Many of you have come to realize that Apprising Ministries deals quite a bit with the postliberal cult of the Emergent Church. Because of this I am often asked, “How is this stuff getting into our churches without being noticed?”

Well, my ol’ friend and Emergent Church Pastor Dan Kimball tells you in his book Emerging Worship: Creating Worship Gatherings for New Generations when he writes:

The staff at one church in rural Oklahoma…fully believed they needed to start making changes in the way they worshipped in order to be in line with the emerging culture and emerging generations… These staff members were afraid, however, to try anything too radical. After all, they served in a very conservative Baptist church…

they started by slowly adding a few things to their youth meetings. They corporately read ancient creeds and prayers. The lit candles and had times of silent prayer. They allowed the youth to paint during a worship time. They practiced lectio divina or “sacred reading,” the ancient practice of prayerful meditation on Scripture. Not all at once, but little by little they added these elements of worship to their existing meetings…

It was a huge step for them…the staff are planning to have monthly emerging worship gathering for youth (and adults of any age who want to come)… Eventually the church wants to turn the monthly worship gathering into a weekly one. (102, emphasis his)