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July 05, 2005 at 1:18 pm
"12 Tension Points in the Emerging Church," by Andrew Jones
The “TallSkinnyKiwi,” Andrew Jones, has just written a great overview of some of the “new directions” emerging churches are attempting to take (in his opinion, they are tension points between emerging and traditional churches). Many of these “tension points” are what pulled us towards our current community.
Here’s one of Jones’ “baker’s dozen”:
11. Western and GlobalRead the rest here.
Our global world is impacted by voices from all over the world. Theologians, missionaries and teachers, especially those from Africa, Asia and Latin America, are often suspect under a highly western-dominated educational system. I see this tension point as being one that is only just beginning – much of our future debates will find their root in the clash between west and east.
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Good point, Larry… That did strike me a little as I was reading these points. What prompted me to post about this, though (even though I didn’t mention it) was that these points don’t necessarily seem like contentions to me — maybe a re-focussing back to the main point.
I’ll have to think about that a little more.
(By the way, the United Methodist denomination is one of the earliest adopters of some of the “emerging” church philosophies.)
I’ll have to think about that a little more.
(By the way, the United Methodist denomination is one of the earliest adopters of some of the “emerging” church philosophies.)
» Comment by timsamoff () (URL), on July 05, 2005 at 7:00 pm
As I see it the “main thing” by Christ’s command is to make disciples. Therefore if we are to keep that the main thing, all else is insignificant in comparrison. So, if we lose sight and focus on Christ’s command by instead looking to arguments of difference or contention, making disciples becomes secondary or insignificant. If on the other hand we focus on making disciples, then arguments of difference or contention become secondary or insignificant. For me, I intend to keep the main thing the main thing!