The Emergent Church

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Curious about the Emergent Church movement?

See here and here.

From an interview with Brian McLaren, one of the leaders of the Emergent Church:

   **Question: **Your views have stirred up quite a few evangelical        leaders. What's their beef with you?     

        **Answer: **Unfortunately, some of the disagreement springs from        misunderstanding. A well-known Baptist leader wrote a strong critique of        my last book, saying it is obvious I'm a relativist. There is a chapter        in the book that gives reasons why relativism is not the solution.     

        Many conservative Christians feel that the interests of America and the        interest of the kingdom of God are closely aligned – they might even say        the interests of the Republican Party. (Laughs). I think that is a deep        area of tension. Many of us certainly love our country, but we don't        think that the kingdom of God is in the pocket of any political party,        or in a nation, or even in Western civilization.     

        What's been interesting is that I've had a couple of evangelical leaders        say, "I don't really like your books. But I wish you well, because I        know that my children want nothing to do with the form of church and        Christianity that I practice." So, people are kinder to me than you        might expect, because they see that something is not working for their        kids.