Realizing the importance of creating a practical guide for both ministers and congregations seeking to shift their congregational culture towards a progressive form of Christianity, Bruce Sanguin grounds The Emerging Church in the experience of his own congregation, Canadian Memorial United, as way to establish context and to share real-life examples. At the same time, he peppers the book with insights from leading edge science, including the science of emergence, chaos theory, quantum physics, field theory, spiral dynamics, and evolutionary science. Written in language lay people can understand, The Emerging Church is filled with no-nonsense, realistic advice on the pitfalls and possibilities of following the vision of the emerging Christian way. Nudged by an evolutionary Spirit and drawn by the love of Christ into an emerging future, the church of the loving and living Christ may be the best kept secret of our day. In The Emerging Church, Bruce Sanguin shares the secret with anyone and everyone willing to listen.
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Bruce Sanguin is a minister of Canadian Memorial Church & Centre for Peace in Vancouver, BC. He has been a United Church minister for eighteen years. Bruce is married to Ann Evans, who is a marriage and family therapist
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Phenomenal read on Christ-Centered Emergence,
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This review is from: The Emerging Church: A Model for Change and a Map for Renewal (Paperback)
I am loving Bruce Sanguin's book - I have to rate it a WOW! I primarily come from the post-evangelical side of the emergent aisle, but hearing this mainline minister's creation-centered, Spiral-ly dynamic, evolutionary take on Christian spirituality is refreshing. While I don't agree with the author's every contour (nor, I think, would he want me to uncritically), I really appreciate how he synthesizes a host of influences from Matt Fox to Ken Wilber and shows how they've incubated in his congregation these past dozen years.
And can I say that the cover is *gorgeous*? Highly recommended!
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Invitation to change,
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Rev. Sanguin offers for those interested, a tried model of bringing the church into the 21st Century. This book is only for churches ready to move away from the traditional model,long held on to as sacred or untouchable.
From his own experience,he shared the ups and downs of moving from the old idea of"church" toward the direction of more ownership by the congregants. Here is a message of survival of the intrinsic values,while giving way to new ideas of how we gather for spiritual growth. I recommend this book for both clergy and congregations who are seeking to bring the religious/spiriitual experience into the now.
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Transforming Your Church or Doing it Right The First Time,
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The Rev. Bruce Sanguin, realizing the importance of creating a practical guide for both ministers and congregations who are seeking to transform their congregational culture, rebuild a dying church or start a new church will find this practical yet inspiring guide for pastors or consultants to pastors immensely helpful. Pastor Sanguin grounds this book in the experience of his own congregation over ten years, as a way to establish context and to share real-life examples. You will be able to use his guidance immediately, or translate his direction so that it will match more effectively your personal situation. At the same time, Bruce inspires the reader to understand how to inspire your congregation to understand how effective and spiritually nourished they will be when the picture of success that he helps you to paint for your people becomes for everyone a realistic reality. Written in language laypeople can understand, this book is filled with no-nonsense, realistic advice on the pitfalls and possibilities of following the vision of an emerging congregation .
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