The emerging church : vintage Christianity for new generations - Kimball, Dan. (Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan, 2003)
Deconstructing postmodern ministry, candles, and coffee. The anti-Christian, antichurch, post-Christian seeker -- How I moved from being seeker-sensitive to post-seeker-sensitive -- Understanding the past to understand the future -- Beyond postmodernism, candles, and cool -- More than a generation gap -- Born (Buddhist-Christian-Wiccan-Muslim-Straight-Gay) in the USA -- I like Jesus, but I don't like Christians -- What is "church" : the second most important chapter in this book -- Reconstructing vintage Christianity in the emerging church. The dilemma of seeker-sensitive services -- What is this thing we call the "worship service?" -- The seeker sensitive service versus the post-seeker worship gathering -- Overcoming the fear of multisensory worship and teaching -- Creating a sacred space for vintage worship -- Expecting the spiritual, expressing the arts -- Creating experiential, multisensory worship gatherings -- Preaching : becoming storytellers again -- Preaching without words -- Evangelism : beyond the prayer to get into heaven -- Spiritual formation : becoming a vintage Christian -- Leadership for the emerging church -- Personal epilogue: The road goes ever on -- Appendix A: Sample layout of a vintage worship gathering -- Appendix B: Sample teaching topics -- Appendix C: Resources for the emerging church.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-268).
Keywords: Public worship; Evangelistic work; Non-church-affiliated people; Church work with young adults