Losing an Emerging Generation

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Details: Written by Marcus Yoars

QUOTE: “If churches embracing the principle of sola scriptura [by Scripture alone] fail to understand and address the concerns voiced in the Emerging Church conversation, we may lose an entire generation of professing believers. … While we should applaud and apply much of its content, we must also confront that it is moved along by an old philosophical wind which ever threatens to wrest Christ’s church from the foundation of her faith—the written Word of God. … If the Emerging Church eventually defines Christ’s church, then the church as Christ defined it will be no more.” —Rutledge Etheridge, pastor of Providence Reformed Presbyterian Church and an adjunct professor of systematic theology at the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary [christianpost.com, 1/24/09]

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0 #2 Pastor Chris Bayer 2009-01-27 23:38

The emerging leaders I've read reject the authority of God himself. It's evident by their rejection of his Word; there is no fear of God in these men. I wish I could say I'm amazed but we've seen this before. The only difference now is the ability to "virally" make a movement happen.

To be fair, they're looking for "something" or "someone", similar to those I grew up with in the '60's, but these are not stupid men and that's what makes this so serious. We learned then, and hopefully they will learn as well, that God is God, his Word is true, and that we must humble ourselves, follow him, and become his disciples. He must become greater, we must become the lesser. The quicker they die and live for him the better it will be for all of us who proclaim the name of Jesus Christ.

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0 #1 Eric Barger 2009-01-27 15:18

Style of ministry is one thing but when the Emerging Church leaders endorse changes in the substance of the authentic Gospel message, Bible believers must stand in unwavering opposition to such nonsense. The same Gospel that saved the first century Believer is the only one can save the twenty-first century seeker. Anything less for any reason including appeasing the newest god Evangelicals seek to serve - church growth - is nothing short of alleged Christians lying to the lost and helping to doom their souls.

If Methodists, Lutherans and others had rejected liberal folly and recognized it for what it was120 years ago, the blatant liberalism which controls most seminaries and the majority of churches in America, Canada and Europe today might have been squelched. Instead of learning from the error of the past however, modern Evangelicals are intent on following the same deadly course. Unless it is exposed for what it is, we can only expect the Emerging Church to produce the same results in our churches and denominations today. (See "The Errors of the Emerging Church" at www.ericbarger.com)

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