Comments on: The emerging church is not blond male with a goatee http://nextgenerasianchurch.com/2006/05/04/the-emerging-church-is-not-blond-male-with-a-goatee/ the collision of faith and Asian American culture Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:50:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: randplaty http://nextgenerasianchurch.com/2006/05/04/the-emerging-church-is-not-blond-male-with-a-goatee/comment-page-1/#comment-193 randplaty Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:41:12 +0000 https://dpark.wordpress.com/2006/05/04/the-emerging-church-is-not-blond-male-with-a-goatee/#comment-193 Yeah he shouldn't use the term emerging church if he means "church of the future" because emerging church means something completely different to the rest of us. If he is using emerging church in the sense of a postmodern church movement, then he shouldn't be citing the top 25 evangelicals from TIME. Either way, the article is confusing. Yeah he shouldn’t use the term emerging church if he means “church of the future” because emerging church means something completely different to the rest of us. If he is using emerging church in the sense of a postmodern church movement, then he shouldn’t be citing the top 25 evangelicals from TIME. Either way, the article is confusing.

]]> By: mannrc http://nextgenerasianchurch.com/2006/05/04/the-emerging-church-is-not-blond-male-with-a-goatee/comment-page-1/#comment-194 mannrc Sun, 10 Apr 2011 18:48:25 +0000 https://dpark.wordpress.com/2006/05/04/the-emerging-church-is-not-blond-male-with-a-goatee/#comment-194 Can it be that the emerging church is an effort to treasure what is old, of righteousness and obedience,and also be open to the new, of grace and mercy? What do you think? Can it be that the emerging church is an effort to treasure what is old, of righteousness and obedience,and also be open to the new, of grace and mercy? What do you think?

]]> By: Being Asian… | Solar Crash http://nextgenerasianchurch.com/2006/05/04/the-emerging-church-is-not-blond-male-with-a-goatee/comment-page-1/#comment-192 Being Asian… | Solar Crash Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:34:51 +0000 https://dpark.wordpress.com/2006/05/04/the-emerging-church-is-not-blond-male-with-a-goatee/#comment-192 [...] Statistics say that within a decade the majority of Christians in America will be non-white. What does that mean about our future leadership? [...] [...] Statistics say that within a decade the majority of Christians in America will be non-white. What does that mean about our future leadership? [...]

]]> By: katende wiliam http://nextgenerasianchurch.com/2006/05/04/the-emerging-church-is-not-blond-male-with-a-goatee/comment-page-1/#comment-191 katende wiliam Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:06:58 +0000 https://dpark.wordpress.com/2006/05/04/the-emerging-church-is-not-blond-male-with-a-goatee/#comment-191 THANKS FOR THAT GOOD WORK SEND ME APRAYER THIS EVENNING ON MY EMAIL. LOOKING FORWARD TO RECEIVE IT. THANKS
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]]> By: The emerging church is not blond male with a goatee « + eliacin + http://nextgenerasianchurch.com/2006/05/04/the-emerging-church-is-not-blond-male-with-a-goatee/comment-page-1/#comment-190 The emerging church is not blond male with a goatee « + eliacin + Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:13:58 +0000 https://dpark.wordpress.com/2006/05/04/the-emerging-church-is-not-blond-male-with-a-goatee/#comment-190 [...] The emerging church is not blond male with a goatee The emerging church is not blond male with a goatee « Next Gener.Asian Church [...] [...] The emerging church is not blond male with a goatee The emerging church is not blond male with a goatee « Next Gener.Asian Church [...]

]]> By: djchuang http://nextgenerasianchurch.com/2006/05/04/the-emerging-church-is-not-blond-male-with-a-goatee/comment-page-1/#comment-189 djchuang Thu, 11 May 2006 00:35:46 +0000 https://dpark.wordpress.com/2006/05/04/the-emerging-church-is-not-blond-male-with-a-goatee/#comment-189 Honesty is always commendable, in my book anyways. I think the generic term "emerging church" here is used to refer to the church in the near future, that looks a bit different than today's church. "Emerging church" is the broadest umbrella term, if you will, that refers to changes that are happening in a number of churches that look something different than churches as we know it today or yesterday. To distinguish, "emergent church" is more of a subset of "emerging church", and "emergent" welcomes conversations about church, faith, and theology, without a specific doctrinal statement to confine (and constrain) the dialogue, working off of the theory that all truth is God's truth. Honesty is always commendable, in my book anyways. I think the generic term “emerging church” here is used to refer to the church in the near future, that looks a bit different than today’s church. “Emerging church” is the broadest umbrella term, if you will, that refers to changes that are happening in a number of churches that look something different than churches as we know it today or yesterday.

To distinguish, “emergent church” is more of a subset of “emerging church”, and “emergent” welcomes conversations about church, faith, and theology, without a specific doctrinal statement to confine (and constrain) the dialogue, working off of the theory that all truth is God’s truth.

]]> By: dpark http://nextgenerasianchurch.com/2006/05/04/the-emerging-church-is-not-blond-male-with-a-goatee/comment-page-1/#comment-188 dpark Wed, 10 May 2006 03:36:25 +0000 https://dpark.wordpress.com/2006/05/04/the-emerging-church-is-not-blond-male-with-a-goatee/#comment-188 I'm a little confused by this article to be honest. I understand by what he means demographically, that by the numbers, we need to step up to the plate, but does he really mean "emerging church"? Many pastors that I've met seem very suspicious of emerging church, and the "conversation" is only beginning to grow into other ethnic groups. I know it's not like this everywhere, but in the Southeast US, I can't even imagine any Korean church that I know of that would even get their arms around the notion of emerging church. I don't know what it's like in the Northeast, but maybe we're lagging behind. We're good for grits though -- really good grits. I’m a little confused by this article to be honest. I understand by what he means demographically, that by the numbers, we need to step up to the plate, but does he really mean “emerging church”? Many pastors that I’ve met seem very suspicious of emerging church, and the “conversation” is only beginning to grow into other ethnic groups. I know it’s not like this everywhere, but in the Southeast US, I can’t even imagine any Korean church that I know of that would even get their arms around the notion of emerging church. I don’t know what it’s like in the Northeast, but maybe we’re lagging behind. We’re good for grits though — really good grits.

]]> By: Sivin http://nextgenerasianchurch.com/2006/05/04/the-emerging-church-is-not-blond-male-with-a-goatee/comment-page-1/#comment-187 Sivin Tue, 09 May 2006 05:18:36 +0000 https://dpark.wordpress.com/2006/05/04/the-emerging-church-is-not-blond-male-with-a-goatee/#comment-187 The emerging church includes some Chinese guy who's not too sure whether he's pure Chinese, living in a country with a majority of Muslims, trying to figuring out how to be a pastor in a Lutheran denomination tired of being boxed in formulations that confine more than really define, willing to explore conversations moving beyond existing boundaries, seeking to have imagination on how church is genuinely local and yet globally connected, historically faithful and yet creatively looking into the future ... this is already becoming a long sentence. .. there's more... yet to be discovered. :-) The emerging church includes some Chinese guy who’s not too sure whether he’s pure Chinese, living in a country with a majority of Muslims, trying to figuring out how to be a pastor in a Lutheran denomination tired of being boxed in formulations that confine more than really define, willing to explore conversations moving beyond existing boundaries, seeking to have imagination on how church is genuinely local and yet globally connected, historically faithful and yet creatively looking into the future … this is already becoming a long sentence. .. there’s more… yet to be discovered. :-)

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