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  <title><![CDATA[Emerging Church, The]]></title>
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  <default_description>Churches are noticing less and less emerging generations in their midst. The Emerging Church, winner of the 2004 Christianity Today Book Award, explores the cultural changes impacting churches and offers practical advice of how they can creatively reach emerging generations. Some of the &quot;spiritual&quot; things that were removed from churches are the very things that post-Christian generations are connecting with and find attractive in a church.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_month type="integer">3</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2003</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Emerging Church, The</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Dan Kimball]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[pastors, church leaders]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Bill Brown (Seminary Professor)]]></recommended_by>
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  <date_added>Thu Jan 10 17:38:20 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jan 12 17:35:42 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is quite a challenging book for any traditional pastor. In fact, I think the material presented within would be quite challenging even for pastors of more modern churches. But challenging in a good way. I would encourage every pastor to read this and work through the material within, but maybe ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12199494">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="60165899">
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    <location><![CDATA[MIRI, 14, Malaysia]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Thu Jun 18 08:22:08 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jun 18 08:24:53 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Culture is changing all around us and that will also mean Church should be made aware of the changes and be able to respond to it. This book will broaden your understanding on the changes and proposes a new way of doing church. The best thing about the book is that the author is not just bringing us...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60165899">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="25620949">
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    <location><![CDATA[Eugene, OR]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jun 26 19:45:21 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jun 26 19:49:02 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Kimball tries really hard with this book. From the &quot;post modern&quot; layout to the writing style, this book is supposedly a definitive apologetic for the &quot;Emergent&quot; movement. <br/><br/>The harder the author tries to explain and explore the concept, the more traditional religious bo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25620949">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="23284271">
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    <name><![CDATA[Kessia Reyne]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Berrien Springs, MI]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri May 30 00:00:02 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun May 24 11:22:44 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Again: don't judge a book by its cover. This book is less about &quot;the emerging church&quot; as a movement and more about re-approaching church in terms of new/old methodology. Yes, Kimball does try to reshape what you think about &quot;church&quot; and &quot;evangelism,&quot; but this isn't a pr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23284271">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50524003">
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    <name><![CDATA[Big Mike]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Beaverton, OR]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Thu Mar 26 11:21:04 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Mar 26 11:21:58 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was the book to read when being &quot;emerging&quot; or &quot;emergent&quot; was cool. Dan is cool and makes a lot of sense. I am afraid that others have come along and ruined what he and a few others started.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50524003]]></url>
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    <review id="39107540">
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    <location><![CDATA[Crossett, AR]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Tue Dec 02 08:48:47 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Dec 02 08:49:59 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another good read to challenge your thinking on what worship is. Does it have to be on Sunday morning at 10:45 or can friends gather on Thursday after work?]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39107540]]></url>
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    <review id="3503860">
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    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[anyone/christians]]></recommended_for>
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  <date_added>Wed Jul 25 08:35:24 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jul 25 08:39:12 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[in my opinion, this is the best book to read as an introduction to the idea of the emerging church. it lays out the ideas of the post-modern, post-christian culture that the church of the modern era is failing to reach and gives a lot of practical ideas of how to make the emerging church happen. a m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3503860">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3503860]]></url>
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    <review id="15668292">
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    <name><![CDATA[Lori]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Dallas, TX]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Feb 17 20:34:56 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Feb 17 20:37:38 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Terrific book! &quot;Emerging church 101&quot; for those who don't know what it is or why it's important. Kimball is the best and making the complex topic of postmodern ministry clear and simple. It's full of quotes and comments in the margins by other voices in the e-church movement. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15668292]]></url>
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    <review id="3731603">
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    <name><![CDATA[Tim]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Maple Valley, WA]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Sat Jul 28 23:36:30 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jul 28 23:39:51 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[While I didn't always come to the same conclusions as Kimball, I LOVED his approach to uncovering the ancient and holy ways to approach God in our hi-tech, low-relationship world today.  Check it out and wrestle with his views... it's good for you.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3731603]]></url>
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    <review id="30911160">
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    <name><![CDATA[Nicole]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Aug 22 11:33:19 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Aug 22 11:35:45 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was like a simple review of a class I took in college.. I enjoyed it but didn't always agree with the stereotyped it gave for the modern and post-modern generations. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30911160]]></url>
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    <review id="19474659">
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    <name><![CDATA[Kari on_Strategic]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Menomonie, WI]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Apr 04 15:52:57 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Apr 04 15:55:49 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed learning about new methods to ministry and how to view a changing culture, but was annoyed by the author's repetitiveness and whacked ideas of approach.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19474659]]></url>
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    <review id="666327">
    <user id="51725">
    <name><![CDATA[Bradly]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Twin Falls, ID]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Apr 10 16:21:58 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Apr 10 16:23:08 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good book, but as with any book dealing with church practice and/or doctrine, be sure to read it with your open Bible in your other hand.]]></body>
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    <review id="20747080">
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Apr 22 16:14:45 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is really good. It really made me think.]]></body>
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    <review id="73461839">
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    <body><![CDATA[Great intro book.]]></body>
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