Scratch that, I’m no longer Emergent.

I’ve just read Michael Lee’s article titled Why I Am Not Emergent and based on what he says there, I have to agree wholeheartedly and remove my name from the Emergent rosters. I mean really, I wasn’t convince by James MacDonald’s five reasons not to be Emerging and I even composed my own five reasons to be emerging. But man, Michael’s got some really good points here. I really hope the the five things he points out get changed soon, because I was really starting to have fun in the church that is emerging. Oh well, maybe it was just too good to be true.

7 Comments

Jamie Arpin-Ricci on Thursday November 3, 2005 at 8:43 am

This is why I like Scot McKnight’s distinction of emerging church and Emergent Church (the latter being the “institution” building up around the name).

Peace,
Jamie

Jamie Arpin-Ricci on Thursday November 3, 2005 at 8:46 am

This is too weird. This is the second time that my comment was meant to be posted on a different article, but ended up elsewhere. Hmmmm… Anyway, my previous statement was meant for your previous post.

Peace,
Jamie

P.S. Micheal Lee cracks me up

michael lee on Thursday November 3, 2005 at 9:01 am

I’m glad I could provide some direction for you, Brother Maynard. If we allow this ECM threat to grow, who knows how much of the church it might infect!

robbymac on Thursday November 3, 2005 at 9:29 am

Well, colour me enlightened…

fr'nklin on Thursday November 3, 2005 at 11:07 am

Did michael mention that you have to have “Crocs” to be truly Emergent? ;)
This was absolutely hillarious…I’m linking to it!

Anne on Thursday November 3, 2005 at 2:58 pm

Ye gads. My blood pressure spiked reading the Not Emergent article. Okay, I’m going to just breathe deep, and pray my heart will be more grace-full when I read these kind of critiques. But I’ll be saying those prayers at Threads, the emergent church I belong to – if I wasn’t there I’d be nowhere. Maybe some feel that not attending church is a better alternative than joining an emergent one…?

Bob Robinson on Thursday November 3, 2005 at 9:51 pm

I’m convinced.
The evidence is just mounting; I think I had better renounce the whole thing before I find myself having slid down some slippery, slimy slope.