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Doug Pagitt on EC for Relevantmagazine.com
Doug Pagitt, pastor of the Solomon’s Porch EC community in Minneapolis was asked to write an overview of the emerging church for Relevant Magazine’s online edition. It’s brief and doesn’t go super indepth, but for those of you wondering what the hay this whole rigamarole is about, it’s as good a primer as any. My favorite bit is this:
The Kingdom of God is a central conversation in emerging communities.
Mark Scandrette of ReImagine, a significant voice in the emerging church, says this, “The kingdom of God is a generative people who believe that a more beautiful and sustainable way of life is possible.” Within many of us there is a desire for the Good News of Jesus to really be good news for the people of the world and not just the promise of a world to come. Many find good news in the call of Jesus to join the kingdom of God. And let me tell you “Kingdom of God” language is really big in the emerging church.
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August 15, 2005
Monday at 12:49 pm
Boy, I really hope the entire church gets on board with the whole “sustainable lifestyle” idea found in the EC. Really, really, really. Think they will?
Cerise
August 15, 2005
Monday at 1:16 pm
Why bother?
Jesus is just around the corner, dontcha know?
August 15, 2005
Monday at 1:22 pm
You know… the first person who got me thinking about this whole idea was actually Philip Yancey, who made the observation that, “The Church will have many of the same problems in the year 3000 that it has here in 2000.” I think it was from What’s so Amazing about Grace, but I could be wrong.
I read that quote well before I’d ever heard the words, “emergent,” or “b-mac,” or “solascriptura,” or… you get it. The idea has stuck with me since then, and was, frankly one of those slap in the forehead moments. It’s the statement that lead me to believe that the proper state of readiness for Jesus’ return is this,
“Ready at a moment’s notice, any day, any week… keep a clean slate and an open heart. Make plans for your great-great-great-great-great-great-grandchildren’s future. Even so, come quickly, Lord.”