1. Postmodernism and the Emerging Church Dr. William Brown PresidentPostmodernism and the Emerging Church Dr. William Brown President

3. See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ. Colossians 2:8

4. POSTMODERN? 1.The period of time after the “Modern Period” 2.A term describing an approach to art, architecture, literature, etc. 3.A pejorative term describing someone who does not believe in objective truth (or morality) or our ability to know it

5. CLASSIC MODERN POSTMODERN

6. CLASSIC KNOWLEDGE AND TRUTH DISCOVERED BY... RevelationReasonExperience 2000 BC – AD 1400

7. MODERN KNOWLEDGE AND TRUTH DISCOVERED BY... RevelationReasonExperience 1400 -1900/1960?

8. MODERN KNOWLEDGE AND TRUTH DISCOVERED BY... ReasonExperience

9. POSTMODERN KNOWLEDGE AND TRUTH DISCOVERED BY... ReasonExperience 1900/1960? - Present

10. POSTMODERN KNOWLEDGE AND TRUTH DISCOVERED BY... Experience

11. POSTMODERNISM No Absolute Truth only MY truth No Past, no Future only NOW No Underlying Meaning or Purpose only MY Meaning and Purpose

12. ComponentModernismPostmodernism MottoTell meInvolve me Stimuli StyleLogicalExperiential Learning StyleLectureStory High ValueTruthTolerance SalvationA point in timeA way of life Extreme TendencyLegalismLiberalism Order of WorshipFixedFluid AuthorityHierarchyRoundtable Postmodernism and Modernism

13. EMERGING CHURCH? 1.The most recent movement to challenge the status quo of the conservative, Evangelical church 2.A term describing churches that focus on creative methods to engage the Postmodern culture 3.A pejorative term describing a person who rejects traditional, conservative doctrine

14. The “Emerging Church” Flash Points 1.Knowledge/Truth 2.The Bible 3.Salvation 4.Culture

15. Offended Withdraw DelightedAssimilate DistressedEngage Three Approaches to Culture

16. Takeaways: One Truth Three Callings

17. *We live in a Postmodern culture *We are called by God to grow in our knowledge of “sound doctrine” *We are called by God to aggressively engage the culture *We are called by God to prioritize unity and love for other believers

18. “The cultural updwellings and wildness of the 60’s kicked out the props of a teetering moral structure, but the new house has not yet been built.” -Todd Gitlin Univ. of Col. Berekely Wilson Quarterly “America is waiting for a message of some sort or another.” David Byrne & Brian Eno -David Byrne & Brian Eno My Life in the Bush of Ghosts My Life in the Bush of Ghosts

19. See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ. Colossians 2:8

20. Postmodernism and the Emerging Church Dr. William Brown PresidentPostmodernism and the Emerging Church Dr. William Brown President