Trying to get back to my pre-Blog review conversation, I found this bit at Rev. Mikes-House-of-Homiletical-Hash:
Local Emergent Church Recedes
Rancho Buena Vista Community Church, until recently called Vista Journey, has "receded" from the "emergent" church movement, according to its pastor, Andrew Hardy. "Actually, Rancho Buena Vista Community Church was always our name. We only changed it for about six months while we were trying to 're-vision' ourselves in a way that would reach out to the 'postmodern' culture," said Hardy, making heavy use of air quotes. "Yeah, we were really into that whole 'emergent' thing for quite a while. But it got old real fast. Like I'm really gonna preach in a recliner for the rest of my career! I finally decided 'emerging' wasn't for us, and so I called a meeting of the 'Vision Keepers,' our fancy name for an elders board. We just decided to go back to being a regular old receding church."
Let me encourage those who are prone to comment here to go to Rev Mike's site and see the comments.
I also want to thank Derek and Tim for the good conversation going on about "things emergent" here. Both good guys, with deep faith, insight and Christian conviction, they come from different ends of the spectrum in terms of life experience. One of the great things about this blog thing is that I know them both personally and they have never met (and would likely never meet), but through this forum we are all enriched by their good conversation.
Keep at it, guys, and I'll be back with another post on Monday to keep the conversation lively.
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