Early Adult Retreat Trailer

Just came across this video of Phyllis Tickle speaking about "Emergent Christianity" Phyllis will be our speaker at our 2012 Adult Retreat in Santa Fe, NM next February.

These words were most striking to me. Phyllis says we are now already "in a post-Protestant mode. We’re in a post-denominational mode; we’re in a post-Christendom mode." Her thesis is the church of the 20th century that most of us grew up with will have to change radically in order to engage the world of the 21st century. For Phyllis this is not a loss to be lamented, but rather a tremendous opportunity for both spiritual and numerical growth.

A question: My friend Curtis Freeman talks of the "marks" of the (baptist) church. These are the distinguishing characteristics which give it identity. If a new kind of church is being born what will those marks be? Check out this interview with Phyllis to get an idea of what she thinks they will be.