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I've heard it said that the Emergent Church (Emerging Church) movement is the new Reformation. Would you agree or disagree?
posted by Greg Hazelrig @ 7:46 AM
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4 Comments:
No,
The Reformation arose out of the sins & excesses of the Medieval Church. The Emerging Church arises out of a worldview shift from modern to postmodern.
Further, the Reformation sought to reform the Church. Emerging congregations don't have as one of their goals to reform present congregations.
I agree with what John B. said.
I think it's too early to tell.
First, the emerging church has arisn out of the sins and excesses of today's church -- the lethargy of the mainline and the politicization of the evangelical churches. Between the two, the American church has lost its spirituality. It's virtually dead.
Second, the reformation was aided by the invention of the printing press, which transformed the way we communicate. Other groups had previously spoken against the excesses of the institutional church, but did not have the means to mount a serious, lasting challenge. The printing press gave the reformation legs.
Today the internet may be playing a similar role. Anyone can get blog and challenge the powers that be, and speak to an international audience.
Does the emerging church have the answers -- and the means -- to revive the church? Not at this time. Will it ever? I don't know. But it has diagnosed the problem, and that's a start.
The Emerging church did a decent job of identifying some problems, but took the intellectually bankrupt postmodern approach to the solutions ("Gee, we just don't know what this scripture means.").
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