8. In your hearts, set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect... 1 Peter 3:15-16
11. 2500 BC - 500 AD Ancient World 1 AD 500 BC 500 AD Sumerian, Akkadian, Egyptian, Hittite, Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian, Greek, Roman empires
12. 2500 BC - 500 AD Ancient World 1 AD 500 BC 500 AD Sumerian, Akkadian, Egyptian, Hittite, Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian, Greek, Roman empires
13. 2500 BC - 500 AD Ancient World 1 AD 500 BC 500 AD Medieval World 500 AD - 1500 AD 1500 AD Printing/Gutenberg Caravel/Transport Guns/Infantry/Artillery New Economy Copernicus/Galileo Reformation/Luther
14. 2500 BC - 500 AD Ancient World 1 AD 500 BC 500 AD Medieval World 500 AD - 1500 AD 1500 AD Printing/Gutenberg Caravel/Transport Guns/Infantry/Artillery Copernicus/Galileo Reformation/Luther
15. 1500 AD - 2000 AD Modern World 1750 AD 1500 AD 2000 AD Postmodern World 1950 AD - ??? Medieval World Print/Screen/Internet New Science New Weapons New Transportation New Economy New Spirituality
16. 1500 AD - 2000 AD Modern World 1750 AD 1500 AD 2000 AD Postmodern World 1950 AD - ??? Medieval World Print/Screen/Internet New Science New Weapons New Transportation New Economy New Spirituality
17. Some ways to think of the church that is emerging - As center a… a fringe a stage a n d a r a n g e.
34. DEEP ECCLES IOLOGY Eastern Orthodox Roman Catholic Anglo-Catholic Anglican Lutheran Presbyterian Methodist Baptist Pentecostal House, Cell, Storefront Micro, quantum, liquid, ghost, ephemeral, unconscious, etc . NOTE: Protestant History - Downward Expansion Power becomes more widely distributed; control is increasingly limited.
35. DEEP ECCLES IOLOGY Eastern Orthodox Roman Catholic Anglo-Catholic Anglican Lutheran Presbyterian Methodist Baptist Pentecostal House, Cell, Storefront Micro, quantum, liquid, ghost, ephemeral, unconscious, etc . QUESTION: What happens when various levels learn from one another? What happens when people inhabit various levels at once?
36. DEEP ECCLES IOLOGY EARLY HOUSE CHURCHES JESUS AND DISCIPLES … ITINERANT COMMUNITY NOTE: THE EARLY CHURCH BEGAN AT THE BOTTOM AND EXPANDED UPWARD OVER 3 CENTURIES …
37. DEEP ECCLES IOLOGY Eastern Orthodox Roman Catholic Anglo-Catholic Anglican Lutheran Presbyterian Methodist Baptist Pentecostal House, Cell, Storefront Micro, quantum, liquid, ghost, ephemeral, unconscious, etc . PERHAPS GOD’S GOAL IS DIVERSIFICATION - NOT DIVISION NOT UNIFORMITY BUT FLEXIBILITY FOR MISSION