If you travel in evangelical circles, you’ve likely heard talk of the “emerging church.” But you still might be confused. What exactly is the emerging church? Here’s my best attempt to describe a ...

I didn't intend to write three posts on the emerging/emergent church movement, and I know the subject may be getting old for some readers. But the topic isn't dead for those of us in the church. The ...

Since this blog launched last October one of the alluring conversations has been the nature and definition of the “emerging church.” The debate started when James McDonald declared why he is not ...

BOSTON -- His friends assumed his covert Sunday trips to a cross-town Episcopal church were about a girl, but Rick Bennett was actually looking for some inspiring liturgy. Bennett, then a high school ...

Nathan Frambach labored an entire morning at the University of Mary's January Leadership Days, trying to define the "emerging church," a phenomenon that is generating both conversation and controversy ...

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Members of Solomon’s Porch meet in a former Methodist Church that from the outside looks like a typical brick church. The inside, however, is far from typical. While a large cross ...

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I didn't intend to write three posts on the emerging/emergent church movement, and I know the subject may be getting old for some readers. But the topic isn't dead for those of us in the church. The ...