{"id":11358,"date":"2013-04-05T01:00:58","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T05:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=11358"},"modified":"2026-07-09T18:46:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T01:46:19","slug":"what-is-next-for-calvary-chapel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/what-is-next-for-calvary-chapel\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Next for Calvary Chapel?"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Roger Oakland<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dan Kimball is the author of The Emerging Church: Vintage Christianity for New Generations<\/i> and founder of a church called Vintage Faith Church in Santa Cruz, California. Kimball made the following statement in the introduction of his book:<\/span><\/p>\n

I believe with all my heart that this discussion about the fast-changing culture and the emerging church must take place. While many of us have been preparing sermons and keeping busy with the internal affairs of our churches, something alarming has been happening on the outside. What once was a Christian nation with a Judeo-Christian worldview is quickly becoming a post Christian, unchurched, unreached nation. New generations are arising all around us without any Christian influence. So we must rethink virtually everything we are doing in our ministries.1 <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It is a fact that the spiritual climate has changed radically over the past few years just as Dan Kimball has stated. Kimball used the term \u201cpost-Christian era\u201d to describe the days in which we are living. He sincerely believes that the Emerging Church and the experiences it provides will be the best way to reach the postmodern generation driven by experience.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the arguments for promoting the Emerging Church in the post-modern era goes something like this: <\/span>while the seeker-friendly era was successful in bringing a generation of \u201cbaby-boomers\u201d to Jesus, that time is past. Now we need to find new innovative methods that will reach the present generation for Jesus. <\/span><\/i>Click here to continue reading.<\/span><\/p>\n

Related Material:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Letter to the Editor: Calvary Chapel Founder Chuck Smith Welcomes Rick Warren on Pastor\u2019s Perspective<\/a>\u00a0– February 2013<\/p>\n

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