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[deltaguitar]

Originally Posted by SecretWarrior

The leaders need to sound the alarm on this. The so called "emerging church" is a very dangerous and perverted teaching that ought to be
dealt with before it takes root in the UPC.

The "emerging church" is heading down the same path as the universalist
and the acceptance of homosexuality.

Can you explain what the doctrine of the emerging church is? Is there a website that I can go to that will explain their vision and what they believe?

[SecretWarrior]

Originally Posted by deltaguitar

Can you explain what the doctrine of the emerging church is? Is there a website that I can go to that will explain their vision and what they believe?

Ever hear of the "rethink conference" ?

Here's an eyewitness account of it

http://www.understandthetimes.org/co...y/c73_pf.shtml



I'll post more info. on it as I have time

[A_PoMo]

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

How wise, fantastic and future ensuring that would be.

I hope there is at least some truth to that... unless they are meeting on how to combat it.

I'm sure it's seen as a threat.

[Renee29]

I don't know of any church in UPC that is accepting of homosexuality. Every church here in Southern California is fighting to have marriage restored to hetrosexual couples only.

Originally Posted by SecretWarrior

The leaders need to sound the alarm on this. The so called "emerging church" is a very dangerous and perverted teaching that ought to be
dealt with before it takes root in the UPC.

The "emerging church" is heading down the same path as the universalist
and the acceptance of homosexuality.

[A_PoMo]

Originally Posted by SecretWarrior

Ever hear of the "rethink conference" ?

Here's an eyewitness account of it

http://www.understandthetimes.org/co...y/c73_pf.shtml



I'll post more info. on it as I have time

There is no doctrine of the emerging church, there is no single website that is representative of the emerging church. It's a movement that has all sorts of variant streams of thought contained within it. Generally, the thread that runs through it all is the desire to impact post-modern generations with the gospel as it's generally agreed that current methods will not work in the future. Other than that there is very little agreement even by those w/in the EC movement.

[A_PoMo]

Originally Posted by SecretWarrior

The leaders need to sound the alarm on this. The so called "emerging church" is a very dangerous and perverted teaching that ought to be
dealt with before it takes root in the UPC.

The "emerging church" is heading down the same path as the universalist
and the acceptance of homosexuality.

You need to do some more reading. Sure, there are some within that emerging church that are liberal as you say, but no more or less so than the traditional church. The vast majority of the emerging church is conservative on the issues you name.

[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by deltaguitar

Can you explain what the doctrine of the emerging church is?

I would be interested in seeing the answer to this portion myself.

[SecretWarrior]

Originally Posted by Renee29

I don't know of any church in UPC that is accepting of homosexuality. Every church here in Southern California is fighting to have marriage restored to hetrosexual couples only.

I wasn't referring to the UPC but rather the "emerging church"
and reason why our leaders need to alarm the ministry.

[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by SecretWarrior

I wasn't referring to the UPC but rather the "emerging church"
and reason why our leaders need to alarm the ministry.

What on earth leads you to believe that the acceptance of homosexuality in the church is an "emerging church" thing?

[deltaguitar]

Originally Posted by A_PoMo

There is no doctrine of the emerging church, there is no single website that is representative of the emerging church. It's a movement that has all sorts of variant streams of thought contained within it. Generally, the thread that runs through it all is the desire to impact post-modern generations with the gospel as it's generally agreed that current methods will not work in the future. Other than that there is very little agreement even by those w/in the EC movement.

Right, this is what I have experienced. I don't actually see a problem with the concept of the emerging church. There are folks out there who are trying to make it out like there is some group with a doctrinal statement that actually calls themselves "THE EMERGING CHURCH".