisis
Medieval church
Conservative way
Liberal way
Increasing Polarization
ModernCrisis
Medieval church
Conservative way
Liberal way
Postmodern Interruption
The Post-Liberal, Post-Evangelical Convergence
ModernCrisis
Conservative way
Liberal way
A Generous Orthodoxy?
A Missional Church?
ModernCrisis
Conservative way
Liberal way
What will happen?
What will you and I do?
