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A graceless gospel

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Tom Ogburn — No Comments ↓

The moment started innocently enough. I was walking with my wife through an exhibition hall at the Oklahoma State Fair. We were on a date just enjoying our time together. Then a stranger raised his voice from his rather sad…

Tagged with: Christ, Church, Gospel, Grace, heaven, hell, religion, salvation
Posted in Ministry, Missiology, Religion

Would you wear a hijab for a day?

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Nell Green — No Comments ↓

February 1st was World Hijab Day. For those of you who might not know, hijab is the head covering worn by some Muslim women. The idea was to invite women who do not hijab, both Muslim and women of other…

Perspectives on immigration: safety and security concerns

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Kevin Glenn — No Comments ↓

The issue of immigration is a subject of discussion and debate within the Christian community. Followers of Jesus have diverse perspectives on how to address economic, security, and cultural concerns. Having shared in previous posts the primary points of diversity…

Where is the Baptist in the Emergence Christianity conversation?

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Scott Looney — 2 Comments ↓

I recently attended the Emergence Christianity Conference in Memphis, TN. To be open, I knew very little about Emergence, Emergent, Emerging, Emerge(+suffix) Christianity going into this event. To be completely open, what I thought I knew can be easily listed:…

Tagged with: Emergence Christianity, James McClendon, Peter Rollins, Phyllis Tickle
Posted in Missiology, Religion, Theology

Christian lingo of being missional

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Nell Green — No Comments ↓

Supposedly on blogs and such we can be open and honest and real. Right? Mmmmm….well maybe not entirely, but I will make a leap here none the less. I am kind of tired of the word missional. I am kind…

Tagged with: Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, immigrant, interfaith, internationals, Islam, ministry, missional
Posted in Missiology, Missions, Uncategorized

No Final Judgments – One Southern Baptist and Emergence Christianity

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Todd Littleton — 1 Comment ↓

Friendships transcend labels. More than ten years ago I ventured with a friend to a conference not organized and characterized by my denomination, Southern Baptists. The event was the National Pastors Convention hosted by Leadership Journal, Zondervan, and Youth Specialties,…

Am I Emergent-Baptist?

Posted on January 21, 2013 by John Carter — 4 Comments ↓

I minister on the periphery of Baptist life, trying to start a progressive Baptist church in the heart of the old empire. I’m old enough to remember well the Baptist wars of decades ago, and yet new enough to ministry…

Tagged with: Baptist, Emergence Christianity, Phyllis Tickle, progressive
Posted in Church Starts, Missiology, Religion, Theology

Emergence Christianity, Baptist life, and Flannery O’Connor

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Brandon Hudson — No Comments ↓

A little over a week ago, I walked into the Gibson guitar factory in Memphis, and gathered with six others to begin our tour. The group was fairly evenly divided by gender, with three men and four women. We asked…

CBF and the emergence Christianity movement

Posted on January 18, 2013 by David Burroughs — 1 Comment ↓

Last week I attended the Emergence Christianity event in Memphis featuring Phyllis Tickle, Brian McLaren, Nadia Bolz-Weber, and others. The emergent crowd is an interesting group, with lots of diversity: age, denomination, and plenty of piercings and tattoos if not…

Robert Griffin III, the Redskins and dying churches

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Alan Rudnick — 3 Comments ↓

It was awful. It was embarrassing. I couldn’t watch it anymore. My team, the Washington Redskins had started a good fight against the Seattle Seahawks on a recent Sunday night football. The Redskins came out strong and scored 14 points…

Tagged with: Church, community, congregation, congregations, dying churches, faith, Formation, healthy churches, leadership, missional
Posted in Leadership, Missiology