As our churches are making fewer disciples and seeing further decline congregationally, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re very interested in the question of how to revitalize the Church in the Emergent Era. While this means incorporating emergent elements into our services, it is much more than that. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s understanding what God is about during the greatest cultural shift in the past 500 years. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s about understanding the significant changes in worldview. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s about cooperating with what God is doing in this place and this time.<\/p>\n
We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re looking for a few good pastors who want to study the issue of church revitalization in the Emergent Era through the Brethren Academy Lilly Grant for Sustaining Pastoral Excellence. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re putting together a distance group (you can live anywhere) for Vital Pastors in the next month or so. The group launches with an emersion trip (probably to the United Kingdom) and meets for two years. Everything is paid for through the grant.<\/p>\n