An Update On Emergent

Many of you know that I've read TONS on the "E"mergent movement (and the "e"mergent movement--if you want, you can use the search feature to read past posts for the difference). It's been over a decade since stuff has been published about this stuff, and now some of the prominent speakers/authors on the topic have chimed in on where things stand at the end of that 10-year slice.

The e-zine Next Wave: Church and Culture has a lengthy, but good, article entitled Ten Years Out: A Retrospective on the Emerging Church in North America.

If you've got some time, check it out.

To whet your appetite:

"Dan Kimball comments, “Initially in the USA, the emerging church conversation was primarily evangelical suburban churches asking the question of ‘where are the 18-35 year olds?’ … As it was rightfully realized that what was going on around us was far more than just a generational and style issue – the conversation then broadened.”

Bob Hyatt says, "I'm more often than not now answering a question about what we aren't than what we are about- and that saddens me. I do have some deep concerns about some of the things I see in the movement as a whole- and to be honest, though I once spent a lot of time defending the emerging church, I want to be about the Gospel.”

Have at this one, too, patrons!