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[STORY/INTERVIEW] 06.06
From non-church to emerging church?
LOWELL SHEPPARD
Nagoya, Japan

"...The church in Japan is small, and virtually irrelevant. The non church movement however, is evidence of the Mission of God being expressed in Japan and deserves a second look by missiologists ... this is only part of the story of the church in Japan that can provide some light on the struggles we are facing in the West..."

 

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"...the emerging church seeks to deconstruct and reconstruct Christianity as its mainly Western members live in a postmodern culture..."

from the wikipedia entry on 'emerging church'

we've loosely categorised the site's content into:

[BEGINNERS GUIDE] NEW!
new to this site? start here for a crash course on the emerging church

[STORIES]
real people, real life, real faith

[REFLECTION]
academic articles, random thoughts, deep theology - it's all here

[DISCUSSION]
hot topics, making links, just saying hello... do it on our discussion boards

[BLOGS]
our monthly 'pick of the blogs' plus a few pointers to who's blogging from their journey in the emerging church

[PRAYER] NEW!
it's a lava lamp. it's a prayer. it's new. and it's online now. go pray.

[LINKS]
other websites discussing, debating and documenting the emerging church

[ABOUT]
if you really, really, need to know the why, when, who and how of this site