Ed Stetzer has come up with an interesting analysis of the emerging church movement: Understanding the Emerging Church Thanks to the Kiwi for the heads up.
He divides the movement into three overlapping streams.
Definitely worth a read.
I need to do some more thinking and writing on the EC from a movements perspective. But hey, it’s summer in Australia and I’m still on a beach somewhere. . .
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“Steve taps into the heart hunger of the growing number of us that want to see God do something great.”
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“...an excellent popular introduction to the concept of movements...”
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