Emergent Village

Found something else cool: Emergent Village. I discovered it on the webpage of Diana Butler Bass who turns up now and then on the Sojourners site. Her book, Christianity for the Rest of Us, is now on my to-read list.

So there's a local Emergent group here, at St. Paul School of Theology. There's also one called KC Emergent Cohort. Kinda wonder why there are two.

The folks at Emergent Village espouse 4 main values:

• Commitment to God in the way of Jesus
• Commitment to the church in all its forms
• Commitment to God's world
  
• Commitment to one another

I like the fact that they do not focus on a specific laundry list of beliefs:

We believe in God, beauty, future, and hope – but you won’t find a traditional statement of faith here. We don’t have a problem with faith, but with statements. Whereas statements of faith and doctrine have a tendency to stifle friendships, we hope to further conversation and action around the things of God.

Brilliantly said.

There's also a community of Emerging Women.