By Invitation Only?: Private Summit Actually Threatens to Undermine Emergence Christianity
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/emergentvillage/2013/01/by-invitation-only-private-summit-actually-threatens-to-undermine-emergence-christianity/ January 16, 2013 By Holly Roach The day before the national book event honoring Phyllis Tickle in Memphis, roughly 50 emergent movement leaders had a state of Emergence Christianity meeting. The meeting was organized by Tony Jones and Doug Pagitt , also the organizers of the book event. The invitation went out in the same email that invited Phyllis’s “favorite people” to do a presentation at her book event, so I think it’s accurate to say that the people in the room were friends of Phyllis. Perhaps more people were invited after the fact, however the language in the invitation email states specifically, “In advance of the Emergence Christianity conference in January, Phyllis Tickle has asked us (Tony and Doug) to organize a private, invitation-only gathering of some of her favorite people.” The invitation goes on to state t...