Dan Kimball
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Dan Kimball is a pastor, author and leading voice in the Emerging Church movement. Kimball has made popular phrases such as "Vintage Faith" and "Vintage Christianity" to express the Emerging Church value of returning to historical, spiritual, and "raw" elements of the original Christian Church and teachings of Jesus[1].
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[edit] Education
Kimball is a graduate of Multnomah Biblical Seminary and Western Seminary. He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Ministry degree at George Fox Evangelical Seminary[2].
[edit] Pastoring
Dan Kimball is one of the pastors at Vintage Faith Church in Santa Cruz, California. Vintage Faith Church began in 2004 as a church plant from Santa Cruz Bible Church, where Kimball previously served as a youth and young adult pastor.
[edit] Vintage Faith Church
Vintage Faith's vision statement identifies their desire to be a "worshiping community of missional theologians"[3].
The church, along with Kimball's writings, focuses on designing worship services that use art, prayer stations, and other creative and artistic forms of worship in addition to preaching and the singing[4].
[edit] Philosophy
Much of Kimball's writing discusses the idea that the "seeker sensitive," "consumerist" approach to worship and preaching no longer speaks to an increasingly post-Christian culture, and that methods of worship, preaching, church structure, and theological emphasis need to change.
In addition to being one of the earliest members of the Emerging Church Movement, Kimball is one of its more conservative members. He believes that methods of ministry and Church culture need to change, but, in contrast to Brian McLaren, is not primarily concerned with moving the Church in a more liberal theological direction. Kimball acknowledges the emergence of post-modern culture and the Church's need to minister to post-moderns, but does not see the need to reject or alter historic Christian doctrine.
[edit] Books
Kimball's first book, The Emerging Church, describes his realization that his, at the time, seemingly successful youth group was not really affecting youth. He describes how the ministry didn't feel authentic or approach the students' real questions, and how this led him to transform his methods of preaching to a more interactive and intimate style.
They Like Jesus But Not The Church is based on a series of interviews with non-Christians about how they feel about the Church and Jesus. The conversations reveal that while many people have a positive impression of Jesus, they have an intense dislike of the Church. The book discusses what the Church has done to foster these views, and how to address them. Kimball encourages Christians to leave the "Christian bubble" and listen to what non-Christians are saying.
[edit] Bibliography
- The Emerging Church: Vintage Christianity for New Generations, 2003. Zondervan, ISBN 0-310-24564-8 (forewords by Rick Warren and Brian McLaren)
- Emerging Worship: Creating Worship Gatherings for New Generations, 2004. Zondervan, ISBN 0-310-25644-5
- They Like Jesus, But Not The Church: Insights From Emerging Generations, 2007. Zondervan, ISBN 0-310-24590-7
- Listening to the Beliefs of Emerging Churches: Five Views, (contributor), 2007. Zondervan, ISBN 0-310-27135-5
- The Like Jesus, But Not The Church Curriculum Kit, 2008. Zondervan, ISBN 0310-27787-6
Forthcoming:
- I Like Jesus, But Not The Church: Following Jesus Without Following Organized Religion, 2008. Zondervan, ISBN 0-310-25418-3 Note: The title of this book is being changed to Do You Like Jesus But Not The Church: Exploring Uncomfortable Questions About Christianity and the Church and is due out in early 2009.
[edit] References
- ^ Webber, Robert. Listening to the Beliefs of Emerging Churches (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2007) pages 83-84 (see also Kimball, Dan. The Emerging Church: Vintage Christianity for New Generations (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003) pages 47-66.
- ^ Webber, Robert. Listening to the Beliefs of Emerging Churches (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2007)page 190-191,85.
- ^ Webber, Robert. Listening to the Beliefs of Emerging Churches (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2007) page 103
- ^ Kimball wrote an entire book on worship gatherings in 2004 about the usage of art and prayer stations called Emerging Worship: Designing Worship Gatherings for New Generations(Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2004.
