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Generative Christianity: The Emerging ChurchAt the Chicago assembly, Diakoneo editor Dutton Morehouse attended Bishop Jeffrey Lee's presentation, "Generative Christianity: The Emerging Church." Bishop Lee talked about the amazingly rapid pace of change in the church and in the world, saying that the institutional church is simply inadequate to deal with the emerging church - it just doesn't have the tools. As he put it, "The church that built a big building on Second Avenue no longer exists." He quoted Phyllis Tickle, who said that every 500 years the church has a giant rummage sale and gets rid of excess baggage. After noting the paradigm shifts that have occurred roughly every 500 years, he said that each time the question becomes "what is authoritative." In answering the question of authority, he said: "The Anglican Covenant is dead in the water - it is the last gasp of modernity. He went on to say that what is authoritative today is the community itself. In closing, Bishop Lee said that a generative diaconate is the primary order of ordained ministry - noting that deacons are the most networked people in he church. Dutton commends it to everyone. Joyce's SermonNAAD'S outgoing president, Joyce Hardy, delivered the sermon at the Saturday Eucharist of NAAD's Chicago assembly. If you didn't get the hint above, watch the video here. New England Deacons NetworkRead the brochure for the biennial conference of the New England Deacons Network, October 1-3, in Framington, Massachusetts. An Appeal from the Dominican Republic!
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2009 Deacon DirectoryThe 2009 Deacon Directory is now available for download at the Diakoneo Online link at left, or by clicking here! Calendar
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The 75th General Convention of the Episcopal Church called for all Episcopalians, "as an act of penitence, to oppose and resist through advocacy, protest and electoral action the continuation of the war in Iraq." |