Church of Christ Emergent

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Disambiguation: This article deals with restorationist manifestations of the Emerging Church movement.

The Church of Christ Emergent is an offshoot of the Church of Christ, a Restorationist movement championed by American preachers in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

[edit] Common practices and beliefs

The group currently espouses common beliefs and practices, although they are not codified in any formal way.

• Exploring long held beliefs within the 20th century restoration heritage.

• A gathering conversation among a network of weblogs.

• A common interest in providing ways for people to belong, identify with, and participate in the conversation, the community, and mission at varying levels.

[edit] References

• C. Leonard Allen and Danny Gray Swick; Participating in God's Life: Leafwood Publishers 2001
• F. Peatross; A Mobile Church for E.P.I.C. Times: Moving Across Faith Community Borders Writers Club Press 2003
• ''New Wineskins Magazine Published by the Zoe Group, Inc., a not-for-profit ministry of Christian renewal, based in Nashville, Tennessee
• Grace-Centered Magazine Started as an internal critical view of the churches of Christ, it has become a definition by which some churches of Christ are described (I.E. "A grace-centered church").

[edit] External links

Emergent Restoration Churches:

• Norway Avenue church of Christ; Huntington, West Virginia
• Farmer's Branch church of Christ; Dallas, Texas
• The Gap is an expression of the emergent conversation gathering in the Southeast church of Christ; Friendswood, Texas
• Northwest church of Christ; Shoreline, Washington
• Gateway church; St. Albans, West Virginia
• Crosspointe church; full expression of the emergent church Ashland, Kentucky
• Seattle Metro Church; Seattle, Washington