A couple of weeks ago I was able to spend a few hours with Christian Churches Together, which is a relatively new ecumenical network in the USA. I have to say that I find these ecumenical gatherings quite encouraging. For instance as an Anabaptist (it may be more precise to say that I am an [...]
This morning The New York Times printed a short piece by R. M. Schneiderman titled, “Flock is Now a Fight Team in Some Ministries.” Here’s how the article began:
“MEMPHIS — In the back room of a theater on Beale Street, John Renken, 42, a pastor, recently led a group of young men in prayer.
“Father, we [...]
This week is the fourth annual gathering of the fairly new ecumenical group, Christian Churches Together (CCT), and this year’s meeting brings them to Seattle, and are being hosted by World Vision.
CCT has invited me to facilitate a couple of workshops on Emergent.
From their “What We Do” tab on their site they state:
“The purpose of [...]
I am going to begin a series of highlighting churches in the Pacific Northwest – mostly in Seattle and the surrounding area, but I hope to dip down to Portland and reach up to Vancouver from time to time.
I will post my first church in the series next week.
Peace, dwight
So my first solo book now has cover art. And is listed on Amazon.com for pre-order. The book is being published in Baker’s emersion line and will be available in November 2009.
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One of the courses of study I get to guide missional leaders through at MHGS is “Mission in a Global Context.” Each year one of the learning engagements we do together is teaming up in small groups to participate with God in what God is doing in our city of Seattle. Here is a video that one of the groups put together.
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“The best criticism of the bad is the practice of the better.” — Richard Rohr
Come to the first large gathering of Roman Catholic, Mainline Protestant, Evangelical, and other Christians seeking to explore this emergence and convergence together. You’ll be inspired by provocative speakers and spiritual leaders and engage in in-depth conversation about our shared quests for:
Join Fr. Richard Rohr, Brian McLaren, Phyllis Tickle, Shane Claiborne, Alexie Torres-Fleming, and others for 3 days of spiritual enrichment, challenge, and shared exploration as we envision what the Christian community can be and do in this generation and in generations to come. Register!
Here’s a link to a helpful piece by William McGrath called, Anabaptists: Neither Catholics nor Protestants. Also worth checking out is the young.anabaptistradicals.org.
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check it out.
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What is the future or possible futures of evangelicalism?
The movement of evangelicalism seems to be at a crossroads. The baton of leadership of the modern evangelical movement is being passed along. The political landscape is changing. The philosophical and cultural context in the America is changing. Ecclesiologies and understandings of leadership are morphing. Evangelical schools are wrestling with these deep shifts.
Who are next leaders picking up the mantel of leadership and what do kinds of evangelicalism might we anticipate in this transition? What are the greatest challenges for evangelicalism in this season? What practices and what theologies will be maintained, what requires reformation, what past theologies and practices do we as a movement need to repent of, and how might we envision this movement’s future.
These are some of the kinds of questions that a small group writers and thinkers are engaging in a new writing project. I am beginning to work on my essays for the collection and I’m looking for suggested reading and ideas to consider.
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