Beware the Overeducated, Loud, Brash White Man
Thursday December 18, 2008
Categories: Emergent Church
Christianity Today, never a great fan of the emergent movement, seems to think that said movement is in need of revitalization, at least according to the subhead of their article on my exit as national coordinator of Emergent Village. Final...
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Tony Jones is the author of many books, including The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier and The Sacred Way: Spiritual Practices for Everyday Life. He is a leader in the emergent church movement and a renowned expert on postmodern theology and the American church landscape.
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oh tony...what a funny little monkey...
Here is my comment at CT on the article, which i gave a 2 start rating:
You said, "As one-time leaders of the emergent movement have recently distanced themselves from the term, the network itself dropped its organizational leader. The decision of Emergent Village's board of directors to eliminate its national coordinator position marked the latest sign that the movement is either decentralizing or disintegrating." You guys here at CT just don't get it! Emergent Village still exists. It's just not a corporate entity. Emergent emerges, grows, shifts, changes as do the times. It is not about power plays and top-down leadership models. EVERYONE has a voice. We are not in need of revitalization! Tall Skinny Kiwi is in the UK and there is still emerging church UK that is very much vital and alive! That is his context you are quoting. That's the beauty about emergent - we can ebb and flow in different directions. Thank you for taking the time to report on this new adventure for the emerging church and Emergent Village USA.
i meant 2 STAR rating!
Also, Tony, why does the comment section remember my name and email address, but i have to re-enter my URL every time i post a comment? Just curious. :)
Really, i keep posting just hoping i will get picked for 'Comment of the Week'! lol!!!!
i hope you are feeling better and you and the porcelain god are on better terms!
I'm always amazed when people claim that being educated is a bad thing. I'd love to see one instance where anti-intellectualism has benefited Christianity, let alone anything else.
Well, at least they know you Tony.
Peace, Jeff
Didn't Barth refer to that publication as Christianity Yesterday once?
Something else he got right it seems...
yeeesh.
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