The two things that have been most transformative for me in my looking at Christianity in a new way are Andrew Jones’ TallSkinnyKiwi blog and the book The Shaping of Things to Come by Mike Frost and Alan Hirsch. I owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to Jones, Frost, and Hirsch, who have collectively been much more influential on my thinking than the Americans - McLaren, Pagitt, Tony Jones, etc. (though I’m grateful for the way these have stretched my thinking as well).

Today TallSkinnyKiwi points to Frost & Hirsch’s response to DA Carson’s book, Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church, which primarily takes aim at the American expression of the emerging church.

Mike Frost and Alan Hirsch have written a great statement of where they stand on the whole D.A. Carson VS. EmergentVillage saga and Carson’s book “Becoming Conversant With Emergent. They explain why they think Carson’s assessment of Emergent is “irrelevant for the missional church in Australia.” They also claim to be more theologically conservative and mission focused than Emergent Village in USA.

Forge Response to D.A. Carson [PDF]
Hat Tip: Andrew Jones