loyal radicals…
This weekend there will be a Presbymergent gathering at the Everything Must Change Tour @ Vienna Presbyterian Church. We will be gathering during the lunch period on Saturday. Watch for signs or an announcement of our specific location.
For a while now the topic of having a formal “Presbymergent” conference has been discussed at length. A couple organizations have teamed together to make that a reality, this October in Pittsburgh.
Always Reforming - Emergence in the Presbyterian Church is a two-day event this October 12th-13th sponsored by Presbymergent.org, Emergent Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, [...]
Caught this on the “Presbyterians in Their Local News” section of Presbyweb yesterday:
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First Presbyterian Church Launches Emergent Worship for Young Adults
By HNN Staff
Huntington, WV (HNN) – On August 5, 2007, First Presbyterian Church of Huntington will launch The Crossing, a cutting edge, Emerging worship gathering designed by and for young adults. The Crossing is a [...]
Emergent Pittsburgh in conjuction with Pittsburgh Theological Seminary will be hosting a presbymergent event this coming October 12th and 13th. John Franke, a member of the PC(USA) and Professor of Theology @ Biblical Seminary will be headlining the event, along with other local presbymergnet figures.
The planning team for this event asking for suggestions regarding people [...]
Since it’s after Easter I feel like stirring the pot up a little bit when it comes to the topic of atonement.
On newattitude.org in an interview with Justin Taylor he comments about those affiliated with Emergent:
Broadly speaking, we can use the term “emerging churches” to describe any church that is seeking to incarnate and contextualize [...]
The “New Attitude” or “Humble Orthodoxy” appears to be a reaction to emergent. While it advertises itself as being a new attitude and humble way of living, the line up of speakers would betray that, featuring the likes of John Piper and Joshua Harris.
Thoughts?
As I’ve reflected on the “labyrinth” discussion and the material I’ve seen from groups like Lighthouse Trails a few things have really stuck out to me.
1. The belief that there is a strictly “biblical” way to do things. I’ve attended churches that say they are biblical - but I see nothing biblical about using [...]
My journey of faith began in the PC(USA) as I was baptized as an infant and attended consistently throughout my childhood and teenage years. My church involvement led me to take part in various Presbytery related activities, including serving as a YAD to the GA in 2000 and an overture advocate in 2001. [...]
On his blog post entitled “Loyal Radicals” Adam Walker Cleaveland writes:
“Can Presbyterians (and other mainliners) be open enough to loyal radicals? Will a senior pastor “fudge” a bit on the Book of Order? Will a Session be willing to try something that everyone “knows” is going to fail, in order to allow for the possibility [...]
