Listening to the Beliefs of Emerging Churches

"Leaders of emerging churches may very well be poised to bring about a new threshold of development that will carry a new group of evangelicals beyond the unhappy split between traditional theology on the one hand and
pragmatic practice on the other."

-From the Introduction by Robert Webber

POURING OUT A FRESH DRINK

In the face of today's cultural sea change, the phenomenon known as the emerging churchi s pouring out a fresh drink of the gospel to a generation disenchanted with "church" but thirsty for an authentic, experiential spirituality. This new wineskin is not really new at all- or is it? Is the emergin church about new methods only, or about a new message?

No wonder controversy has swirled around the emerging church. Now you have an opportunity to listen to five of the movement's prominent leaders discuss their beliefs in their own words. What do John Burke, Mark Driscoll, Dan Kimball, Doug Pagitt, and Karen Ward believe about Scripture, the atonement, the exclusiveness of Christ, and other central doctrines of Christianity? Listen as they interact with each other- agreeing, disagreeing, and raising provocative questions.

Here is an enriching, challenging, and hope-filled look at how the church is fulfilling her ancient charge to go into all the world- including the world of today and tomorrow- and make disciples of Jesus.

General Editor ROBERT WEBBER is Myers Professor of Ministry at Northern Seminary in Lombard, Illinois; president of the Institute for Worship Studies; and professor of theology emeritus at Wheaton College. He is the author of more than forty books, including Worship Old and New.