Emersion Books

Behind the Scenes of an Emersion Team Meeting

Welcome to a behind-the-scenes look at the Emersion team—Doug Pagitt, Carla Barnhill, Tim Conder, Chad Allen, and myself, Brooke Nolen—at work. The team recently met in Minneapolis, Minnesota where Doug Pagitt hosted the meeting at Solomon’s Porch, a unique church community that he leads. On Sunday evening, I experienced firsthand Doug spinning around on a stool, barefoot in a room full of believers and seekers, while encouraging attendees to interact with his message. I felt very much at ease sitting on one of the couches among a welcoming community of folks desiring to live out their faith together in a real way. This church was the perfect place to help stimulate creative and challenging conversations with the Emersion team throughout the next few days. And this meaningful dialogue is why I am excited to have recently joined the Emersion team—and would love to help you join, too.

Join the Conversation—An Event Just for You!

To see where this emerging conversation is headed, you are welcome to attend:

The Great Emergence National Event

December 4–6

Memphis, TN

Phyllis Tickle, a highly respected authority on American religion (www.PhyllisTickle.com), will be the main speaker at The Great Emergence National Event. October will see the release of her new book, The Great Emergence: How Christianity is Changing and Why. Tickle addresses what she believes to be a historically pivotal moment in church history that is relevant to all major Christian traditions. To learn more or register, visit: www.TheGreatEmergence.com

Transforming Culture Symposium

An event you may be interested in:

Transforming Culture [A Vision for the Church and the Arts]: www.transformingculture.org
April 1-3, 2008. Austin, TX.

This symposium will bring together pastors, church leaders and artists to discuss the Church’s relation to the arts and to artists. We will focus our discussion on three areas:

1) art and the worship of the Church

2) artists and the community of the Church

3) art and the mission of the Church in the renewal culture

If you are interested in exploring the ways in which we can encourage a more theologically informed, biblically grounded, liturgically sensitive, artistically alive and missionally shrewd vision for the Church and the arts, then we welcome you join us April 1-3, 2008 for a lively and enriching conversation.

Speakers include: JEREMY BEGBIE, ANDY CROUCH, BARBARA NICOLOSI, EUGENE PETERSON, DAVID TAYLOR, JOHN WITVLIET

For more info and to register click here.

Webcast with Sally Morgenthaler and Joe Myers

Sally Morganthaler (contributor to An Emergent Manifesto of Hope) and Joe Myers (author of Organic Community) will have a live webcast Nov. 19th, 2007 (9 pm EST) at www.shapevine.com

Check it out!

Hey all you writers!

Faithvine is having a writing contest. It’s simple: Log in to Faithvine (http://faithvine.com/contest/). Write an article. Best article gets $1,000. Plus, four other finalists will also get a lot of cash.

Just log in and submit an article that answers the question:
“What makes a Christian any different from anybody else?”

You and your peers, other Faithvine users, will rate each article, and the 25 highest-rated articles (semifinalists) will be selected for review by the Faithvine staff, which will narrow the selection down to 5 finalists. The finalists will then be arranged in order from First Place through Fifth Place. First Place will be awarded the Grand Prize of $1,000 and the remaining four finalists will also be awarded cash, from $500 to $250 and two awards of $125 each.

It would be great to have different perspectives to this question. I heard about this contest through the guys at Faithvine and Doug Pagitt. Apparently Doug will help judge the top 5 essays or something to that nature. Happy writing and good luck!

If you know of any other opportunities like this or any events I should post about, email me at emersion@bakerpublishinggroup.com.

Emergence 2007: Austin, TX

October 19-20, 2007
Austin, TX at Gateway Church.

Speakers: This weekend conversation will feature many of the key leaders in the emerging church movement such as Dan Kimball, John Burke, Doug Pagitt, Scot McKnight, Andrew Jones, Karen Ward, Danielle Shroyer, and Mark Driscoll. View the speakers here.

Visit: http://www.zondervan.com/Cultures/en-US/NPC/RegionalEvent/ for more information.

Signs of Emergence Release Party: If you are in the Ventura area please join us!

Emergence Conference

a post-evangelical church for a post-Christian world?

Over the past several years there has been for some a growing uneasiness and for others an unprecedented excitement about the church among emerging generations. There is a movement afoot in our world called the "emerging church" that has called into question the normal way of doing church and being the church. Many are wondering if in our post-Christian world the church has become little more than a resting place for all things religious.

Join us for a unique weekend conversation that will feature many of the key leaders in the emerging church movement. This event will provide you with a first-hand experience with people who are re-imagining what the church can be for a post-Christian world. Come and interact with key leaders about the beliefs, practices and ways of engaging culture in the way of Jesus.

Dates & Locations (2 remaining, the first event occurred early June in Seattle)

October 19-20, 2007
Austin, TX

Fall 2007
Minneapolis, MN

Speakers
This weekend conversation will feature many of the key leaders in the emerging church movement such as Dan Kimball, John Burke, Doug Pagitt, Scot McKnight, Andrew Jones, Karen Ward, Danielle Shroyer, and Mark Driscoll. View the speakers

Register Here.

Soliton Sessions: Dangerous Living

Dangerous Living: The 2007 Soliton Sessions

Soliton Sessions : US | Register Now Join us for the 2007 : US Soliton Sessions in Ventura, California. This will be held from August 9-12th (Thursday late-afternoon through Saturday night or early Sunday morning depending on what you can do). Conversation: "Dangerous Living" Guides: Kester Brewin (UK) Pete Rollins (N IRE) Christine Pohl (US) Ched Myers (US) Barry Taylor (US/UK) and the many others that have joined us through the years. Register you and your group now. Click here. *Kester Brewin, author of Signs of Emergence, will be a "guide" for this event. There will also be a release party for the book on Friday evening. More information to come soon!

About the Network | Read More The Soliton Network is a global network of cultural creatives, missionaries, activists, church planters and Kingdom entrepreneurs, in dialogue about 21st century mission, justice, spirituality and the church.

Emergent Midwest Gathering

A church of 10,000 people that meets in a mall...
A small urban community that meets in an art gallery...
An African-American church on the south-side of Chicago...
Web communities that connect tens of thousands of people...

What do all of these have in common? They are all emerging faith communities discovering what it means to be missional in their own unique context. AND they will all be represented at the first annual Midwest Emergent Gathering, July 20-21 in the suburbs of Chicago, IL. Come learn from Tony Jones (Emergent Village), Denise Van Eck (Mars Hill Bible Church), Spencer Burke (theOoze.com), Nanette Sawyer (Wicker Park Grace), Doug Pagitt (Solomon's Porch), Alise Barrymore & James King (The Emmaus Community), Will Samson (author of Justice in the Burbs) and many other missional practitioners from a wide diversity of backgrounds as we learn together about "Creating Missional Communities".

Contribute to the conversation as we discuss, network, and learn in community together via fast-paced mainstage sessions, interactive workshops, and unstructured times for dialogue with old or new friends. Whether mainline or evangelical, emerging or traditional, high church or de-churched, you will find inspiration and ideas to help you and your faith community become more effective agents for the mission of God in this hurting world.

The Midwest Emergent Gathering is being hosted by the Cardinal Drive Church of Christ at 2300 Cardinal Drive, Rolling Meadows, IL 60008.

Visit www.emergentmidwest.com to register or for more information.

*There will be a book release party for Justice in the Burbs at this event. More information to come.