144ppA perceptive evaluation of the new "emerging church" movement showing how we must not only interact with a fast-changing culture but also have our vision and practice of ministry shaped by biblical theology with Scripture as the norm. A careful and informed assessment of the "emerging church" by a respected author and scholar. The "emerging church" movement has generated a lot of excitement and exerts an astonishingly broad influence. Is it the wave of the future or a passing fancy? Who are the leaders and what are they saying? The time has come for a mature assessment. D. A. Carson no... View More...
345 pp.Across the religious landscape, profound changes are creating new spiritual maps and reconfiguring churchgoing constituencies. These changes are taking place in the United Kingdom and the United States as a growing number of frontier churches successfully take root. Whereas many traditional denominations are losing young people, these emerging churches are successfully recapturing non-practicing Christians and the never-churched. EMERGING CHURCHES provides the first comprehensive examination of the emerging church phenomenon in the West. It considers emerging patterns in leadership, wo... View More...
345 pp.Across the religious landscape, profound changes are creating new spiritual maps and reconfiguring churchgoing constituencies. These changes are taking place in the United Kingdom and the United States as a growing number of frontier churches successfully take root. Whereas many traditional denominations are losing young people, these emerging churches are successfully recapturing non-practicing Christians and the never-churched. EMERGING CHURCHES provides the first comprehensive examination of the emerging church phenomenon in the West. It considers emerging patterns in leadership, wo... View More...
