Preaching & The Emerging Church: An Examination of Four Founding Leaders: Mark Driscoll, Dan Kimball, Brian McLaren, and Doug Pagitt

The emerging church movement has significantly influenced contemporary Christianity. Evidence abounds-the creation of blogs, conferences, seminary classes, doctorate programs, and the birth of an entire class of literature. In recent years much has been written to help the church better understand this latest Christian phenomenon. However, a deficiency still exists when it comes to understanding the role of preaching within the movement. Since preaching is God's appointed means to convert sinners and preserve the church, then an understanding of this movement's preaching is of vital importance to the church and the culture it serves.