Church Unbound!
I am so excited. I just can’t hide it. I am gonna lose control and I think I like it…
I hope to meet many of you at the conference.
Look at the Workshops Offered
- Facing Our Differences Together: Toward a Next Generation Church, John Franke, Hatfield, PA
- Becoming a Multicultural Community, Jin S. Kim, Minneapolis, MN
- Worship Unbound: Hearing the Voice of Christ Amidst the Noise of an Uninhibited Generation, Melva W. Costen, Atlanta, GA
- Our Post-Modern Age: An Introduction, W. Stacy Johnson, Princeton, NJ
- Activating and Energizing Youth in Ministry in a Multicultural Setting, Marissa Galván-Valle, Louisville, KY
- Reconnecting Our Connectionalism, Jack Haberer, Richmond, VA
- Christian Worship and Preaching in a Post-Modern World, Rhashell Hunter, Louisville, KY
- Presbyterian Global Fellowship, Scott Weimer, Atlanta, GA
- Leading the Church Into the Future, Linda Bryant Valentine, Louisville KY
- The Emerging Mainline: Church from Scratch, Nanette Sawyer, Chicago, IL
- Post-Modern Biblical Interpretation, Eugene Eung-Chun Park, San Francisco, CA
- Why Adapting Purpose-Driven is a Great Way to Fulfill the Great Ends! Michael Carey, Satellite Beach, FL
- The Tribal Church, Carol Howard Merritt, Washington, DC
- Presbyterians and Emergent, Karen E. Sloan, San Antonio, TX and Troy Bronsink, Atlanta, GA
- Resurrecting Church, Shane Claiborne, Philadelphia, PA
- Future Church, Anti-Racist Church, Lisa Larges, San Francisco, CA
- 12 Dynamic Shifts to a Missional Church, E. Stanley Ott, Vienna, VA
- Framing an Ecclesiology for the Congregation, John W. Stewart, Princeton, NJ
- Another Resurrection Story, Maggie Lauterer, Burnsville, NC
- First Order Thinking: Transforming Congregational Life from the Inside Out, Bill Golderer, Philadelphia, PA
- Ready, Steady, Go: Young Adults Prepare to Lead! Bridgett A. Green, Louisville, KY
I stated before going to this event is parallel to Woodstock. If you are seeking to converse about/on the changing paradigm of ministry, church, and world then be here. Be here. Be here!
I wanted to inform y’all that there are 10 to 12 spots open as of right now with Covenant Community Church in Louisville for the Church Unbound conference at Montreat this July!
The cost is $156.25 for room and board. You register for the conference separately.
If you are interested in this red hott deal email me at thefetteredheart@gmail.com and I will pass you along to the powers that be at Covenant Community Church.
Comment by Shawn Coons on 29 May 2008:
When I first saw this conference advertised I was really excited. I’m going with my wife and her parents (her father is an EP). I look forward to the conference, meeting all sorts of my imaginary friends, and mulling the conference over with my clergy fam.
Comment by Jan on 29 May 2008:
This is an amazing conference that could make a lasting impact on the PCUSA. Go!
Comment by Brian Merritt on 29 May 2008:
I wish I could be with ya’ll. The conference sounds great. I am marching in our community’s annual fourth of July parade. Someone in a clergy shirt needs to be the statue of liberty!
Comment by ryan pappan on 29 May 2008:
I want to see pictures of you as Lady Liberty!
Comment by Tonyc on 30 May 2008:
I wonder the theological differences between Emerging and Progressive church movements. It seems to me that the fomer originates from the evangelical camp and the latter stems from the mainline, which links to Phoenix Affirmation and the ministries coordinated by the Center of Progressive Christianity.
In his book and research “A New Spritual Home: Progressive Christianity and the Grass Roots”, professor Hal Taussig found in the mainline denominations about 700 quickly growing congregations that share the 5 characteristics - strong spiritual vitality, intellectual integrity, demographic diversity and transgressing gender boundaries, vitality without superiority, and strong value in social justice and ecology.
This conference “Church Unbound” does not seem to study the new church development regarding the progressive Christian churches. Or does it, just not explicitly?
Comment by jim b on 30 May 2008:
I really, really wanted to be there but with GA, my July schedule, and my wife’s own scheduled, if I wanted to see her at all in July I have to stay home. Have an awesome time!
Comment by Carol Howard Merritt on 21 June 2008:
Tonyc,
I’ll be there, and I’m definitely part of the vital, progressive Christian movement.
Comment by Tonyc on 23 June 2008:
Carol,
I actually signed up for attending your workshop there. My wife involves in Sunday school teaching to junior youth at my church and very concerned about how PC(USA) works to reruit young generation. She is thinking to go to your workshop, too.
My wife and I as immigrants were originally trained in multicultural ministry. Our Christian belief had been / is progressive. Recently I read Jim Wallis’ and Brian McLaren’s books, beginning to notice the Emerging Church movement. Then I read Diana Butler Bass’ and your books and understood that the similar movement was also happening in the mainline churches.
I think Emerging and Progressive Church movements, although appearing to be similar in characteristics, have different origins regarding church history and are addressing different issues. In terms of inclusiveness and diversity, Progressive Church movement now in PC(USA) actually can be enriched by bridging with multicultural ministry of which the scope is greater than the racial/ethnic church models.
If you are interested, we may talk more when we meet at the conference.
Comment by Carol Howard Merritt on 23 June 2008:
I’ve often heard Diana say, “But what are we emerging from?” That’s important to understand.
Let’s talk more. I look forward to meeting you and your wife next week.
Comment by Steve K. on 1 July 2008:
Hey ya’ll, I’m not Presbyterian, but I am Emergent and I’m in North Carolina. If any of you are coming through Charlotte this week on the way to the “Church Unbound” conference, give me a holler (704-689-2489). I’d love to meet/connect with some of you.
The Charlotte Emergent Cohort meets next Tuesday 7/8, just FYI:
http://indieallies.meetup.com/27
Comment by steven on 2 July 2008:
You all need to rethink where this whole emergent church is going. Have you ever considered that the Angel of Light would come out of our own churches. Think about it and read your Bibles.