Monday, September 17, 2007
Emergent Nazarenes
I'll post more on Emergent church stuff later, but in the meantime, anyone who is reading along with the discussion Dave and I are having, might want to check out this site: http://www.emergentnazarenes.blogspot.com/. If you're into podcasts, you can scroll down and find the G7 podcasts in which several different Nazarene leaders talk about the emergent church. Also, FYI, at this site, a prof from NTS posted and said that NTS is developing an emphasis within their MDiv program for "the missional church" or something like that, "missional" is kind of a code word synonym for "emergent."
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I listened to 3 out of the 6 or so podcasts. Very good dialog on the site as well, I have always agreed Brian's sense of justice, and need for intense hospitality and community. Thanks for the resource. BTW everyone is welcome to check out my blog as well. www.davidbrush.com Thanks to Josh for the inspiration to begin to unravel some of my thoughts.
Josh,
I've been looking for a way to continue our conversation about the emergent church. In our last conversation I said that you need to make sure your theology is correct before you get too involved.
Now I have a source for that belief. In the current issue of "Preacher's Magazine" (Can anything good come out of KC?) there is an excellent article in which the author correlates what he understands as the emergent church with the beliefs and teachings of John Wesley (is he too out of touch?) He cites 7 parallels between the two streams of thought and belief.
Now, just because John Wesley believed it for his time does not make it appropriate for this time but the opposite might also be valid. If John Wesley believed like a contemporary emergent church leader then maybe they are not too far apart after all.
I have noticed that many of the emergent church leaders I've come across have heard very little about John Wesley. I hope you have discovered something different.
Thanks for another helpful site on this topic -- yes, I believe NTS is offering an emphasis within their MDIV program to enable students to focus some of their on-campus hours on postmodern/emergent issues utilizing some great folks in the Kansas City area.
For what it's worth, Northwest Nazarene University also offers graduate programs that may be of interest to postmodern Christ followers. Check out www.nnu.edu/online for more information about our fully online MDIV degree with an emphasis in missional leadership or our fully online MA in missional leadership.
For those who cannot make the move to Kansas City, these programs may be of interest to some.
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Hi J,
Thanks for posting a comment here. One of my friends/parishioners is in the NNU online MDiv program now. I'll be serving as her spiritual mentor - a new role for me.
Your post name is mostly anonymous. Are you Jay Johnson? If not, how did you find my blog? Just curious. If you are J Johnson, dude, it's cool to hear from you again. What are you up to?
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