I haven’t been carefully observing evangelical Christianity for long enough periods of time to categorize myself as a keen observer of trends in the church. However, in the short period of time that I’ve actually been watching, I’ve seen a few movements within the church that propose – to put it mildly – some striking changes with regards to theology or the way the church operates. The examples that most easily spring to mind are (a) the house church movement, which has been around for awhile, and the (b) emerging and (c) emergent church movements – now (correctly) categorized as two separate movements. For purposes of this discussion, we can get away with oversimplifying our description of the emergent/emerging movements by suggesting that they are embodied, respectively, by Mark Driscoll and Brian McLaren. Both of these movements are still (relatively) new on the scene.
Archive for March, 2009
Frustration with the Church
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009Where We’ve Come From
Thursday, March 12th, 2009Those of you that know me are probably aware that I play mandolin in Slipjig, a local Celtic band. On a fairly regular basis, we do various shows in the local area – like local bands anywhere, we play at various pubs and coffee shops, with the occasional wedding reception or party thrown in for variety and for the sake of getting another gig. Like most local bands, I’m sure, some of the stuff we play is a lot of fun, certain other events are not.