... is Jim Belcher's book called Deep Church: A Third Way Beyond Emerging and Traditional". I took a quick look ... move towards a more sustainable, effective, contextually appropriate way of creating new church structures for a new wave of Jesus followers in a way that jived ... person and not a blog person. All the same, Belcher points the church in a good direction and good things will no doubt ...

... ;t over, and there’s still lots that can be salvaged no matter who you are. The book is Deep Church: A Third Way Beyond Emerging and Traditional. It takes me back to the early days ... in between, who “are unhappy with the present state of the evangelical church but are not sure where to turn for an answer.” It’s also useful for those who want to understand what the emerging ...

... Belcher uses C. S. Lewis’ term “deep church” to describe what he calls a third alternative ... disagree with, some of the extra-biblical teachings of the traditional church that emanate from the scriptural exhortation to “be in the world ... Belcher, pointing out the weaknesses in both: “The traditional church is pacifist in the area of culture but not in the realm of politics ...

... the Emerging Church, Belcher has the following two paragraphs. (pg 49 of Deep Church) “The emerging conversation is bigger than postmodernism and more expansive ... must define our conversation partners in a way that they would recognize. Most definitions of the emerging church would not even be recognized by them. This would include McLaren. It is wrong, cautions McKnight, to narrow emerging ...

... nbsp; Anyways, I hope people really ACTUALLY read this book because it outlines a lot of issues I’ve been pondering as well.  I don’t think Belcher is offering solutions to the church btw, but I do think he brings a lot to the discussion on an ecumenical level (however you choose to define ecumenical).  So whether, Baptist, Presbyterian, reformed, emerging/emergent, please read and ...

Deep Church, a book written as a “Third Way”, is available for 98cents on christianaudio.com. There has been a lot of talk about it in every direction I’ve looked recently. Met Jim Belcher at Verge LA and I believe one of the attenders called him the “unity guy” and I think that is