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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... Function-First ..................................39 Water into wine; handpicking a Think Tank; Transfiguration; parts and wholes; chaos theory and congregations chapter three The Heart and Mind of Christ: Discerning Your Non-Negotiables ...
... function, in this case to serve the community. The new building was a new and more focused expression of the historic value to put community first. Today, The Centre for Peace hosts yoga, Tai Chi, Buddhist and Christian meditation ...
... Function-First [Mary] said to. 1 “We Are the Church,” words and music by Richard Avery & Donald Marsh, 1972. 2 Marcus Borg, The Heart of Christianity (New York: HarperCollins Publishing, 2003), xi-xv. 1 Bill Easum, Sacred Cows Make ...
... Function-First [Mary] said to the stewards: “Do whatever he tells you.” ~John 2:5 (RSV) ~ “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” He did not know what to say ...
... functional, needed to serve a higher end, purveyors of “abundant life.” (Imagine. Five hundred litres of wine!) Think about this next time the discussion comes around to removing the pews in your church and replacing them ... funCTion-firsT.