1. a stage

2. Consider that we live in at least three worlds. Pre-modern world Modern world Emerging world 2006

3. The church that is emerging in the aftermath of … -The Enlightenment methodology of Rene Descartes -The Mechanistic universe of Sir Isaac Newton -The Colonial Project of Europe (and the U.S.) -The Holocaust and 2 World Wars - Industrialism and environmental crisis

4. The church that is emerging in the aftermath of … -The rise of the Religious Right - the collapse of secular left -The end of apartheid - Sept. 11 and resurgence of nationalism - the rise of consumerism and theocapitalism - the internet and virtual reality - religious broadcasting - absolutism and relativism - AIDs and global climate change

5. Old Paradigm Early Transition Late Transition New Paradigm

6. Old Paradigm Early Transition Late Transition New Paradigm

7. The Churches We Know The Churches that are emerging The Churches of Tomorrow

8. The Churches We Know The Churches that are emerging The Churches of Tomorrow The Churches We Love and Respect

9. a r a n g e.

10. DEEPECCLESIOLOGYDEEPECCLESIOLOGY Eastern Orthodox Roman Catholic Anglo-Catholic Anglican Lutheran Presbyterian Methodist Baptist Pentecostal House, Cell, Storefront Micro, quantum, liquid, ghost, ephemeral, unconscious, etc.

11. DEEPECCLESIOLOGYDEEPECCLESIOLOGY Eastern Orthodox Roman Catholic Anglo-Catholic Anglican Lutheran Presbyterian Methodist Baptist Pentecostal House, Cell, Storefront Micro, quantum, liquid, ghost, ephemeral, unconscious, etc. NOTE: Protestant History - Downward Expansion Power becomes more widely distributed; control is increasingly limited.

12. DEEPECCLESIOLOGYDEEPECCLESIOLOGY Eastern Orthodox Roman Catholic Anglo-Catholic Anglican Lutheran Presbyterian Methodist Baptist Pentecostal House, Cell, Storefront Micro, quantum, liquid, ghost, ephemeral, unconscious, etc. QUESTION: What happens when various levels learn from one another? What happens when people inhabit various levels at once?