Comments on: An Emerging Profession: Sharing Power In A Flattened World http://gatheringinlight.com/2007/11/12/an-emerging-profession-sharing-power-in-a-flattened-world/ Current Blog Project: Six Months With a Quaker Preacher Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:08:14 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: » Moving Away From Top-Down Church Leadership http://gatheringinlight.com/2007/11/12/an-emerging-profession-sharing-power-in-a-flattened-world/comment-page-2/#comment-64685 » Moving Away From Top-Down Church Leadership Wed, 12 Dec 2007 07:19:27 +0000 http://gatheringinlight.com/2007/11/12/an-emerging-profession-sharing-power-in-a-flattened-world/#comment-64685 [...] Read Wess Daniels’, An Emerging Profession: Sharing Power In A Flattened World [...] [...] Read Wess Daniels’, An Emerging Profession: Sharing Power In A Flattened World [...]

]]> By: The Daily Scribe… « just an apprentice http://gatheringinlight.com/2007/11/12/an-emerging-profession-sharing-power-in-a-flattened-world/comment-page-1/#comment-64654 The Daily Scribe… « just an apprentice Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:18:58 +0000 http://gatheringinlight.com/2007/11/12/an-emerging-profession-sharing-power-in-a-flattened-world/#comment-64654 [...] Wess Daniels, An Emerging Profession:  Sharing Power in a Flattened World.  An excellent paper that addresses a burning question for me on my journey of seeking to [...] [...] Wess Daniels, An Emerging Profession:  Sharing Power in a Flattened World.  An excellent paper that addresses a burning question for me on my journey of seeking to [...]

]]> By: Rhett Smith http://gatheringinlight.com/2007/11/12/an-emerging-profession-sharing-power-in-a-flattened-world/comment-page-1/#comment-61549 Rhett Smith Sat, 17 Nov 2007 22:34:22 +0000 http://gatheringinlight.com/2007/11/12/an-emerging-profession-sharing-power-in-a-flattened-world/#comment-61549 Wess, It was good chatting with you in the Fuller bookstore the other day. Great post...need time to digest it. I will come back later for some comments. rhett Wess,

It was good chatting with you in the Fuller bookstore the other day.

Great post…need time to digest it. I will come back later for some comments.

rhett

]]> By: Shawn http://gatheringinlight.com/2007/11/12/an-emerging-profession-sharing-power-in-a-flattened-world/comment-page-1/#comment-61190 Shawn Sat, 17 Nov 2007 05:13:37 +0000 http://gatheringinlight.com/2007/11/12/an-emerging-profession-sharing-power-in-a-flattened-world/#comment-61190 Helps a lot, Amy. When I was told 800 followed him from Calvary, I thought it sounded a bit odd. Why even hold a launch when you have 800 already there? At any rate, thank you! I've searched everywhere for info. re: this. Helps a lot, Amy. When I was told 800 followed him from Calvary, I thought it sounded a bit odd. Why even hold a launch when you have 800 already there? At any rate, thank you! I’ve searched everywhere for info. re: this.

]]> By: amy http://gatheringinlight.com/2007/11/12/an-emerging-profession-sharing-power-in-a-flattened-world/comment-page-1/#comment-61187 amy Sat, 17 Nov 2007 05:10:38 +0000 http://gatheringinlight.com/2007/11/12/an-emerging-profession-sharing-power-in-a-flattened-world/#comment-61187 Shawn-- I happened to be in Grand Rapids when Mars Hill started. I don't think there was 800, not even close. But the was part of a Calvery Church in Grand Rapids and was interning with a well respected pastor there when he began Mars Hill. It started small and pretty much grew over night. He is again (in my opinion) successful because he gave new language to an already heavily churched area and gave purpose to a very self-based gospel. I think what they do for the area is quite beautiful and is giving a language of service and justice to the community. The problem starts to come when you try to mimic his way and his staffs way of starting the church. What i think he did was assess the community and was trying to meet the needs. As I said brought service back into the church and cry for justice for the oppressed, Hope that helps in any way. Shawn–

I happened to be in Grand Rapids when Mars Hill started. I don’t think there was 800, not even close. But the was part of a Calvery Church in Grand Rapids and was interning with a well respected pastor there when he began Mars Hill. It started small and pretty much grew over night. He is again (in my opinion) successful because he gave new language to an already heavily churched area and gave purpose to a very self-based gospel. I think what they do for the area is quite beautiful and is giving a language of service and justice to the community.

The problem starts to come when you try to mimic his way and his staffs way of starting the church. What i think he did was assess the community and was trying to meet the needs. As I said brought service back into the church and cry for justice for the oppressed,

Hope that helps in any way.

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