tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28637516.post788306650265745923..comments2024-01-20T07:17:13.678-05:00Comments on Phil Wyman's Square No More: Small Emergent Churches? Is this the future for what we call Emergent?Pastor Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07344719487413688550noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28637516.post-9195658563864274412007-09-19T17:18:00.000-04:002007-09-19T17:18:00.000-04:00David,Nice, humble, agreeable to me as well. I li...David,<BR/><BR/>Nice, humble, agreeable to me as well. I like the missional part of it. Somehow missional needs to come out of a corporate definition into a personal one. Intimacy does work better to make each person as missional as possible, rather than allowing us to be satisfied with a corporate missional definition. <BR/><BR/>If we are not missional we must still be part of the mission field.Pastor Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07344719487413688550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28637516.post-78617260274149354422007-09-19T11:39:00.000-04:002007-09-19T11:39:00.000-04:00Hi Phil :-),I'm not oppossed to mega emerging...al...Hi Phil :-),<BR/>I'm not oppossed to mega emerging...although that does sound like a contradiction. But Rob Bell at Mars Hill seems to make it work and there's a church in Denver called Pathways that are pretty large.<BR/>However as a rule, I think emerging (and emergent) churches will reproduce buy planting other faith communities.<BR/>Once you hit about 200 you begin to loose some of the organic intimacy that is naturally created in a smaller environment.<BR/>Plus, by duplicating rather than growing, more of the people can be actively involved and really feel a part of something other than just a butt in the seat or an ass in the grass (if you meet outside hehe).<BR/>The very culture of emerging seems to be much more participatory so naturally a smaller environment is more condusive to that. Especially if you are also a Missional Community and not just a building (which I know you are, as most emargent chruches are).<BR/><BR/>That's just my humble opinion.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14670609970252209273noreply@blogger.com