Brian McLaren is well-known as one of the key leaders of the Emerging Church movement that has found a resonance from many Christians around the globe, including Malaysia. McLaren was in Malaysia 3 – 5 March at the invitation of Emergent Malaysia for a series of meetings.

In collaboration with CCM, STM and Glad Sounds the meetings were titled “Friends in Conversation:  A Quiet Revolution of Hope” touching on the meaning of the gospel, church, discipleship and world for Christians who find themselves living in an epoch changing postmodern world today.

Brian McLaren also spent a morning at Seminari Theoloji Malaysia. He gave a brief but interesting history of the key events and ideas that had formed the modern world, albeit seen from a Western perspective. Then he highlighted the changes occurring today that are giving rise to no less than a paradigm shift in thinking and living. This was followed by a time of interaction with some faculty members as conversation partners. There were important issues raised but time was all too short before it had to end.

For more information on Emergent Malaysia see their website: www.emergentmalaysia.org

Explaining a point.
Interacting with Faculty members. From left, Dr. Voon Choon Khing, Rev. Dr. Solomon Rajah,  Rev. Joseph Komar and Mr. Sherman Kuek (adjunct faculty).