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Tables of Contents for The Emerging Church
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
7
2
Rick Warren
Foreword
9
2
Brian McLaren
Acknowledgments
11
2
Introduction
13
8
Part 1 Deconstructing Postmodern Ministry, Candles, and Coffee
The Anti-Christian, Antichurch, Post-Christian Seeker
21
10
How I Moved from Being Seeker-Sensitive to Post-Seeker-Sensitive
31
8
Understanding the Past to Understand the Future
39
8
Beyond Postmodernism, Candles, and Cool
47
10
More Than a Generation Gap
57
10
Born (Buddhist-Christian-Wiccan-Muslim-Straight-Gay) in the USA
67
12
I Like Jesus, but I Don't Like Christians
79
12
What Is ``Church?'': The Second Most Important Chapter in This Book
91
10
Part 2 Reconstructing Vintage Christianity in the Emerging Church
The Dilemma of Seeker-Sensitive Services
101
10
What Is This Thing We Call the ``Worship Service?''
111
8
The Seeker-Sensitive Service versus the Post-Seeker Worship Gathering
119
8
Overcoming the Fear of Multisensory Worship and Teaching
127
6
Creating a Sacred Space for Vintage Worship
133
10
Expecting the Spiritual, Expressing the Arts
143
12
Creating Experiential, Multisensory Worship Gatherings
155
16
Preaching: Becoming Storytellers Again
171
14
Preaching without Words
185
12
Evangelism: Beyond the Prayer to Get into Heaven
197
16
Spiritual Formation: Becoming a Vintage Christian
213
14
Leadership for the Emerging Church
227
16
Personal Epilogue: The Road Goes Ever On
243
4
Appendix A: Sample Layout of a Vintage Worship Gathering
247
4
Appendix B: Sample Teaching Topics
251
4
Appendix C: Resources for the Emerging Church
255
6
Notes
261
4
Contributors
265