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July 21, 2004

The Emerging Church defined

WikipediA published a definition of Emerging Church, a label that has been used to refer to a particular subset of Christians who are rethinking Christianity against the backdrop of Postmodernism. More about the WikipediA project here. They also have a nice definition of the House Church movement, generally considered a cousin of the Emerging Church movement.

emergeObviouly this definition is limited. Some time ago Andrew Jones pondered what will happen when we stop emerging. He states that emergence is not the only thing, it's also about divergence and convergence. This generates at least three new words for Scrabble...

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Thank you for your zeal. It is contagious.[I made a donation to Joel News today.]
May God continue to bless and use you.
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