Denver Post Declares Emergent Church UnDead

Denver Post Declares Emergent Church UnDead April 23, 2012

From a Denver Post article on the (not-dead-yet) emergent church:

For a rising tide of the righteous young, faith is more about doing right than being right, including being politically “Right.”

This growing representation of young Christians — who either formerly or currently identify with aspects of evangelicalism — are drifting away, and sometimes divorcing themselves from the conservative politics handed down to them by their generational predecessors.

Frequently discussed in the past decade, but often dismissed as a temporary wave of angst, the metamorphosis of this Christian movement has been subtle but strong. What surfaced at the dawn of the 21st century as an amorphous dialogue of questioning, has gradually organized and established itself as a cultural game-changer, now reaching a level of political relevance.

Read the rest: Younger Colorado voters are united by faith, but divided by politics – The Denver Post.


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