{"id":1146,"date":"2006-07-05T04:25:59","date_gmt":"2006-07-05T04:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2006\/07\/an-emergent-village-affirmatio.html"},"modified":"2006-07-05T04:25:59","modified_gmt":"2006-07-05T04:25:59","slug":"an-emergent-village-affirmatio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2006\/07\/an-emergent-village-affirmatio.html","title":{"rendered":"An Emergent Village Affirmation of faith?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I did not see this until July 3d, 2006, more than a year after its publication date. But, signed as it is by the key leaders in the emergent conversation, we find here as close as we are likely to get to a creed. The following are responsible for this piece from The Ooze<\/a>: Tony Jones, Doug Pagitt, Spencer Burke, Brian McLaren, Dan Kimball, Andrew Jones, Chris Seay. Any comments? I’ve broken the paragraph into pieces and provided a heading for easier reading:
\nAffirmation of truth <\/strong>
\nSixth, we would like to clarify, contrary to statements and inferences made by some, that yes, we truly believe there is such a thing as truth and truth matters \u2013 if we did not believe this, we would have no good reason to write or speak;
\nDenial of moral and epistemological relativism<\/strong>
\nno, we are not moral or epistemological relativists any more than anyone or any community is who takes hermeneutical positions \u2013 we believe that radical relativism is absurd and dangerous, as is arrogant absolutism;
\nAffirmation of Trinity and Creeds<\/strong>
\nyes, we affirm the historic Trinitarian Christian faith and the ancient creeds, and seek to learn from all of church history \u2013 and we honor the church\u2019s great teachers and leaders from East and West, North and South;
\nAffirmation of Jesus Christ<\/strong>
\nyes, we believe that Jesus is the crucified and risen Savior of the cosmos and no one comes to the Father except through Jesus;
\nDenial of Dichotomies of reason and experience<\/strong>
\nno, we do not pit reason against experience but seek to use all our God-given faculties to love and serve God and our neighbors; no, we do not endorse false dichotomies \u2013 and we regret any false dichotomies unintentionally made by or about us (even in this paragraph!);
\nAffirmation of Scripture<\/strong>
\nand yes, we affirm that we love, have confidence in, seek to obey, and strive accurately to teach the sacred Scriptures, because our greatest desire is to be followers and servants of the Word of God, Jesus Christ.
\nRegret<\/strong>
\nWe regret that we have either been unclear or misinterpreted in these and other areas.
\nI suggest that more folks take a gander at this before tossing rocks at EV folks. What some seem unwilling to accept is that EV has no statement of faith, since it a safe place for exploration, but these leaders seem to agree on these very typical doctrinal ideas. Let the conversation continue; learn where you are as you converse.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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