I am trying to get on the ball with this book I am to write and edit on Emergent Baptists for Smyth & Helwys Publishing. Several of you have responded with interest to my request for writers on the “Baptimergent Book” page.
A point of clarification. If there are chapters that interest you as a writer, they need to intersect with your own story of emergence. Where not defining and defending positions with this book. We are talking about how we have emerged from the Baptist tradition as something other than the dominant categories of the 20th century. The chapters are there to specify various elements of our identity, but they have to be actually connected to your identity, and not just something you know about, or are willing to research.
You can download a copy of the table of contents on the “Baptimergent Book” page. I have some writers lined up, so consider a couple chapters that you could write out of your own story of emergence. I’ll be in touch soon if I have an assignment for you.
E-mail me your interests. Thanks!
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August 6, 2008 at 6:07 pm
Les Chatwin
I would love to write for the book but my time is tight right now. I will give some background because I would be interested in writing posts and being an admin.
I am a 40 yr old ordained Baptist pastor in Newcastle, Australia. I currently drive a taxi and talk to people about God. I am in the process of speaking to the Baptist Union of NSW to plant a missional faith community to connect with the unchurched people I am meeting and exchanging details with.
I see myself as part of the emergent/missional deal not because I was bored with the status quo but because God showed me a mission field and I am thinking on my feet and inviting others to share with me in ways to love and dialogue with unchurched people who are hungry to talk about spirituality.