Deep Church: A Third Way Beyond Emerging and Traditional

Feel caught between the traditional church and the emerging church? Discover a third way: deep church.

C. S. Lewis used the phrase "deep church" to describe the body of believers committed to mere Christianity. Unfortunately church in our postmodern era has been marked by a certain shallowness. Emerging authors, fed up with contemporary pragmatism, have offered alternative visions for twenty-first-century Christianity. Traditionalist churches have reacted negatively, at times defensively.

Jim Belcher knows what it's like to be part of both of these worlds. In the 1990s he was among the pioneers of what was then called Gen X ministry, hanging out with creative innovators like Rob Bell, Mark Oestreicher and Mark Driscoll. But he also has maintained ties to traditionalist circles, planting a church in the Presbyterian Church of America.

In Deep Church, Belcher brings the best insights of all sides to forge a third way between emerging and traditional. In a fair and evenhanded way, Belcher explores the proposals of such emerging church leaders as Tony Jones, Brian McLaren and Doug Pagitt. He offers measured appreciation and affirmation as well as balanced critique. Moving beyond reaction, Belcher provides constructive models from his own church planting experience and paints a picture of what this alternate, deep church looks like--a missional church committed to both tradition and culture, valuing innovation in worship, arts and community but also creeds and confessions.

If you've felt stuck between two extremes, you can find a home here. Plumb the depths of Christianity in a way that neither rejects our postmodern context nor capitulates to it. Instead of veering to the left or the right, go between the extremes--and go deep. more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-18-2009; The Book on the Church I've Been Looking For & We've Been Needing!; Six and a half years ago I had finished my education at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY and was living in Lexington, KY, working as missionary to international students. I started to hear about something I...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-15-2009; Get past the debates and get understanding; This book offers a refreshing perspective in contrast to the bickering during the past decade about the "emerging church" -- debating what changes did the church have to make in a fast-changing culture in order to be effective with its...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-10-2009; smart, fair, thoughtful; What sets Deep Church apart is that it explains the emerging church phenomenon without putting it in a box. Belcher allows the diversity of the movement speak for itself, and does an excellent job of dispelling some of the myths and...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-08-2009; Deep Church: Constructive and Needed; In full disclosure, this book was authored by a dear friend of mine, and the man who served as my Pastor for nearly seven years, Jim Belcher. I am very glad that Jim wrote this book, because it needed to be written, and there are not a...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-18-2009; The Book on the Church I've Been Looking For & We've Been Needing!; Six and a half years ago I had finished my education at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY and was living in Lexington, KY, working as missionary to international students. I started to hear about something I...; read full review | report as inappropriate