Comments on: Scot McKnight on House Churches http://www.birkeyblog.com/2008/04/22/scot-mcknight-on-house-churches/ the personal musings and art of Randal Birkey Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:23:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: D Z A http://www.birkeyblog.com/2008/04/22/scot-mcknight-on-house-churches/comment-page-1/#comment-118 D Z A Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:33:19 +0000 http://www.birkeyblog.com/2008/04/22/scott-mcknight-on-the-whole-gospel/#comment-118 Twould be interesting to see some corroborating evidence from another polling outfit which was not selling books about the alleged "Revolution." The Barna data is all over the page, btw. Later, after the publication of "Revolution" he reported that 80 per cent of those who left the insitututional church were actually still tethered to it. A new USA landscape survey - the largest ever - from the Pew Forum didn't mention house churches at all. ??? Twould be interesting to see some corroborating evidence from another polling outfit which was not selling books about the alleged “Revolution.”

The Barna data is all over the page, btw. Later, after the publication of “Revolution” he reported that 80 per cent of those who left the insitututional church were actually still tethered to it.

A new USA landscape survey – the largest ever – from the Pew Forum didn’t mention house churches at all.

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]]> By: Helen http://www.birkeyblog.com/2008/04/22/scot-mcknight-on-house-churches/comment-page-1/#comment-117 Helen Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:08:34 +0000 http://www.birkeyblog.com/2008/04/22/scott-mcknight-on-the-whole-gospel/#comment-117 Hi Randy, I didn't know you had a blog like this until just now - nice clean design :) I'm excited to see you recommending The Jesus Creed. I haven't read that but I am currently reading 40 days living the Jesus Creed and I've also read The Real Mary and a Community called Atonement. His books are thoughtful and well-written. While staying within an orthodox conservative understanding of the Bible, whatever he writes about he does so in a fresh new way, seeking to bring balance and make sure the whole gospel of Jesus is honored. I think he accepts the label Emerging, however he is definitely at the conservative orthodox end of the Emerging spectrum, which is quite wide. I read Scot's blog regularly and I've heard him speak and met him personally - he's a great guy; articulate, friendly, personable, has a good sense of humor. He attends Willow Creek, by the way - he has not opted out of organized church :). I've heard him on the WMBI morning show a couple of times in recent months - I was pleased to hear him on there. I don't know if you've seen this - if not I recommend it: Scot's article for Christianity Today about the Emerging Church and Emergent: http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2007/february/11.35.html Amongst other things he explains the distinction between 'Emerging' and 'Emergent' which I was very confused about when I first began reading about them. Since Scot is local, you might be able to have him come give a talk for you if you wanted to have some sort of meeting for conservative Christians who want to learn more/ask questions about Emerging/Emergent. Or if you want him to talk about anything in his books. He's a great speaker. Another local conservative Christian who understands the Emerging/Emergent conversation well is John Armstrong. John wouldn't call himself Emerging whereas I think Scot would. But John has lots of friends in the Emerging church and understands their concerns well. I don't think John has written any books lately; he does have a blog where he writes regularly. Hi Randy, I didn’t know you had a blog like this until just now – nice clean design :)

I’m excited to see you recommending The Jesus Creed.

I haven’t read that but I am currently reading 40 days living the Jesus Creed and I’ve also read The Real Mary and a Community called Atonement. His books are thoughtful and well-written. While staying within an orthodox conservative understanding of the Bible, whatever he writes about he does so in a fresh new way, seeking to bring balance and make sure the whole gospel of Jesus is honored. I think he accepts the label Emerging, however he is definitely at the conservative orthodox end of the Emerging spectrum, which is quite wide.

I read Scot’s blog regularly and I’ve heard him speak and met him personally – he’s a great guy; articulate, friendly, personable, has a good sense of humor. He attends Willow Creek, by the way – he has not opted out of organized church :) . I’ve heard him on the WMBI morning show a couple of times in recent months – I was pleased to hear him on there.

I don’t know if you’ve seen this – if not I recommend it: Scot’s article for Christianity Today about the Emerging Church and Emergent:

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2007/february/11.35.html

Amongst other things he explains the distinction between ‘Emerging’ and ‘Emergent’ which I was very confused about when I first began reading about them.

Since Scot is local, you might be able to have him come give a talk for you if you wanted to have some sort of meeting for conservative Christians who want to learn more/ask questions about Emerging/Emergent. Or if you want him to talk about anything in his books. He’s a great speaker.

Another local conservative Christian who understands the Emerging/Emergent conversation well is John Armstrong. John wouldn’t call himself Emerging whereas I think Scot would. But John has lots of friends in the Emerging church and understands their concerns well. I don’t think John has written any books lately; he does have a blog where he writes regularly.

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