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Top Five presbymergent Logo Submissions

First of all, thanks to everyone who took the time to contribute to the presbymergent Logo Contest. If you’ve been following the voting (we received 469 votes on the varying logos), you might know who the winners are, but if not, this is news to you. The awards go to the following five people who [...]

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presbymergent Coordinating Group

Presbymergent has entered into a new phase with the creation of the presbymergent Coordinating Group. About two months ago, we wrote about how we were looking to create a Coordinating Group for presbymergent. After a few weeks of allowing people to self-nominate themselves, and checking in with those who have been active with presbymergent since [...]

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Vote for presbymergent Logo Submissions

UPDATE: Please vote using the voting/polling module on the right hand sidebar of this site. Do not leave your vote in the comments section, please.
We have received 15 entries into the Official presbymergent Logo Contest. Please vote for the logo submissions you think are best (you can vote again after 24 hrs). The voting will [...]

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4 Days Left in presbymergent Logo Contest

This is just a reminder that there are only 4 days left in the presbymergent logo contest. We will be accepting submissions until midnight on May 2nd. If you were thinking of designing a logo, or if you know someone who is working on one, please encourage them to get their submissions in by the [...]

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Announcing the Official presbymergent Logo Contest

Adam Walker Cleaveland posted a few months ago about the desire for presbymergent to work towards having a logo. Well, folks - this is it. We at presbymergent would like to announce the beginning of the Official presbymergent Logo Contest.
We are hoping that your submission for the logo contest would take into consideration our commitment [...]

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Renewed Challenge to Emergent Authors

Two months ago, I asked a question of the Emerging Church conversation: Are we writing the things we’re writing because we want to sell books, or are we writing the things we’re writing because we want to change the world? And if our bottom line really isn’t book revenues, then why not make copies of [...]

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G-3.0401 Called to Openness

Awhile ago while looking through the Presbyterian Church (USA) Book of Order (BOO), I ran across this section:
G-3.0401 Called to Openness: The Church is called

to a new openness to the presence of God in the Church and in the world, to more fundamental obedience, and to a more joyous celebration in worship and work;
to a [...]

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A Challenge to Emergent Authors

I love my post-modern culture. I think I understand it well-enough, and I certainly embrace (and embody) it most of the time. But are there ever times when my “emerging faith” calls me to cry out against the times? This time of year, one such case stands out pretty clearly: Consumerism.
If the industrial [...]

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