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Pastor's Seminar

"The Emerging Church: Understanding & Assessing a Complex Movement"

Many people are talking about the Emerging Church movement these days. This movement is steadily gaining influence among believers in churches everywhere, especially among those under 35. It makes some legitimate critiques of the church, but also offers solutions that theologically orthodox believers have found troubling.

On November 14, 2006, the C.S. Lewis Institute will host a pastor's seminar entitled "The Emerging Church: Understanding & Assessing a Complex Movement".

Our seminar leader is Dr. Scott Smith, author of "Truth and the New Kind of Christian: The Emerging Effects of Postmodernism in the Church." Dr. Smith is associate professor of ethics and Christian Apologetics at Biola University in La Mirada, CA, and a popular lecturer. He is well-acquainted with the Emerging Church movement, is in friendly dialog with its leaders and critiques their views in a kind manner. Dr. Smith is also the author of Virtue, Ethics and Moral Knowledge: Philosophy of Language After MacIntyre and Hauerwas (Ashgate 2003), as well as many scholarly articles and essays.

Please join us for this special opportunity to learn more about this growing movement and bring a guest. The Seminar will be held from 9:00 am until 12:00 noon in the offices of the C.S. Lewis Institute, located at:

8001 Braddock Road,
Suite 300,
Springfield, VA.






 
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