Comments on: iMonk 101: A Parable for our Church-Growth, Seeker-Sensitive Friends

By: CAndiron

CAndiron — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:34:43 +0000

Why Education Must Change Or Die.
Please don’t let Spong read this. It might give him ideas.

By: Michael Spencer

Michael Spencer — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:49:49 +0000

I think an examination of the best emerging church voices will see that 1) they do not accept church growth methodology and have little concern for “big churches 2) while they do express a subculture of twenty-somethings it is a mistake to assume they approve of the seeker model. They would see it as too modernistic. There’s a lot of nuance there. Many emerging are doing things that are extremely UNseeker friendly.

By: pbandj

pbandj — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:50:52 +0000

michael

something that struck me for the first time when reading this post is this:

do you remember when the latest big thing was “seeker-sensitive” and then more recently “church growth”? obviously you do, because you wrote the post. but it got me thinking, what separates the “emerging church” from the “seeker sensitive movement” or the current “church growth movement” or the “prosperity gospel movement”, etc?

certainly some movements are better than others. certainly some movements are bad. and some are good. but how are we to discern? it is often difficult to discern when one doesnt have temporal perspective. so i guess, since none of us is God, we must rely on history and not temporallessness.

so, what in history recommends or discourages the “emerging church”?

i cant really think of much, but there might be some things that we should remain wary of. your the expert though, what do you think?

peter