Category: —Contemplative Churches
LTRP Note: Lighthouse Trails identified Mariner’s Church, the creators of the “Rooted Pilot Course,” as an “emergent/contemplative” church as far back as 2009. With current teaching pastors such as Christine Caine, Ed Stetzer, and Doug Fields, and with their “Rooted”…
According to various reports, it appears the long-standing Episcopal Church is dying out. A December 27, 2024 Federalist article titled “The Destruction of a Beloved New York Choir School Epitomizes the Fall of the Episcopal Church” states: It is hardly…
LTRP Note: The following letter to the editor is addressing very legitimate and documented concerns about Life Church, one of the largest evangelical churches in America with over three dozen locations throughout the country and an influential global outreach. Lighthouse…
LTRP Note: The following letter to the editor is asking about a practice called visio divina. Below her letter are our comments, and below that is our article/booklet on Lectio Divina. Dear Lighthouse Trails: I’m attending a Bible study at…
LTRP Note: Please see editors notes below this letter. Dear Lighthouse Trails: Today my neighbor who’s in an emergent church . . . told me his church started a sermon series called “The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry.” Hmm . ….
Recently, we received an e-mail from a reader who is trying to explain to some people in a prominent Christian organization who are practicing contemplative prayer that contemplative prayer (i.e., Christian contemplation) is no different than Eastern meditation (i.e., mysticism)….