Misunderstanding the Emerging Church

The authhttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifor of this site clearly does not understand what she is writing about. There is such a huge gap between the Church Growth Movement and the emerging church, that the two really cannot be compared, only contrasted. This writer creates an image that is a blending of the two, but doesn't do justice to either, from what I'm reading. There are parts of her criticism that may be premature, but are worth paying attention to, specifically I think of the authority of Scripture. I don't know that the emerging conversation has addressed that adequately or strongly enough. At the same time, there is an overwhelming tendency among evangelicals to use Scripture to beat people up, especially other Christians. This does not reflect the love of Christ in any way. At what point do we know Scripture so well that we don't have to abide by it? I don't believe there is such a point. I'm not saying there isn't room for criticism and rebuke out of love, but that is different than what this site is demonstrating. This is basically a warning to steer clear without an understanding of what the writer is talking about. That's not a very effective way to demonstrate love.

Thanks to Jordon for the link.