Fred Uhl

I have had conversations with people who try to speak intelligently about “emerging” churches.  However, most of them don’t do their homework to find out what “emerging” means.  In addition, they have no clue that there is a difference between an “emerging” church and an “emergent” church.  Because their knowledge is limited, they would just prefer to lump everyone who doesn’t do church the way they do into one category…emerging.  However, that is not fair for the simple reason that there are “emergent” churches out there teaching all sorts of false doctrine and heresy, while there are plenty of Christ-centered, Bible-believing “emerging” churches winning people to Christ in droves.

After doing some research on the topic myself, I found this video from Mark Driscoll.  He is Pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Washington.  He does a good job of clarifying the discussion on “emerging” and “emergent” churches.

I find him to be a pretty creditable source on the subject because:

1. He calls his church an “emerging” church, thus making him an “emerging” pastor.
2. One of his biggest fans is John Piper…someone who would definitely have an issue with someone teaching anything but Orthodox Christian doctrine.  Mark is actually speaking at Piper’s upcoming Pastor’s Conference.

Take 7 minutes, watch and learn!

Tags: Emergent Church, Emerging Church, John Piper, Mark Driscoll

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