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Barry,
First let me say thank you for the vigorous and thoughtful response. You definitely have provided more food, and scripture for thought and the discussion.
So, looking back on what I wrote about the pro-circumcision Christians, I'm not total…
Scott,
What's the bottom end in your definition of small? Are you interested in rural areas as well? I currently live in a town of 1,400 and this is a question that I've been asking recently as well.
Cities are still pretty sexy places to do churc…
My first reaction to this question was a very strong "HOLY CRAP WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?!' After my gut reaction I took a step back to analyze both my problems with what you have proposed and why I might have reacted so strongly.
Personally, I am dee…
I'm sure that we in the U.S. like to think that more developed, more enlightened, more concerned with human rights than everyone else. As a citizen of this country I'm challenged by the fact that Rome thought the exact same thing about it's place in…
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- At 10:19am on September 10, 2009,
Joanna R Shenk said…
- good to hear from you! yes, i found tim but he hasn't agreed to be my friend yet. you know how tim is... :-)
new job is going well. I'm learning a lot and feel like I'm getting a "lay of the land." there are lots of great opportunities to connect with folks (like on this site). it's been interesting to read up on the past work of Interchurch Relations... for a number of years they have been working at connecting with intentional communities and emergent church groups. Understanding this background gives me a good foundation for my work. As far as the white, male things goes... I've thought a lot about that. In my perspective, it's pretty clear why that demographic dominates (at least visibly) in this "movement." It's a good, important discussion to be having...
how are things for you these days?
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Emerging Church and Early Anabaptists - help me discern this
For some time now I have had the unshakable thought that the new form of Christianity know as "Emerging" has some incredible similarities with the first 10 years or so of the Anabaptist movement during the radical reformation. You have a loose network of leaders who write somewhat sporadically saying how the church should be a representation of the people it contains not a hierarchical structure. Groups of people join together to meet, worship, argue, discuss, and pray in all kinds of places; so… Continue
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