Michael Patton has tried to map the church spectrum and the emergers.
Here are the graphs – a snapshot of his thinking:
They are some really interesting images. As with all of these kind of pieces the subjective nature of the work shows through in a number of different ways:
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Why does Patton put some of fundamentalism outside of orthodoxy – unless he’s thinking of the super legalistic types.
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How is McLaren is considered more orthodox than, say, Jones.
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few of the images aren’t loading properly. I’m not sure why but I think its
a linking issue. I’ve tried it in two different internet browsers and both show the same results.
There isn’t any image, it is just a YouTube clip which seems to work fine, apologies if you can’t watch it,
Great way of observing things – I am a bit more of a monochrome
guy, myself
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