A Couple Fantastic Articles

The Top Ten Paradoxes That Will Rule the Future – by Len Sweet
I’ve heard it stated somewhere that Len is a gateway drug into the emerging converstation.

Here is a collection of a few Emerging Taxonomies that have surfaced over the last while, starting with one of the latest:

Four Models of Emerging Churches by C. Wess Daniels
His four categories/families/networks are Deconstruction, Pre-Modern, Open Anabaptism, and Foundationalist.

Five Streams of the Emerging Church by Scot McKnight
“Key elements of the most controversial and misunderstood movement in the church today”
You simply must be following along at Scot’s Jesus Creed blog. Absolute must reading.

Emerging Church – Three Classifications by Darrin Patrick
Disclaimer from Patrick:

Now, let me be clear that these classifications are only so helpful. For instance, many emerging attractional types also do a ton of incarnational ministry. Likewise, many incarnational emerging types are not opposed to large group worship gatherings. Also, both of these groups love to engage in conversations with regard to theology, church and culture. These classifications are simply my attempt to help bring clarity for those who are peeking over the fence and trying to understand the emerging church. I know my categories are not perfect, but I hope they are helpful for those who are seeking to understand the emerging church.

Finally, and for my own amusement, here is Scot’s series on the Kingdom of God, condensed here because Scot makes you do far too much scrolling to find the pieces to his series. The man is an absolute monster of a blogger!

The Keys to the Kingdom
Introduction
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9
Part 10

I will add to this list as Scot continues the series.

Tags: emerging, emergent, kingdom, paradox