Understand Emerging Church Theology: From a Former Emergent Insider

Jeremy Bouma

Jul 2014 · THEOKLESIA

About this ebook

**3 Emergent Theology Response Books in 1!** Includes best selling books:

• Reimagining the Kingdom: The Generational Development of Liberal Kingdom Theology from Schleiermacher to McLaren
• The Gospel of Brian McLaren: A New Kind of Christianity for a Multi-Faith World
• Reimagining the Christian Faith: Exploring the Emergent Theology of Doug Pagitt, Peter Rollins, Samir Selmanovic, and Brian McLaren

On February 8, 2010 pastor and theologian Jeremy Bouma did something he thought he'd never do: He said "Goodbye, Emergent"! Once upon a time he was enamored by the "I-am-not-a-movement-but-a-conversation" known as the Emerging Church after entering a period of faith deconstruction and reconstruction nine years ago. Like many young adults, for the first time he was taking his faith in Jesus Christ seriously and asking a whole lot of questions along the way-which the Emergent Church helped foster and nurture. But then something happened: He came to realize the Emerging Church is a form of Christianity other-than the versions that currently exist but mirror those that have already existed, mainly the false theology of theological liberalism. Understand Emerging Church Theology is a bundle of three books representing his best selling work as a former Emergent insider and historical theologian. He offers it to help empower other interested Christians to respond to the foreign theology of the Emerging Church and do what Jude urges the Church to do: "contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to God's holy people." (Jude 3)

About the author

Jeremy Bouma (ThM) has spent a decade ministering among our postmodern culture, first in Washington D.C. and most recently in Grand Rapids, MI. He is a pastor-theologian in West Michigan and founder of THEOKLESIA, a hyperlocal idea curator dedicated to helping the 21st century West Michigan church rediscover the historic Christian faith. He holds the Master of Divinity and Master of Theology from Grand Rapids Theological Seminary, and is also the author of "the (un)offensive gospel of Jesus" and "PRAYERS FOR MY CITY: A Fixed-Hour Prayer Guide For Grand Rapids." He lives in the city with his wife, Melinda.