Thursday, October 11, 2007

Emerging Church Conversation...Right Here in River City!







THE EMERGING CHURCH: EVALUATING THE CONVERSATION
A BAKER BOOK HOUSE FORUM
OCTOBER 18, 2007
7:00 PM
(at the E Paris Store)

This forum will have four topics with four presenters moderated by Sarah Cunningham, author of Dear Church, Letters from a Disillusioned Generation

Topic: What is the Emerging Church?
Steve Argue is founder of Intersect Community, a ministry for training and coaching emerging leaders globally. He is the Executive Director of the Contextual Learning Center of Grand Rapids Theological Seminary, where he teaches. He is a doctoral student at Michigan State University, having completed his MDiv at Trinity International University.

Topic: A Friendly Critique of the Emerging Church
Michael Wittmer
serves as Associate Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology at Grand Rapids Theological Seminary where directs the Center for Christian Worldview. Michael holds a Ph.D. from Calvin Theological Seminary and is author of Heaven is a Place on Earth.
Topic: The Emerging Church and Urban Communities
Andre Daley is Founder and Lead Pastor of Mosaic Life, an urban, multi-ethnic faith community in Grand Rapids, MI. Andre earned his B.A. from City College of New York in Psychology and a Master of Divinity from Princeton Seminary.

Topic: The Emerging Conversation is Good for the Church.
Presenter: Me. Hopefully I'll have a surprise for those who attend.

Louis McBride, a former student of mine at Moody Bible Institute and now serving at Baker Book House, is working diligently to make this a meaningful learning experience for all who attend. Carve out some time and join us for a stimulating evening of conversation.

Baker Book House recently released a constructive book to advance the emerging conversation. The author is Tim Keel and the book is Intuitive Leadership.



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5 Comments:

At 10/12/2007 7:18 AM, Blogger Ted M. Gossard said...

Wow, John. I hope to be there!

Would be nice if they had some beer.

 
At 10/12/2007 10:08 AM, Blogger John Frye said...

Ted,

Would be nice...however I think the theology pub will not be open.

 
At 10/18/2007 2:24 AM, Blogger Ted M. Gossard said...

John,
I plan to be there. Hopefully Dean Ohlman, an older guy from RBC Ministries who is a great guy and an intellectual really, and was just enthused over reading Brian McLaren's new book, hopefully he'll be there, too, though I'm not sure.

Looking forward to it.

 
At 10/18/2007 2:25 AM, Blogger Ted M. Gossard said...

he's older, but really not much older than I. everyone's getting younger, which I guess is one nice part of getting older.

 
At 10/19/2007 6:14 PM, Blogger Ted M. Gossard said...

John,
That was a great evening. The people there got a certain view which shows the strengths of as well as legitimate concerns others have concerning "the emergent conversation" and "emerging churches".

Your thoughts were helpful and I thought along with the other participants, there was a nice balance and dynamic going on, which almost took the pain away from my seat and weariness from my body which I had towards the end of that two and a half hours of nonstop sitting and hearing you folks.

Anyhow while it was largely not new to me, I came away with a renewed and refreshed appreciation for what is going on today among so many churches and Christians who want to live out the faith in a way more faithful to the story we find in Scripture.

Thanks for your great participation in this last evening and ongoing.

 

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