Remember that? It was all the rage in 2007 and I wrote about it extensively. It was important to be "missional." To have a "generous orthodoxy."
The Wikipedia article is almost entirely drawn from sources pre-2010.
I wonder where all those folks have ended up?
This song sort of fits for that topic and Ireland both, doesn't it?
You might want to strike out the Charles River Church link, or replace the link with a link to the post in which you acknowledge removing the original post because the old church was gone and a new one had the name.
ReplyDeletehttps://assistantvillageidiot.blogspot.com/2010/10/letter-received.html
I remember wondering if the EC movement's methods for outreach and community were going to box them in to particular demographics and fashions.
You're right, I haven't heard much of them lately. I just did a google search from the past year, and got
https://richardbeck.substack.com/p/why-the-emerging-church-movement-c36 "in retrospect, I would argue that the emerging church movement eventually became a social media phenomenon."
https://richardbeck.substack.com/p/why-the-emerging-church-movement-ce0
And there's a bunch of podcasts on its history. Somebody else is welcome to watch them and evaluate.