Every five hundred years, the church cleans out its attic and has a giant rummage sale
Well, not exactly. But, according to internationally renowned religion expert Phyllis Tickle, this is an accurate summary of the church's massive transitions over time. According the pattern, we are living in such a time of change right now. Tickle calls it "the Great Emergence" - a time of dizzying upheaval and hopeful promise during which various sectors of today's church swirl into a great confluence at the centre.
Well, not exactly. But, according to internationally renowned religion expert Phyllis Tickle, this is an accurate summary of the church's massive transitions over time. According the pattern, we are living in such a time of change right now. Tickle calls it "the Great Emergence" - a time of dizzying upheaval and hopeful promise during which various sectors of today's church swirl into a great confluence at the centre.
