If scholars are rightÂor even in the ballpark-- by 2050, emergence Christianity will be the largest group among church cultures, says Phyllis Tickle in an interview with ThinkFwd host, Spencer Burke. That means larger than any particular denomination, and this change is occurring fast. Phyllis says she became aware of the Âemergence church only about two years ago, and the phenomena of emergence-, emergent-, emerging-church has only been around about four years. But Tickle believes that traditional churches have only about 18 months before the window of opportunity to reach out to emergence churches changes into a door of urgent, mandatory response to the changing paradigm of church as we know it.
The emergence churches that are coming out of the various protestant denominations are called Âhyphenated churches: Presby-mergence, Bapti-mergence; Luther-mergence, etc. Phyllis recently participated in the first gathering of hyphenated church leaders, who came together to worship and share experiences and ...
