The base communities in South America were reinventing church before I was even born! So i think that it's right that we look to them for some wisdom. Jose Comblin said that there will be three potential outcomes for the base communities and i think that these outcomes can also be applied to the emerging church:
Firstly, they will become institutionalised, will expand and become universal. Is this Fresh Expressions?
Secondly there will be specialized action groups, springing from the religious institutes. There will be teams of priests, study teams, religious centres for spirituality, mission groups, the utilization of television and radio. Is this Emergent?
Or finally, a new church will be born, a church born of faith that nourishes God’s people...
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I think I place my comment about the future of the emergin church in the wrong place. Sorry
Posted by: Tim | January 09, 2007 at 03:42 AM