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Christian Education as Compassionate Evangelism

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Christian Education and Evangelism in a Postmodern World

Background to Postmodernism

• The Three Postmodernisms - Brian McLaren
• leonard sweet - (check the Double Ring video)
• Postmodernism (Bible Resource Center) (ABS)
• An Introduction to Postmodernism (and Why It's Not a Bad Word) - Youthworker Journal (YouthSpecialities)
• a perspective on postmodernism (faithmaps)

Some (Post-) Postmodern (Emergent) Christian Outposts

The following are virtual and/or real Christian communities. Note the educational content on their sites and how it relates to evangelism and to their sense of community.

• faithmaps
• ginkworld.net - where it all starts
• RE:Jesus
• maybe
• emergingchurch
• emergingchurch.info a touching place for the emerging church
• holyspace.org
• THE OOZE - conversation for the journey
• emberdays - archive for exploring spirituality

Some Postmodern-directed Churches

Here are some example of churches attuned to postmodernity. The first three are actual churches. The last two only exist virtually. Note where Christian education fits in with worship, relationships, and community.

• Cedar Ridge Community Church (Spencerville, MD)
• Church of the Apostles (Seattle, WA)
• H2O Church - Come get your fill (Orlando, FL)
• LiquidChurch.org (Basking Ridge, NJ)
  
• Virtual Church
• Church of Fools

Further Resources

• Text Week - Revised Common Lectionary, Scripture Study and Worship Links
• Sites Unseen - Earth's Mightiest Alternative Christian Link Portal
• Post-Modern and Online Christianity (MGVH links)