Missional

The best idea to come down the pipes of the Emergent/Missional/Post-Evangelical community in quite some time. That's right, it's the Missional Facebook, also known as Missional Tribe . As far as I'm aware, it's the first social networking site specifically for the Emergent/Missional/Post-Evangelical set. Wanna connect with the likes of Brother Maynard (of Subversive Influence fame), Andrew Jones (of Tall Skinny Kiwi fame), Frank Viola (of Pagan Christianity and Reimagining Church fame), Jonathan Brink (of Missio Dei fame), Kathy Escobar (of the carnival in my head fame), Steve Knight (of Emergent Village fame), Kingdom Grace (of, well, Kingdom Grace fame) and, of course, yours ... Read Full Story

From my friends and brothers and sisters in the Lord at Lighthouse Trails G12 Master Plan Could Expose Thousands of Nazarenes to Contemplative/Emerging Spirituality “Training Today’s Leaders for Tomorrow’s Churches” is the motto for New Church Specialties , a Christian consulting organization that largely reaches Nazarenes. But New Church Specialties and the affiliated New Church University (where pastors and leaders are mentored and trained) are a conduit for the new spirituality, and their G12 Master’s Plan could potentially expose thousands of Nazarenes to contemplative spirituality and the emerging church. While New Church Specialties does mentor and train leaders from various denominations, a 2008 Annual ... Read Full Story

If you're looking for objective criteria, rhyme or reason to this list, rest assured that there is none. Some of the posts were included for their impact. Some for their humor. Some for their beauty. Some for their wisdom. Some were by Emergers. Some were about Emergers. Some were by Emergers about Emergers... In other words, there were no hard-and-fast rules. Kinda like "The Movement Formerly Known as Emergent" (See Post No. 1). So without further adieu, MY list of the top 10 Emergent/Missional/Post-Evangelical blog posts of 2008. 10. Osteen-Esque Entitlement and Knowing Your Place at Gospel-Driven Church Jared Wilson's biting commentary on the ... Read Full Story

Still stuck in '08 reflection mode here. I know most of you have moved on. Bear with me. I'm a little slow these days. I can't get over the fact that we in the Emergent/Missional/Post-Evangelical community haven't been able to come up with some down-to-earth, man-on-the-street-level definitions for some key concepts. I mean, you can't ask every person curious about this whole movement to take a few months/years and catch up with the conversation to date. We're gonna have to come up with some one-liners, some attention grabbers, to get people at least into the ballpark...and maybe then they can take it from there, ... Read Full Story

I've got the big picture now. I've immersed myself in getting the big picture for some years. And I think I've got it. Not got it, but, you know, I get it. It's about God's plan to save the world , not just me. I get it. I'm not to sit back content with my ticket to heaven. This is a missional thing. Thy kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven. Life after life after death. I get it. Unity. No finger-pointing. Its not an us-versus-them thing. We're all in this together. One family. One humanity. One church. One love. I get ... Read Full Story