Deep Church: Just a Chip Off the Old Emergent Movement

Jim Belcher, Author and Pastor from the faded Emergent movement is looking for a third wheel to emerge from the failed development. Deep Church calls itself a "missional church" committed to both tradition and culture, valuing innovation in worship, arts, and community but also creeds and confessions. "Plumb the depths of Christianity in a way that neither rejects our postmodern context nor capitulates to it. Instead of veering to the left or right, go beyond the extremes and go-deep."

Author & "Pastor" Jim Belcher

Emerging authors, fed up with contemporary pragmatism, have offered alternative visions for twenty-first-century Christianity. Traditionalist churches have reacted negatively, at times defensively. In Deep Church, Belcher brings the best insights of all sides to forge a third way between emerging and traditional. He offers measured appreciation and affirmation as well as balanced critique. Moving beyond reaction, Belcher provides constructive models from his own church planting experience and paints a picture of what this alternate, deep church looks like--a missional church committed to both tradition and culture, valuing innovation in worship, arts and community but also creeds and confessions.

Yikes! And that's quoted right off the Deep Church website! Looks like there's some left-over leaders lingering around from the failed Emergent movement looking for a place to plant their new philosophies and wish-washed theology to veer Christians off the path.