The Emerging Church: A Model for Change & Map for RenewalWood Lake Publishing Inc. - 224 pages Realizing the importance of creating a practical guide for both ministers and congregations seeking to shift their congregational culture towards a progressive form of Christianity, Bruce Sanguin grounds The Emerging Church in the experience of his own congregation, Canadian Memorial United, as way to establish context and to share real-life examples. At the same time, he peppers the book with insights from leading edge science, including the science of emergence, chaos theory, quantum physics, field theory, spiral dynamics, and evolutionary science. Download the spiral dynamics charts Spiral Dynamics Chart and Spiral Dynamics by Don Beck. Written in language lay people can understand, The Emerging Church is filled with no-nonsense, realistic advice on the pitfalls and possibilities of following the vision of the emerging Christian way. Nudged by an evolutionary Spirit and drawn by the love of Christ into an emerging future, the church of the loving and living Christ may be the "best kept secret of our day." In The Emerging Church, Bruce Sanguin shares "the secret" with anyone and everyone willing to listen. |
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... building in which to worship. The abundant life of Christ breaks out whether two or three, or two or three hundred, or two or three thousand souls open their hearts. I believe in the power of these Christ-centred souls to make a ...
... building. Over the years, the sanctuary has been a stop for tour groups visiting historical sites. The congregational members have been faithful and responsible stewards of the building. But the challenge for every generation is to pay ...
... building, and this will become immediately evident. But even when we understand that the church is not the building, very quickly other inviolate structures will surface: our organizational model, the time of the worship service, the ...
... build up the Body of Christ. In her professional life, she helped dog-owners communicate more effectively with their companion animals. Her idea was to combine her intuitive communication skills with animals and the mystical tradition ...
... building and, with the proceeds, to build a new but smaller centre on property adjacent to it. Letting go of that historic building, with all its memories, was painful for most people in the congregation. But the spirit of that building ...