post religious christian » jacobs_well http://www.postreligiouschristian.com following jesus in a post religious world Sun, 08 Aug 2010 20:13:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ Emergent and large http://www.postreligiouschristian.com/2006/11/19/emergent-and-large/ http://www.postreligiouschristian.com/2006/11/19/emergent-and-large/#comments Mon, 20 Nov 2006 03:14:29 +0000 Andre Daley http://www.emergingmosaic.com/2006/11/19/emergent-and-large/ Continue reading →]]> I came across this recent in the The Christian Century. The description of Jacob’s web does not seem to fit the usual prescription of an emergent church. Which is supposed to be small and democratically led. (flat leadership model)

This neighborhood is also home to a thriving church called Jacobs Well, which attracts about 1,000 people each week to its various services. The church is led by Tim Keel, who, along with author Brian McLaren, is a founder of the Emergent movement. I went to JW hoping that it could help me understand a phenomenon that remains elusive—the Emergent church.

The innovative JW is housed, ironically, in a classic church building that Presbyterians erected in 1930. The building is the envy of the numerous congregations in the neighborhood, including two that have exchanged their denominational labels for more jazzy names and logos—one Southern Baptist now River City Church and one Evangelical Covenant now City Church.

So can a church be emergent and large, and led by a charismatic leader?

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