Includes bibliographical references and index.

An interim report : telling the story so far -- Back to now : how semi-millennial tsunamis of change shape religion and culture -- Calling it what it is : the difficulty of naming -- Defining emergence : simplifying the complexity -- Turns of the century : what formed the great emergence? -- A long time coming : how did we get here? -- House churches : communities of change -- Scattered communities : spreading the word by spreading out -- Taking the church out of the church : rethinking sacred space -- Pentecostal power : the holy spirit in a dangerous decade -- Spiritual but not religious : belonging, behaving, and believing in a new kind of community -- What the hyphen means : claiming the new while honoring the old -- Innocence lost : a movement untethered -- Religion rebounds : gathering steam and getting a name -- Pulling together : defining what it is and what it is not -- Reporting on the action : documenting the changes as they happened -- It takes a village... -- Distinguishing this from that : what organizational patterns can tell us -- Post, quasi, whatever : getting beyond the vague -- The whole and its parts : bringing it all together -- Finding the big story : the role of philosophy and meta-narrative -- The head and the heart : worshiping with heart, mind, soul, and strength -- And now what? : thoughts on the decisions and dilemmas to come -- Reconfigure, adapt, realign : how do the new and old fit together? -- Where now is our authority? : questioning and establishing a credible voice -- Future pressure : what potential struggles await? -- Emergence Christianity : the photographic report.

Examines the Emergence Christianity movement, its organizational structure, its doctrines, and the most important questions and challenges it faces.