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The Next-Wave Ezine: Issue #95






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Cover Story
Pews, Pulpits, Pastors, Preaching and other things that can get in the way...
My growing theory of most churches is that when churches become so inwardly focused, we can produce the fruit of knowledgeable but usually negative and critical people always pointing out the wrongs in everything. Or when we become so outwardly focused, we can become shallow theologically and produce Christians who barely know the Bible. Or when we become so felt-needs and methodology focused , we can produce consumer Christians who end up depending on which church best meets their needs which produces a bigger and better cycle for the church leaders to deal with. All of these things can produce a people who aren't seeing themselves as missional Christians being the church throughout the week - but people who have faulty (in my opinion) definitions of church and then they "go to church" for meeting the faulty expectations we have set up for them to define "church" by.


Verge: Missional Community Conference


Next-Wave Ezine - November, Issue #95

Editorial
 
Issue Credits
 

Featured Article: At the Top
Near/Far (or, does a tractor-pull make an effective metaphor for emerging worship?)
By Rob McAlpine
 
Featured Article: Spotlight
Jesus of Suburbia: Review and interview with Mike Erre
By Dustin Bagby
 
Missional
They Will Know We Are Christians By Our…?
By Chris Lyons
 
Emerging Church
An Emerging Blur: Journeying Towards the Simplicity Beyond Complexity
By Drew Moser
 
Dear Emergents
By Keith Drury
 
Theology
Community in the Image of God
By Scott Berkhimer
 
Kingdom Living
Become a Soccer Coach or Send Your Friends to the Eternal Smoking Section
By Brooks Hanes
 
Icebreakers, Oprah, Hermit Crabs & Christian Community
By Frank Hamrick
 
Real Life
Coming to Blows...
By Melissa Lathan
 
Book Excerpt
The Wanderer for Wonder What
By Rob Woodrum
 
Essay
Why God is More Glorified by Web 2.0
By Drew Goodmanson
 
Minding God... Rev Jim pt 2
By Jason Burgett
 
Quoted...
thoughts from the ether
By Next Wave
 
Adventures in Emerging
The Emergent 23rd
By Addison Road
 


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