Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-318)

Friendship, faith, and going somewhere together / Tony Jones -- Growing pains : the messy and fertile process of becoming / Mark Scandrette -- Meeting Jesus at the bar : or how I learned to stop worrying and love evangelism / Heather Kirk-Davidoff -- What would Huckleberry do? : A relational ethic as the Jesus way / Nanette Sawyer -- The postmodern parent : shifting paradigms for the ultimate act of re-creation / Carla Barnhill -- The art of emergence : being God's handiwork / Troy Bronsink -- An ever-renewed adventure of faith : notes from a community / Sherry and Geoff Maddock -- Jailhouse faith : a community of Jesus in an unlikely place / Thomas Malcolm Olson -- The existing Church/emerging Church matrix : collision, credibility, missional collaboration, and generative friendship / Tim Conder -- The American Catholic merger-Church : a too small answer / Brian Mitchell -- Persbymergent : the story of one mainliner's quest to be a loyal radical / Adam Walker Cleaveland -- Following Jesus into culture : emerging Church as social movement / Ryan Bolger -- Church emerging : or why I still use the word postmodern but with mixed feelings / Brian D. McLaren -- The end of reinvention : mission beyond market adoption cycles / Will Samson -- Converting Christianity : the end and beginning of faith / Barry Taylor -- Leadership in a flattened world : grassroots culture and the demise of the CEO model / Sally Morgenthaler -- The sweet problem of inclusiveness : finding our God in the other / Samir Selmanovic -- Orthoparadoxy : emerging hope for embracing difference / Dwight J. Friesen -- Humble theology : re-exploring doctrine while holding on to truth / Dan Kimball -- Leading from the margins : the role of imagination in our changing context / Tim Keel -- Digging up the past : Karl Barth (the reformed giant) as friend to the emerging Church / Chris Erdman -- A pound of social justice : beyond fighting for a just cause / Rodolpho Carrasco -- Emergent kissing : authenticity and integrity in sexuality / Karen E. Sloan -- Our report card in the year 2057 : a reflection on women's rights, poverty, and oppression / Deborah and Ken Loyd -- Practicing Pentecost : discovering the kingdom of God amid racial fragmentation / Anthony Smith -- Restoring honor in the land : why the emerging Church can't dodge the issue / Randy Woodley -- This is just the beginning : living our great-grandchildren's history / Doug Pagitt.