Welcome
Welcome to emerging-church. My name is Richard Seel and I have a passion for trying to help the church connect with the unchurched.
C21hurch
One way I do this is by writing and teaching a course on How to be Church in the 21st Century. I've delivered this three times so far and in 2009 I will be offering it as an open course in Loddon, Norfolk.
Video Church
Another way is to gradually develop this site into a useful resource for those who would like to use video in their church life. It is an non-negotiable fact that we are now in the 21st century and that more and more of us, churched and unchurched, get the majority of information, education and stimulation from electronic media. If the church is to continue to be relevant to the lives of the majority of people it must have a major focus on enabling and equipping ordinary parishes and congregations to use video and other multimedia resources in worship, preaching and evangelism.
Resources
There is also an annotated bibliography which may be useful for those who are exploring emerging church and want to read further. As I read a book I make brief notes on it, largely as an aid for myself. I've also included links (mainly to amazon.co.uk) to the sources of everything in the bibliography.
I am also starting to build up a set of links to the resources which I have found to be interesting and useful. Plus there's some stuff I've written, and a little bit about a 'chill-out tent' I put together for the Bacton fete.
Contact me
You can contact me directly at richard@emerging-church.org