What People Are Saying

• “Nate Frambach is unequivocal herein: the 21st century church must be public, missional, and evangelical; that is, we must engage culture, join in God’s work, and unashamedly live the good news. With words prophetic, pastoral, and theological, Frambach explicates the emerging church movement in a mainline, confessional context. This is a book long overdue. Highly recommended.”

  — Tony Jones, National Coordinator, Emergent Village and author of The Sacred Way

• “In this book, Nathan Frambach artfully parlays prayerful, personal thoughts into public conversations that are of the utmost importance for the church today. All those curiously eavesdropping from afar regarding emerging vision(s) for ministry and renewed clarity about God's mission for the church in the world are invited to pull up a chair and "brainsail" at the table with Christ and one another.”

  —Todd A. Zielinski, Pastor, The Well (ELCA), Charlotte, North Carolina

• “Nathan Frambach has written an important work for the future of our church, and for our understanding of new ministry forms "emerging" in our world today. This book should not only be read, but shared!“

  — Ernie Hinojosa, Pastor, Camino Real Christian Fellowship (ELCA), San Antonio, TX

• “In this book, Nate Frambach gets to the central question driving new emerging faith communities: What does it mean to follow the missional God being who we are, where we are? Nate is both a great encourager and a careful student of emerging faith communities and his deep insights will be a great help to 21st Century Christians as we strive to meet God in a rapidly changing world.”

  — Ryan Torma, Minister of Community Life, Spirit Garage, Minneapolis, MN

• “Many of us believe that Lutherans have an essential and unique role to play in the emerging church. Nathan Frambach's new book is a thoughtful, needed, and hopeful contribution to this important conversation.”

  — Brian D. McLaren, Christian activist and author of A Generous Orthodoxy

• “For all who are curious but confused about what this emergent/postmodern/post-whatever conversation is about, Nathan Frambach offers an entry point free of jargon and full of story. The question is not what the church should do so much as what the church is: GodÕs people called into GodÕs mission, living the questions about how to witness to GodÕs story in this place, in this time. Even in this ever-changing cultural landscape God-with-us and God-for-us works through us. This is good news!”

  — Pam Fickenscher, Pastor, Edina Community Lutheran Church (ELCA), Edina, MN

• “ I'm excited to see this book come out and give voice to a Lutheran contribution to the wider emerging church conversation. Nate and a few others of us have been at this for a while now in the ELCA...so it is good that this book is available to help spark a wider conversation around emerging church and mission in the Lutheran tribe. ”

  — Karen Ward, Pastor, Church of the Apostles (ELCA), Seattle, WA

• “A must read for anyone with an itch for evangelical outreach amidst the emerging cultures of our day.”

  — Ruben Duran, Executive for New Congregational Development, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), Chicago, IL