Micah 6:8

Is the Emergent Church a Fad?

Short answer: I think so. I just read a blog entry over on Thin~Spaces that summed up most of my concerns with the emerging church. I hope that it is the community focused element of the emerging church that takes root and not the artistic and culture focused aspects. My dream for a church is to have community of believers that is seeking to radically and actively surrender all areas of our lives for the cause of Christ together. I'll try to unpack that. I want a group of believers that I can come to and share my struggles to surrender with; a group that will understand why I'm giving things up; a group that will help me give up more. I want to be in a group where our focus is on the poor and needy and not on our service style. I want to be in a group where people will seek to spend less of the their resources on themselves and more on those in need. Whether that is people within our group or outside or whether it requires time or money I desire a group that is seeking to love others more and love themselves less. I guess you could say that I desire a group of Christians who are willing and are actively trying to do all that they can for Jesus.