Emerging Church
One of the things I want to learn in depth more about the Emergent Church. I’ve got a copy of Emerging churches : creating Christian community in postmodern cultures / on hold from my local library and I’m intending on attending service at a local Emerging Church at some point in the near future.
I’m curious. I know its a new movement and I wonder what sort of impact it will have in the long run. Even if just the best of it gets incorporated into the Christian tradition, I feel there will be a benefit.
I left the Church at 17 and returned at 30. Pastor Dan told me that was fairly common with our denomonation. I wonder what that is. What happens between 17 and 30 that Church becomes less important. Or what is it that Church doesnt provide to those in that age range? Looking at my small but healthy congregation, I wonder what we could do to reach out to this age group.
When I showed the Wal Mart Movie a few weeks ago, I was surprised at the number of people from the neighborhood who showed up. They were in this exact age range, and they were all hip college students and young professionals. I wonder what would inspire them to join a congregation. Was it the activisim opportunity that inspired them to show up? Its more to think about.
In a month or so I’m going down to Portland for a weekend to an Emerging Church learning party. I’m interested to see what it is about.
This subject brings so much to mind. Thinking of Becky’s Cafe Church Idea, thinking about how who I am can fit even more in with the Church and how Churches can and should pool and use each others resources. More on that next post.