Nazarene Theological Seminary

Recent inquiries about the emerging church conversation have prompted us to pull together resources that could be helpful in informing the dialogues that are taking place in many local congregations.  We will periodically add to the list of resources/links below. 

1. Articles on the Didache: Faithful Teaching* website:
   
   "Emerging Ecclesiology: Preliminary observations of horizon churches in a postmodern world" by Dean G. Blevins
   
   "What the postmodern/Emergents can learn from Wesley" by Deirdre Brower Latz 
   
   
   
2. An article in the Church of the Nazarene’s Preacher’s Magazine (Beacon Hill Press, Advent/Christmas 2007-2008):
   
   "John Wesley and the Emerging Church" by Hal Knight 
   
   
   
3. An article in the Church of the Nazarene's Holiness Today Magazine (Beacon Hill Press, March/April, 2008):
   
   "The Ancient-Future Generation" by Keith Schwanz 
    
4. New Resource (added 7/7/09):  Dr. Scott Daniels, Pastor of Pasadena First Church of the Nazarene, has posted to his blog a 5-part series discussing the Emergent Church.  Read from his blog:
   
   Pastor Scott's Thoughts on the Emerging Church

*Didache: Faithful Teaching is an interdisciplinary academic journal offered online that explores the intersections of Christian conviction, culture and education for the Church of the Nazarene and other international Wesleyan communities in higher education.