e-merg :: podcast

Roger Saner from South Africa talks about the Emergent Africa, Amahoro, and FutureChurch websites, an upcoming event, visits by Brian McLaren and Andrew Jones, the state of emerging churches in South Africa, technological hurdles to African churches joining the global conversation, and a cybermeetup for emerging noobies.SummaryThemes: South African emerging church websites.Guest: Roger Saner.Blog: FutureChurch.co.zaEvents: Towards a Post-Colonial Church in Africa, Uganda, May 7-18 2007.Music: Acceptance by Eugene Erasmus, and Fall, by Clear. Theme music from Spirit of the New and Jonnys in the Basement, available from proost.co.uk.

Karen Ward from Seattle talks about the Church of the Apostles, a joint Lutheran-Episcopelian venture in the Fremont neighbourhood. They are renovating a former church building into an arts center. Karen explains that the essence of the emerging church is a theological question about how best to represent Jesus within their zip code.While there probably is no such thing as a typical COTA service, Karen describes a goth mass there. She relates her journey from Lutheran denominational official to emerging church planter.Church of the Apostles will participate in a New Monasticism Learning Party on April 27, as part of the Church Has Left the Building conference.SummaryThemes: Church of the Apostles, Seattle; the future of mainline denominations.Guest: Karen Ward.Blog: Submergence.Events: New Monasticism Learning Party, the Church Has Left the Building Conference.Music: Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) from Ordo, available from lulu.com. Theme music from Spirit of the New and Jonnys in the Basement, available from proost.co.uk.Read more about the Church of the Apostles here.

Part TwoSteve's one blog contains "postcards" from emerging churches around the world, including the Philippines and Japan. During Brian McLaren's recent visit to Christchurch, Steve interviewed Grace McLaren about her take on the emerging church in New Zealand. Steve reviews three movies in relation to the emerging church, and summarizes his blog about 1 Peter as a feminist tractate.SummaryTheme: emerging churches in New Zealand.Guest: Steve Taylor.Book: "The Out of Bounds Church."Blog: Emergent Kiwi.Event: Brian McLaren's visit to Christchurch.Community: Opawa Baptist Church.Music: Revive's "Saver," available from networkleeds.com. Theme music from Spirit of the New, Jonnys in the Basement, available from proost.co.uk.

Welcome to e-merg, a global conversation on the future church that is emerging now.An interview with Steve Taylor from Christchurch, New Zealand, about emerging churches in New Zealand.Part OneSteve outlines the links between the United Kingdom and New Zealand. He points to the role played by alternative worship communities in initiating emerging churches. We talk about globalization theory, particularly the idea of "glocal," suggested by Roland Robertson. Steve reveals the role of women played in emerging churches in New Zealand.

Welcome to e-merg, a global conversation on the future church that is emerging now.Our theme is the emerging church in the United States. I am joined by Aaron Flores, who recently published his Master's thesis, "An Exploration of the Emerging Church in the United States," on the internet.Aaron speaks about his research on 200 emerging churches. At his blog, the Voiz, he uses videocasts to look back at his faith journey via pentecostal and Catholic routes. He talks about how Canvas church relates to Orange County, California. The Southern California Cohort that Aaron co-directs recently hosted Ryan Bolger, who compared emerging churches in the United States and Britain. We briefly discuss the relevance of "network" as a feature of emerging churches, using a diagram from Steve Collins' blog, Small Ritual.Aaron recommends the book "The Great Giveaway" (2006) by David E. Fitch.SummaryTheme: emerging churches in the United States.Guest: Aaron Flores.Book: "An Exploration of the Emerging Church in the United States."Blog: The Voiz.Event: SoCal Cohort's meeting with Ryan Bolger.Community: Canvas Evangelical Covenant Church, Santa Ana, California.Music:Fractal Edge's "Here I am," theme music from Spirit of the New, Jonnys in the Basement, available from proost.co.uk.

Welcome to the first podcast of e-merg, a review of blogs, books, and more about the global emerging church.The theme for this podcast is the question, "what is the emerging church?" I interview Ryan Bolger, co-author of "The Emerging Churches," about the research that Eddie Gibbs and he conducted. Ryan talks about the common features of emerging churches in the United States and Britain, the origin of the global movement, and his course on emerging churches at Fuller Seminary.Podcast SummaryGuest: Ryan Bolger.Books: Eddie Gibbs and Ryan Bolger, "The Emerging Churches."Events: San Diego National Pastors' Convention.Blogs: The BolgBlog.Music: "Mary's Baby," by Spirit of the New; "Justice," by Jonnys in the Basement. Songs available from :: proost ::