Church Stuff: The Emerging Church

There are lots of interesting blogs dedicated to interesting discusions regarding the "Emerging Church". The following is based on my comments on a discussion on the Emerging Church as Simple Games.

I'm still trying to put my finger on what is meant by the 'emerging church'. It appears to be like a cross between the home church and networking (as opposed to the contemporary church that meets in warehouses etc). It appears that the EC are on a journey to find a new 'operating' model so to speak.

For me I like Church, I go to a contemporay Church. There are many expressions of Church 'High (formality) Church' - 'Low (formality) Church' - all cater for different needs and tastes - all being the same in purpose (we hope).

Church is effectively community of people called to worhship and serve God and serve one another (ie 'do life together'). Church, in whatever its expression must retain all of its core attributes worship of God, meeting, teaching, sharing, serving, accountability, evangelism etc. Lets hope the EC finds a model that does not compromise those core attributes that make 'Church' - 'Church' but whose expression appeals to a new group of people.