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emerging church geography earl creps

everything you believe about the emerging church is true— somewhere.

traditional older mainstream progressive/conservative emerging hard/soft spainantioch jerusalem innovate transition maximize max. discontinuity min. discontinuity pre-modern postmodern modern

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1. bridge relationships

2. bridge churches

3. bridge leaders

4. bridge blessing

locate yourself By worldview: pre-modern modern postmodern By ministry type: traditional mainstream emerging By “bridginess”: relationships churches leadership blessing

emerging church geography earl creps