 theory as a means of understanding a basic change in the way the Christian church thinks about itself as a group. Set theory is a concept in mathematics that allows an understanding of what numbers belong to a group, or set.  A bounded set would describe a group with clear "in" and "out" definitions of membership.  The Christian church has largely organized itself as a bounded set, those who share the same beliefs and values are in the set and those who disagree are outside.

The centered set does not limit membership to pre-conceived boundaries. Instead a centered set is conditioned on a centered point.  Membership is contingent on those who are moving toward that point. Elements moving toward a particular point are part of the set, but elements moving away from that point are not. As a centered-set Christian membership would be dependent on moving toward the central point of Jesus.  Christians are then defined by their focus and movement toward Christ rather than a limited set of shared beliefs and values.

John Wimber utilized the centered set understanding of membership in his Vineyard Churches. The centered set theory of Christian Churches came largely from missional anthropologist Paul Hiebert. The centered set understanding of membership allows for a clear vision of the focal point, the ability to move toward that point without being tied down to smaller diversions, a sense of total egalitarianism with respect for differing opinions, and an authority moved from individual members to the existing center.

Authenticity and conversation
The movement favors the sharing of experiences via testimonies, prayer, group recitation, sharing meals and other communal practices, which they believe are more personal and sincere than propositional presentations of the Gospel. Teachers in the emerging church tend to view the Bible and its stories through a lens which they believe finds significance and meaning for their community's social and personal stories rather than for the purpose of finding cross-cultural, propositional absolutes regarding salvation and conduct.

The emerging church claims they are creating a safe environment for those with opinions ordinarily rejected within modern conservative evangelicalism and fundamentalism. Non-critical, interfaith dialog is preferred over dogmatically-driven evangelism in the movement. Story and narrative replaces the dogmatic:

Those in the movement do not engage in aggressive apologetics or confrontational evangelism in the traditional sense, preferring to encourage the freedom to discover truth through conversation and relationships with the Christian community.

The limits of interreligious conversation were tested in 2006 Emergent Village coordinator
theory as a means of understanding a basic change in the direction the Christian church service thinks about itself as a group. Set hypothesis is a concept in mathematics that allows an sympathy of what numbers belong to to a group, or set up.   A bounded stage set would describe a group with clear " in " and " knocked out " definitions of membership.   The Christian church has largely organize itself as a bounded hardening, those who share the same belief and values are in the set and those who disagree are outside. 

 The center set does not limit membership to pre - conceived boundaries. alternatively a centered set is conditioned on a centered point.   Membership is contingent on those who are move toward that point. Elements moving toward a particular point are part of the set, but elements moving away from that point are not. As a centered - set Christian membership would be dependent on moving toward the central point of Jesus.   Christians are then specify by their focus and movement toward Christ quite than a circumscribed hardening of shared beliefs and values. 

 John Wimber utilized the centered set understanding of membership in his Vineyard Churches. The center set theory of Christian Churches came largely from missional anthropologist Paul Hiebert. The centered set understanding of membership allow for a clear vision of the focal point, the ability to move toward that point without being tied down to little diversion, a sense of total egalitarianism with respect for differ opinions, and an authority moved from individual extremity to the existing center. 

 Authenticity and conversation 
 The movement favors the communion of experiences via testimonies, prayer, group recitation, sharing meal and other communal practice, which they believe are more personal and earnest than propositional presentations of the Gospel. Teachers in the emerge church tend to view the Bible and its history through a lens which they believe find oneself significance and meaning for their community's social and personal stories rather than for the purpose of finding cross - cultural, propositional absolutes see salvation and conduct. 

 The emerge church claims they are creating a safe environment for those with opinions ordinarily disapprove within modern conservative evangelicalism and fundamentalism. Non - critical, interfaith dialog is preferred over dogmatically - driven evangelism in the movement. Story and narrative replace the dogmatic: 

 Those in the bowel movement do not engage in aggressive apologetics or confrontational evangelism in the traditional sense, preferring to encourage the freedom to discover accuracy through conversation and relationships with the Christian community. 

 The limits of interreligious conversation were tested in 2006 Emergent Village coordinator
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The kimits mf interrelijious convervation were tested in 2006 Emergent Village coordinator
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 theory as a means of understanDing a basic ChangE in The WaY the chriStian church thiNKs abOut itself as a group. Set thEory iS a COncePT iN mathEmatics THaT ALloWs An UndErSTaNding Of wHat numbErs belong tO a gRoUp, or set.  A bounDEd Set would deScrIbe a group witH clEar "in" aNd "Out" DEfiniTioNs of mEmbersHIp.  The CHristian cHuRCh has lARgely orGANiZed iTself as a bounded seT, ThOSe who share the sAme belIeFS aND ValUes Are in the seT aNd thoSE who disAGrEE ARe oUTside.

The centeRed set does nOT liMit memBeRshIP to pre-ConceIvED boUndaries. InsTead A centered Set is cONditionED on a cenTered pOinT.  MeMberSHiP iS coNtINgeNT oN thOSe wHo are movInG tOward That POINT. EleMenTs moVing tOward a particuLar PoinT Are Part oF the sEt, buT eLemenTs moviNg awaY fRom that point are Not. AS a centereD-seT CHriStIan meMBershiP woUld Be depenDent on mOVinG tOWARd The central point of JEsUS.  chRistians Are theN DeFiNEd by theiR fOcuS and MOVemenT towARd christ raTher thAN a LiMited seT oF shareD bEliEfs And vaLUes.

JOhn WimBer utiliZed thE Centered set undERstanding of meMBeRSHiP In hiS ViNeyard ChurcHes. THE cenTereD SeT thEOry of chrisTiAN CHUrches came largely frOm MissioNal anThropologist PAul Hiebert. tHE Centered Set uNDeRStanding of membErshiP allows for A Clear visIon of The focal Point, the aBILity to moVe tOwaRd tHat POInT without being TIEd doWn To smallEr dIversioNs, a SenSe oF toTaL egalitarIanism wiTh ReSpEcT foR diffERing opinIoNs, aNd An aUthorITy moveD from IndiViDuAL meMbers to THe EXIstiNg CeNter.

autHeNticiTy anD ConVersatiOn
The moveMenT FavoRs ThE sharinG of experienceS vIa testimonIeS, prAyer, grOUP recitatIon, sharing meals and other COmmunal PraCticeS, whiCh they belIevE are moRe pERsonal And sinCere tHaN prOPOsitiONAl PreSeNtations of THE GoSpel. TEaCherS in the eMerging church tend tO VieW the Bible and iTs sToriES ThRouGH a LEns WhICh tHEY believe finds siGnificance AnD MeAning for thEIr cOmMunity's Social aNd perSOnal stoRies ratheR than for tHe PurpOSE of Finding croSs-culturAl, proposiTIonal ABsOluteS reGardinG sAlvAtion And conDUct.

the emErging ChUrch clAims tHeY are creaTing a safe environment for Those wIth opIniOns ordinaRilY RejEcted withIn moDern conserVatIve EvangEliCAlism And fUNdAmeNTalisM. Non-CRitical, inTErFaiTH DiAlog is prefeRRED ovEr dogMatICally-dRiveN evangelism in the mOVement. Story and NarrATIve RepLAces ThE dogmatic:

Those In tHe MOVement do NoT engage in agGressive ApOLogetIcs or cOnfronTationaL EVaNGelism In thE trAditional SenSe, PReferriNg To ENcouraGe thE fReedom To discOVer tRUTh through conversAtion AND relaTIonShips WiTh the ChRIstiAn communitY.

The limits oF interReliGious ConversAtIon werE teStEd in 2006 EmergeNT Village cOordiNator
 theory as a means of unde rstandinga bas iccha ng e in  the  way the Chris t ianchurch thinks about it selfas a gr o up . Set  theory is a  co nc ep t i nm at hemat ics  that a llows an u nde rs tanding of w h at  numbers b elo ng to a grou p,or set . Ab ounde d s et wo uld de s cribea group w it h  clear "in" an d "o ut"definitions of me m be r ship.  The Chr istian  c h ur c h  ha s l argely org an izedi tself a s  a b o und e d set, thosewho share t h e s ame be li efs and va luesar e  in  the set an d th ose who d isagre e  are ou t side.
The ce nte red  set do es  no tl imi t  m emb e rsh ip to pr e- co nceiv ed b o u n d arie s.Inst ead a  centered set  is  con d iti onedon acent er ed po int. Membe rs hip is continge nt o n those w hoar e m ov ing t o ward t hat  po int. El ementsm ovi ng t o wa rd a particular po in t ar e part o f thes et ,b ut eleme nt s m ovin g awayfrom th at point  are n o t.  A s a cen te red-se tChr ist ian m e mber ship w ould bedepen d ent on movingt oward the cen t ra l po i nt o f J esus.  Chri stia n s ar e th e ndef i ned b y the ir fo c us and movement tow ar d Chri st ra ther than a l imited set o f  sharedbeli e fs and values.

J ohn W imber util i zed thecente red setunderstan d i ng of me mbe rsh ipinh i sVineyard Chur c h es.Th e cente red  set th eor y o f C hri st ian Churc hes came  l ar ge ly  fr om mi s sional a nt hro po log ist P a ul Hie bert.  The  c en t ere d set u n de r s tand in gof m emb er shipallo w s f or a cl ear visio n o f  the  f oc al poin t, the abilit yto move to wa rdthat p o i nt witho ut being tied down to s m aller d ive rsion s, a  sense of  to tal eg ali t ariani sm wit h res pe ctf o r dif f e ri ngop inions, an d anautho ri ty m oved fr om individual memb e rsto the existi ngcent e r .
Au t he n tic it y  an d conversation
Th e movement  f a vo rs the sha r ing  o f exper iencesvia t e stimoni es, praye r, groupre cita t i on,  sharing m eals and  other co m munal pr actic es,  which  t hey  beli eve ar e  mo re pe rsonal  a nd sin cereth an propo sitional presentationsof the  Gosp el.  Teachers  in the  emerging  chu rch tend t o v iew  theBib l e and  its st ori e s thr ough a lens wh i ch  th e y  b elieve find s s ign ifica nce and me anin g for their commu n ity's social a nd p e r son als tori es  rather than f orth e purposeof  finding cr oss-cult ur a l, pr oposit ionalabsolut e s  r e gardin g sa lva tion andcon du c t.

The  e me r ging c hurc hclaims  theya re c r e ating a safe env ironm e n t for tho se wi th  opinio n s or dinarily r ejected wit hin mo dern  cons ervativ eevange lic al ism and fu n damentali sm. N on-crit ic al,int erfait h di a l og is  pre fe rre d over do g m at i ca ll y -dr iven  evan ge lism  in the m o vement.Sto r y and n ar rat i v e repl a ce s the dogmat ic: 

Tho s e  in the mo v emen t  d o  notengage  in ag gressiv e  ap ol ogetics  or c onfrontat ional eva n gel is m in  the tra di tion al  se ns e, preferring t o encour age thef r eedomtod isco v er tru th  through con versa ti o n and r e l ati onships wit h t heChri sti an c o mmunity.

The limits ofinte rreli g iou s con versa ti on weret este d in 200 6  Emergent Vil lage coordinato r 
 theory_as a_means of understanding a_basic change_in_the way_the_Christian church thinks_about itself as_a group. Set theory_is a concept_in_mathematics that allows an understanding of what numbers belong to a group, or set.__A bounded_set_would_describe a group with clear_"in" and "out" definitions of_membership. _The Christian church has largely organized itself as_a_bounded set, those_who share the same beliefs and values are in_the set and those who disagree_are outside.

The centered_set_does_not limit membership to_pre-conceived boundaries. Instead a centered set_is conditioned on a centered point._ Membership is contingent on those who_are moving toward that point. Elements_moving toward a particular point_are part_of the set, but elements_moving away from_that point_are not. As_a centered-set Christian membership would be_dependent on moving_toward the central point of Jesus.__Christians are then_defined_by_their focus_and movement toward_Christ_rather than_a_limited set of shared beliefs and_values.

John_Wimber utilized the centered set understanding of_membership in his Vineyard_Churches._The centered set theory_of Christian Churches came largely_from missional anthropologist Paul Hiebert. The_centered set_understanding of_membership allows for a clear vision of the focal point, the_ability to move toward that point_without being tied down_to smaller_diversions,_a sense of_total_egalitarianism with_respect for differing opinions, and an authority_moved from_individual members to the existing center.

Authenticity_and conversation
The movement favors_the_sharing of experiences via testimonies, prayer,_group recitation, sharing meals and other_communal practices, which they believe_are_more_personal and sincere than propositional_presentations of the Gospel. Teachers in_the emerging church_tend to view the Bible and its_stories_through a lens which they believe_finds_significance and meaning for their community's_social_and_personal stories rather than for_the purpose of finding cross-cultural, propositional_absolutes regarding salvation and conduct.

The emerging church claims they_are creating a_safe environment for those with_opinions_ordinarily_rejected within modern conservative evangelicalism and fundamentalism. Non-critical, interfaith dialog_is preferred_over dogmatically-driven evangelism_in the movement. Story and narrative replaces the dogmatic:

Those in_the movement do not engage in aggressive_apologetics or confrontational evangelism in the traditional sense, preferring to encourage_the freedom to discover truth through conversation and_relationships with the Christian community.

The limits of_interreligious conversation were tested_in_2006 Emergent Village coordinator