Acts 29 Midwest Regional Quarterly

Tuesday, May 18, 2010, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Coordinator: Katie Wachter

Website: http://www.thedeepchurch.com

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Join us on May 18 as we welcome Jim Belcher, author of Deep Church, to the Acts 29 Midwest Regional Quarterly.

Jim Belcher is the founding church planter and lead pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Newport Beach, CA. He is the cofounder of the Restoring Community Conference:Integrating Social Interaction, Sacred Space and Beauty in the 21st Century, an annual conference for city officials, planners, builders and architects. Jim has also been published in Leadership Journal and re:generation quarterly, and he and his wife and four children live in Costa Mesa, California.

Session 1: Introduction to Deep Church

What is the Deep Church? Who is the book written for? Why is a third way needed? These are just some of the questions that will be answered during session 1. Jim will explain the contours of the emerging church, the traditional church push-back, and present a third way that moves beyond the two. To illustrate this third way, this session will highlight deep worship, demonstrating how it moves behind the pitfalls of both emerging and traditional. We will also discuss seven ways to be the deep church now!

Session 2: Deep Culture

There may be no other issue that divides Christians like the issue of how we look at the world. On one hand, some Christians accuse others of getting too close to the world and selling out. On the other hand, those who take interaction with the world seriously accuse others of being tribal, irrelevant to the cause of Christ. How do we decide which side is right? What is needed is an understanding of what the Bible says about the world. Is the world bad? Is it good? Are we to flee from it or help transform it? What does it mean to be in the world but not of it? The bottom line is how does Christ relate to culture? These are tough questions but ones that we must answer if we are going to be a faithful witness in the world and avoid the twin errors of tribalism and assimilation.

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Hosted by The Journey - St. Louis, MO

Coordinator: Katie Wachter

Location: The Journey Tower Grove Campus - Sanctuary2833 S Kingshighway Blvd St. Louis, MO

Cost: Free

Limit: 500