Since this blog launched last October one of the alluring conversations has been the nature and definition of the “emerging church.” The debate started when James McDonald declared why he is not ...

Nathan Frambach labored an entire morning at the University of Mary's January Leadership Days, trying to define the "emerging church," a phenomenon that is generating both conversation and controversy ...

Jim Belcher’s recent book Deep Church has garnered a lot of attention in ministry circles. For 2009 it was even named Best Book for the Leader’s Outer Life by our sister magazine Leadership journal.

My recent post on the Emergent Church was deliberately personal in focus and did nothing to help define the movement. I'd like to make an attempt at defining it in this post, with the understanding ...