Spiritual Formation at Upcoming 2009 Nazarene General Assembly *Update*

**Update:  June 13, 2009 **It seems NNU has removed the links bio for a couple of the presenters.  The bio’s revealed various Spiritual Formation experience and emphases in their backgrounds.    **Update:   June 5, 2009 **Looks like the link for the retreat has been re-fashioned.  A paragraph has been added that reports that Dr. Jesse Middendorf endorses the retreat.  [...]

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Ancient-Future Nazarenes

There is a movement that has taken hold in the Nazarene denomination calling on people (mostly the young) to embrace an Ancient-Future worship style.  The movement draws its adherents to look to the past, or early church fathers for a new direction for the future of worship.  This movement embraces the pietism of early monastic life, and of practices of the [...]

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The Vanishing Church

http://www.crosstalkamerica.com/shows/2009/02/the_vanishing_church.php Here is a program presenting information by Bob Pearle, pastor of Birchman Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas.  He is discussing his book:  The Vanishing Church: Searching For Significance in the 21st Century  Also, if anyone is looking for a good conference to go to, look into the Code Blue Rally schedule that Worldview Weekend [...]

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Here’s a Conference Worth Attending

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7X24_vOWwU Caution:  The above link will take you to  convicting teaching by someone named Paul Washer.  He was one of the presenters at a VCY America Conference that was held in Wisconsin February of 2008.   He presents a teaching that hasn’t been heard in years….and uses terms we used to hear from most Nazarene pulpits.   I doubt that he will [...]

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