A new term for the faithful emergent…
I have friends that are “emergent”. It’s for their sake that I coin this new term. I don’t like using a label to describe Jesus-loving, bible-preaching, soul-shepherding churches that also includes churches that, well, aren’t any of those things.
So, for the story-of-God-driven, Christus-Victor-emphasizing, garden-desert-garden types who preach Jesus as the way, the truth, and the life, I give you…
Emorthodox (ee-MORE-though-dox)
I do this because I am tired of all of the suspicion that surrounds those who do things differently than we are accustomed to, and I apply this term to all Nicene Christians who are considered (or consider themselves) emergent, to borrow a phrase from Deep Church.
Let’s just settle it now… Most emergent churches belong in this category. They are not unorthodox… just different. If the few apostate “emergent” churches want to continue to use the term emergent, then let ‘em. We know the truth.
