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New York Times has that je-ne-sais-quoi to breathe publicity (used to be credibility) to things, and after circulating the news wires months ago, emerging churches are now the news of the day — Hip New Churches Pray to a Different Drummer (registration [ . . . ]

a few sound bites from the PrimeTime special that caught my attention, and a few words on why I perked up — Diane: “60% of Americans, in a recent ABC poll, believe the Bible is literally true..” [I'm surprised that it can [ . . . ]

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Question >> Is the emerging church going to be primarily a Western European, US, Canadian, Australian/NZ), educated, urban, caucasian thing? How is emerging church culture “emerging” in the Two-thirds world?
djchuang >> this is the exactly question beginning to be raised in the [ . . . ]

I think the buzz and the media is just beginning to pick up about The Movie.. it showed up on the cover of The Magazine that I subscribe to at home.. and, just found out about a church (in my areaThe Passion [ . . . ]

while it can readily be observed that many people do the church-going thing with not much else to show for in how they live, how they make decisions, how they (don’t) relate to people, how they (don’t) participate in the life of [ . . . ]

this Beliefnet teaser, “Which Popular Hymns Bug You?” made me click thru ..considerably more compelling than “Sacred Songs – Which Do You Love? Which Drive You Nuts?” or “Popular Hymns: Love Them or Hate Them? Which beloved church songs drive [ . . . ]

most megachurches (if not all) are led by a senior pastor who has high visibility and preaches the majority of the time at weekly services [one notable exception is Newsong, where lead pastor + spiritual entrepreneur Dave preaches about just 20% of [ . . . ]

While I’m not the big sports fan, as stereotypical of a significant portion of the male gender, I do occasionally catch a sports event in person or on TV.. today being Super Sunday, I tuned in promptly at 6pm, and anticipated the [ . . . ]