There are a lot of places I could start; there is so much I want to discuss and question and debate regarding how to reach out to people in a postmodern culture who don’t follow Jesus. I mean, I hope we can get into principle, models, meanings, forms, traits, practical examples–anything and everything that might equip us to better love and to better share the good message. But I’ll start here, because Pete and I were chatting about this today.
I find it interesting that one of the latest manifestations of Christianity is being identified as Emergent or emerging (for the sake of ease, I will use Emergent though I am aware there is now a nuance between the two depending on who you talk to). Now, typically speaking, we think of Emergent as being that which is coming forth or coming to existence; these new forms of the Christian faith are emerging into the Western world from the roots of past forms. What is interesting, however, is that the word Emergent is so closely related to the word emergency. This begs the question: Is the Emergent church an answer to or a cause of a state of emergency?
The Emerging Highway 