I recently wrote a blog
post about the emergent church and the problems that come from this newly
growing church. In this post, I hope to make it a little clearer where this
church is located in the big picture. Mark Driscoll divides all churches into
four "lanes." The first lane he says are called Emerging
Evangelicals. They believe in God's word but they are more of a "hip"
church. Lane Two would be House Church Evangelicals. They believe the same way,
in God's word but they tend to get rid of pastors and do little churches. Then
Lane 3, the Emerging Reformers. They are in God's word and support famous
evangelicals. Worship is free and is more charismatic. The last lane, Lane 4,
the Emergent Liberal. They tend to question some of the teachings of the Bible.
My church, I believe, would most likely fall under Lane 3. I wouldn't say it
aligns with all the same beliefs of the 3rd lane, but it is very similar. What
lane would you say your church falls into?
This lead me to think, if I could create a perfect church, what would it
look like? Well, I think it would look a lot like mine right now. A group of Christians
coming together, worshiping the name of the Lord, and being taught to weekly
from the Word of God. If I could change anything about my church, it would
have to be the worship. My church is so big that the worship service has to be
so organized. Sometimes I feel like it is too organized.
So again I ask you, where does your church fall?
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