a prophetic call

In a recent conversation I had with some folks about leadership models for the emerging church it was suggested that there were no more prophets and no more prophetic voice. Still listen to the prophetic voice of Dr. King as he calls for what we now describe as an emerging church.

"But the judgment of God is upon the church as never before. If today’s church does not recapture the sacrificial spirit of the early church, it will lose its authenticity, forfeit the loyalty of millions, and be dismissed as an irrelevant social club with no meaning for the twentieth century. Every day I meet young people whose disappointment with the church has turned into outright disgust." – Martin Luther King, Jr. writing from the Birmingham Jail

I believe God is still raising up prophets in our midst would that we had ears to hear and eyes to see. Thanks to Anthony Smith for resurrecting this quote on his blog

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