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The Emergent ChurchA quick overview, and my concerns
Tanner Stevenson
Christian Faith 2010
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• There is a difference between the terms “Emerging” and Emergent”
• Key Components of Emerging:– Missional minded– Faith as journey more so than decision– Culturally relevant
The Emerging Movement
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The Emerging Movement
• “A catch-all phrase for a group of pastors who are trying to figure out how to do church in a post-modern world.” -Mark Driscoll
• Post-Modernism: this culture, many sources of truth, a lot of doubt, high emphasis on tolerance
• Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcbnGXSYxuI
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The Emergent Church
Out of the Emerging Movement sprung a group of pastors who spearheaded the Emergent Church
• Incorporates post-modern thought into theology• Focuses on the “way” of Jesus
– (Jesus is our example)
• This is where we will spend most of our time• Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s049aMBtFAA
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The Players
Brian McLaren Doug Pagitt Rob BellPhoto courtesy of wordpress.com Photo courtesy of Creative Trust Inc. Photo courtesy of wordpress.com
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The Emergent Church
Brian McLarenRob Bell
Doug Pagitt
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The Emergent Church
Missionally Minded– Recognized the gap between believing and doing
– Doctrines don’t produce fruit, the “way” of Jesus does
– Seeks to contextualize gospel to post-modern culture• “Repaint the faith”-Rob Bell
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Poi3imQkQsQ
Missionally Minded– Recognized the gap between believing and doing
– Doctrines don’t produce fruit, the “way” of Jesus does
– Seeks to contextualize gospel to post-modern culture• “Repaint the faith”-Rob Bell
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Poi3imQkQsQ
Missionally Minded– Recognized the gap between believing and doing
– Doctrines don’t produce fruit, the “way” of Jesus does
– Seeks to contextualize gospel to post-modern culture• “Repaint the faith”-Rob Bell
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Poi3imQkQsQ
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The Emergent Church
In order to appeal to post-modern culture…
• Emergents say NO DOCTRINE
• Doctrine is divisive and dogmatic
• “Systematic Theologies claim to have nailed down, freeze-dried, and shrink orthodoxy forever.” –Brian McLaren, A Generous Orthodoxy
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The Emergent Church
Faith is a Journey, much more conversational
• “Drop any affair you may have with certainty, proof, argument—replace it with dialogue, conversation, intrigue, and search.” -Brian McLaren, Adventures in Missing the Point
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The Emergent ChurchFaith is a Journey, much more conversationalElephant Illustration: (to an extent)
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The Emergent Church
• The 3 D’s: Doctrine=Dogma=Division
• “The bible is open-ended” and “a human product.” –Rob Bell, Velvet Elvis
• “To say scripture is the word of God is to employ a metaphor.” -David Tomlinson, The Post-Evangelical
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The Emergent Church
• Doctrines that Emergents are holding loosely to:
-Virgin Birth
-Reality of Traditional Hell
-Substitutionary Atonement
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SOUfsX2fbk&feature=related
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The Emergent ChurchConcern/Criticism
-Bible not literally God’s word.Karl Barth’: bible is “derivatively and indirectly” God’s word.
Rob Bell: “Our words aren’t absolutes (language of bible)”
D.A. Carson calls this the “gagging of God”
Augustine: “No single error due to the author”Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv6uxCch7oc (6:47) Pete
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“For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions .” 2 Tim 4:3
The Emergent Church
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The Emergent Church
trampoline Idea
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The Emergent Church
• Christianity is like a trampoline
• Doctrines are “springs”
• The idea is that we can remove non-essential springs and still allow the person to jump
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The Emergent Church
But where do we draw the line?
Are the virgin birth, reality of hell, and substitutionary atonement non-essential doctrines?
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The Emergent Church
Essential Element of the emergent movement:
Focuses on the “way” of Jesus for right living
“…isn’t the way of Jesus still the best possible way to live?” –Rob Bell, Velvet Elvis
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The Emergent ChurchConcern/Criticism: Doctrines Compromised
Reality of Hell: Matthew 10:28, Mark 9:48 Virgin Birth:Luke 1:35
Substitutionary Atonement: John 3:36, Romans 6:23, 1 Thess 1:7-9
• Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0isqLRhClo (5:07-9:17)
Concern/Criticism: Doctrines Compromised
Reality of Hell: Matthew 10:28, Mark 9:48 Virgin Birth:Luke 1:35
Substitutionary Atonement: John 3:36, Romans 6:23, 1 Thess 1:7-9
• Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0isqLRhClo (5:07-9:17)
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The Emergent Church
How does grace play into Emergent thought?
“Could it be that grace is something to be opted out of, rather than something to be opted into?” -Spencer Burke, A Heretic’s guide to Eternity
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The Emergent Church
Main Difference• Emergent church: “There is no better way to
live, than to emulate Jesus Christ, no matter what happened or what will happen.”
• Reformed/Emerging: “Because of what happened (sin, alienation, atonement, resurrection), because of what will happen, I live for Christ.”