Shifting the Emergent Paradigm
Continuing from yesterday’s post, this is part two of a critique of selected excerpts from a 2001 era report by Brad Smith, President of Leadership Network entitled “What’s Next with Terra Nova Project: The Emergence of Terra Nova.” The next section of the Smith report is subtitled, “Three Types of…
Terra Nova Project — the vanguard for emergent postmodern evangelicalism
Brad Smith, President of Leadership Network, issued a 2001 report entitled, “What’s Next with Terra Nova Project: The Emergence of Terra Nova.” It is a significant report, not only for understanding the formation of the Emergent Church, but because it reveals how Bob Buford’s Leadership Network was intent on creating…
How Leadership Network established Emergent
This is the 3rd in a series of posts that reveal some of the interesting highlights of Leadership Network’s launching of the emergent movement. Particularly noteworthy is the 2004 post below, which indicates that Leadership Network was actively involved in the financial and publishing aspects of setting up this movement.…
Leadership Network and the Terra Nova Project
This is part 2 of a series of posts about how a “youth leader” movement was created. More important documentation below, from the years 2000-2001, reveals how the Leadership Network spawned the Young Leaders Network and the Terra Nova Project, which would then go on to become the Emergent Church.…
Leadership Network Spawns Emergent Church
Do not be deceived. The “emerging church” movement did not spontaneously erupt. It was a well-funded and well-organized movement from its very inception. It appears to have been fashioned by a handful of corporate business leaders who wished to create a counter-cultural evangelical movement. The intended purpose appears to have…
Change Agents for Church Transformation
Discernment Ministries recently received a letter from a Nigerian pastor who wrote: “Dearly beloved, Thank you for your help. I am a regular recipient of your newsletter. You did a fantastic research on “mentor” sometime. Could you please do a similar research on ‘agent.’ Our Convention in Nigeria has her…
Namibian Dream or Nightmare?
Namibia Planned Parenthood Association (NAPPA) is connected with The Namibian Dream in a list of non-governmental organizations connected with the country-wide “transformation” process [ http://tinyurl.com/ay9my ]. One might ask what common ground Planned Parenthood has with a Christian dominionism mandate. Conversely, one might ask what common ground adherents to the…
Christian Imperialism: Update #8 African Formation
“Pastor Luke took us to each of the six classes. In each class, he asked the students the question: ‘What is your purpose in life?’ Their response: ‘Our purpose in life is to dominate and subdue, for the purpose of transforming our community Soweto, Nairobi, Kenya, Africa, and the whole…
Christian Imperialism: Update # 7 The Namibian “Dream”
Discernment Ministries has been following the development of a global “dominionist” agenda and recently posted an article at the website entitled “Dominionism and the Rise of Christian Imperialism.” Today’s Herescope post is an update and expansion on several topics that were brought out in this article. Transformation Namibia The May/June…