It has been posted elsewhere, but probably still worth posting a link to an excellent article written by Scot McKnight on “Five Streams of Emerging Church” for Christianity Today.
The emerging church has been very controversial in some quarters, but often, in my view, because it is misunderstood. There is a huge amount of the good, the bad and the ugly in emerging church, but I think lots is a very helpful and genuine attempt to redefine church for 21st century postmodernism.
Scott McKnight, himself a member of Willow Creek Church, but also a theologian and friend of the emerging church gives a very helpful summary of the main movements within the emerging church, and a pretty fair critique, in my humble opinion.
yes it is a good article, thanks!
Thanks Paul
I’ve been reading McKnight’s blog for the last few months…this guy knows his stuff! I had no idea he went to Willow Creek, interesting as isn’t that a “pragmatic” church?…wouldn’t have thought it would have appealed to such an “emerging” person!
I’m a bit of a fan of McKnight too … great blog! I think MnKnight is probably someone who speaks hightly of emerging church, rather than actually being a practioner. He is a theologian after all!