Brian McLaren
Brian D. McLaren (* 1956 ) is an American pastor and representative of the emerging church movement . Time magazine ranks him among the 25 most influential evangelicals in the United States. He is the founding pastor of Cedar Ridge Community Church in Spencerville , Maryland .
Life
McLaren graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, and graduated with degrees in English (BA summa cum laude 1978 and MA 1981). He focused on medieval dramas, romantic poetry, modern philosophical literature and the short stories by Walker Percy .
After teaching English for a few years, McLaren left college to start Cedar Ridge Community Church, a non-denominational church in Maryland. The congregation has now grown to a few hundred members. In 2004 McLaren received an honorary doctorate from Carey Theological Seminary in Vancouver .
McLaren has been helping community planting and development since the 1980s. Despite heavy criticism from evangelical leaders, McLaren is a popular speaker at seminars and conferences, where he a. primarily speaks about issues such as church, mission, postmodernism and social justice. McLaren is a leader of Emergent Village, a platform for missional Christian leaders. In autumn 2007, McLaren was invited to speak at events in Marburg, Hamburg and Erlangen, which were organized by the German network Emergent Germany .
McLaren is married with four grown children. McLaren is also a musician and songwriter.
Works
In English
- A Generous Orthodoxy: Why I Am a Missional, Evangelical, Post / Protestant, Liberal / Conservative, Mystical / Poetic, Biblical, Charismatic / Conte: Why I Am ... Emergent, Unfinished Christian. Zondervan Publishing House, 2006. ISBN 0-310-25803-0
- Everything Must Change: Jesus, Global Crises, and a Revolution of Hope. Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2007. ISBN 0-8499-0183-9
- Naked Spirituality: A Life with God in 12 simple words. HarperOne 2012
In German translation
- The secret message of Jesus. The truth that could change everything. C & P Verlag, Emmelsbüll-Horsbüll 2007. ISBN 978-3-928093-83-5
- High time to rethink: Jesus, global crises and the revolution of hope. Verlag der Francke-Buchhandlung , Marburg 2008. ISBN 978-3-86827-045-7 (Original title: Everything must Change )
- Giving depth back to life: discovering God in everyday life. Brunnen , Gießen 2009. ISBN 978-3-7655-1442-5 (Original title: Finding Our Way Again - The Return of the Ancient Practices )
- New Course Followers: Ten Questions That Will Change Your Faith. Sowing, 2012. ISBN 978-3-7615-5938-3
Web links
- Literature by and about Brian McLaren in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website
- McLaren lectures in Germany 2007
Footnotes
- ↑ The 25 Most Influential Evangelicals: Brian McLaren . In: Time . February 7, 2005
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | McLaren, Brian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McLaren, Brian D. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American pastor and representative of the emerging church movement |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1956 |