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 A Call to Missional Revolution - a summary of the book Shaping of Things to Come
Author - Andrew Hamilton

 A Confession - when you discover you have been living amongst people but have never taken the time to get to know them
Author - Andrew Hamilton

 Are We There Yet - a short intro to how 'incarnational faith communities' have emerged. Author - Andrew Hamilton

Burn Your Bridges - how do we connect with our communities?
Author - Andrew Hamilton

Cheers - the story of a community development movement in Banksia Grove
Author - Ruth Powell

Demolition or Renovation - what is going on as we rethink church?
Author - Andrew Hamilton

Evangelism as Risky Negotiation - evangelism in a new world
Author - Mike Frost

How Not to Pick a Fight - the incarnational attractional thing...
Author Andrew Hamilton

I Love Worship! - why worship is more than  smooshy songs...
Author Mike Frost

Meeting Brad Almighty - seeing the image of God in people

Myriad Story - the story of the Myriad Community - by Ruth Powell

Nirvana, Armageddon and the Kingdom of God - a morning at Vanilla Baptist when an old friend shows up...
Author - Andrew Hamilton

On My Dark Days - when it all looks like its going to die...
Author - Andrew Hamilton

Post-modernity and the Emerging Church
Author - Geoff Westlake

Upstream - a snapshot of the Upstream Communities story (from NCLS publication - NOVUS 2006)
Author - Ruth Powell

What is So Emerging About this New Church?
 - an overview of the whole emerging church concept.
Author - Gareth Williams

Will Being Cool Save the Church in Emerging Culture? - When church and culture collide
Author - Mark Sayers

Other Excellent Articles & Writing

A Churchless Faith - Doctoral thesis that formed the book
Author - Alan Jamieson

Good to Great - an article based on the book
Author - Jim Collins (Fast Company Magazine)

Houses That Change the World - Free downloadable PDF version of the classic book
Author - Wolfgang Simpson

The Spontaneous Expansion of the Church and the Causes Which Hinder It  - This old book is an absolute classic and is available here in pdf form. If you want to know what sparks and fuels a movement then be sure to read this 1920's classic that is full of wisdom for today.
Author - Roland Allen

What is the Emerging Church?  -  A talk delivered at the Westminster Theological Seminary. Scot's talk speaks to the Carson critique and although focused on the US scene it offers some excellent insights
Author - Scot McKnight

Reaching Out to Christians - what secular marketers are saying about cutting into the Christian 'market'. They seem to think we are just as big consumers as anyone else!
Author - Marketing Magazine

'The New Buddhism' - is that what Christianity is in Thailand? You have to read this chalenging paper on contextualisation!


DA Mills Response to Don Carson's Critique of the Emerging Church - very well thought out
response. A must read.
Author - David Mills