Deep Church
A Third Way Beyond Emerging and Traditional

I liked this book simply because Belcher attempted to fairly portray both camps: the traditional and the emerging. It's nice to read a writer who avoids caricature and sarcastic, hyperbolic belittling of those whom with he disagrees (unless said writer does it well, like Douglas Wilson or G.K. Chest......more

Excellent and thought provoking. A book I will be re-visiting soon.......more

I picked this book up from one of the Logos sales, and started to read it right away. The book was written in 2010 as the author grappled with the diverging paths of the emergent church and the "traditional" evangelical church. The author describes being pulled in both directions, yet not feeling at......more

This book has been making waves in broader evangelical circles than those in which I usually run. But, it has been recommended to me from so many corners (such as from men I respect in Andrew Sandlin's sphere) that I thought I would give it a read. It also bears a commendation from John Armstrong, a......more

Belcher addresses a very relevant issue facing the church today. I appreciate that he adopts a balanced, even academic, approach, instead of making an emotive appeal. The book is helpful in laying out both sides of the debate (traditional and emergent), articulating clearly the main issues, and the s......more