Dan Kimball wrote two blog posts, in April, that dealt with the terms "Emergent" and "Emerging" as they serve illuminate current conversations about engaging mission and ministry in the 21st century... Both posts contain a great deal of historical information, and both serve as one persons attempt to articulate the current use and recent evolution of the terms...
(click here for) Origin of the terms "Emerging" and "Emergent" church - Part 1
Excerpt... "I was inspired to take a few moments from reading Marko's post this morning called "This is Emergent" which is great as it expresses some of the metaphor of the meaning of the actual word emergent.
However - since I get asked this so incredibly often "Where did the term 'emerging church' start?" or what is the difference of "Emerging" or "Emergent" that I thought I would continue Marko's wondering of where the terms originated and also have a post I can then refer people to who ask me this a lot. To some you may not care at all about things like this, but for me it will help putting it here and then referring people to it who ask me."....
(click here for) Origins of the terms "Emerging" and "Emergent" church - Part 2
Excerpt... "I started writing what I understand as the origins of the terms "the emerging church" and "emergent" or "the emergent church" in the previous blog entry which was Part 1.
With all the wondering about the origins of the names and even web sites, I was motivated to look up web sites to see when they were first started in figuring out the time period when these terms were being used. Tony Jones suggested I post these dates here for those wanting to know more about timing and origins." ....
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