Comments on: Phyllis Tickle – Beyond Denominations, the Hyphenated Church

By: Marcia

Marcia — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:06:04 +0000

Tickle is really off to compare the tensions about diet between the Jerusalem Church and the one at Antioch with the gay rights issue. The gay rights issue is already clearly addressed in Scripture.

Frankly, I think the hyphenated churches will just become another theologically liberal denomination or subsumed into liberal mainline denominations.

By: Keith Walker

Keith Walker — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:18:09 +0000

Saying that the Church is divided because the IRS recognizes 26,000+ different denominations is like say that the human race is divided because the phone book has thousands of different families listed.

Give me a break.

By: Pat

Pat — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:14:57 +0000

This reminds me of the charismatic move of a few years ago in which churches became hyphenated (i.e., full gospel Baptists, charismatic Catholics, etc.). Just shows that the church is growing and evolving and not content to just stay in little enclaves. It’s a positive sign really that some are learning to reach out to one another and adopt that which they find helpful rather than totally writing each other off. After all, Jesus is coming back for ONE church.

By: Royce Tevis

Royce Tevis — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:11:05 +0000

so glad to hear these thoughts and see these resources…this is one of the most important movements, and I am so excited to experience and participate….

I often hear this compared to reformation, etc….I do wonder though if the great revivals might be another possible comparison….we don’t know yet…but something very sacred and special is happening!!!

By: Kaleb Heitzman

Kaleb Heitzman — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:19:05 +0000

If the world economy is moving towards an ‘experience based economy’ then it would follow that the church will be morphing into this idea of emerging church. The emerging church seems to be very experience based (faith experienced through a collective narrative) and this will naturally fall in step with the way economy works. You can see how the church patterns itself in relation to the economy it exists for the last few hundred years.

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By: C. Wess Daniels

C. Wess Daniels — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 06:14:06 +0000

Someone should gently tell Phyllis that Ray Anderson passed away earlier this year.

Glad you all covered this topic. I’m apart of the Quaker version of this (convergent Friends) and we’re happy to see this happening in other churches as well.

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By: Spencer Burke

Spencer Burke — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:57:12 +0000

Great insights and I am amazed at the buzz this has created. I just posted this over at Emergent Village as a response to Phyllis’s article.

http://www.emergentvillage.com/weblog/the-18-month-window

TheOOZE.TV interview was designed as a discussion starter, so, this is great. The “18 month window” is an opportunity to be as creative, proactive and motivated by love to take action… I wonder if the mainlines let this “window” pass them by – then the opportunity turns into reaction, resistance and fear that will guide their response. This is an invitation to engage and dream…

I don’t think this is a mechanical opportunity. We will not control the opening or closing of this time (and the 18 months is just intuition). OPENING – it has already happened – that is why we are taking about it and people are engaging (many factors – cultural, technical, theological, global…). CLOSING – as we have learned – nothing can remain unchanged and survives. When you want to kill something say “we need to study it more”, “we don’t have all the facts”, “let’s send it to a committee”, and the list goes on… Only you and your community will know how to navigate the possibilities and adjust / evolve for a thriving future. Others (like me and Phyllis) can help challenge you and share form our own journey. But, it is your path that you will need to discover and welcome the challenge of being Jesus in the world you and your community reside in…

By: Sara

Sara — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:33:41 +0000

Because Evangelicalism is getting so out of hand due to politics, extremism, and identifying themselves with self-righteous behavior, there are a lot of xtians walking out the door on it. I saw this movement start back in the late 1980s to early 1990s and really kick up presently; bit more defined now. Very refreshing because if not, I’d be walking out on my own faith… I’d have to. Otherwise I’d have to consider changing it. It has strayed too much from what it originally started out as.