Comments on: Thoughts on Christianity 21

By: linda

linda — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:34:39 +0000

julie, i haven't been to any emerging conferences and didn't realize they were mostly attended by men but am not surprised after my time on the ooze since it was mostly men in the more theological & philosophical discussions. so, i think i'm glad to hear there were so many women at C21. hopefully, we'll see a mix of women and men in both speakers and attendees in the future. also, more racial diversity. that is something that really concerns me about the ec. i think a lot of work still needs to be done to be more inclusive of races besides whites. i find predominately white churches very strange since it is so not representative of my diverse city.

By: Julie Clawson

Julie Clawson — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:04:36 +0000

Linda – I shared that concern. In talking to the conference planners, they said registration was nearly equal men and women. And it looked like that to me in the sessions. That mean that were far more women at this event than at other emerging events – since those have been really heavy on the guys. So it did feel very "woman heavy," because equality was so outside the box for that sort of event. But I think it's a good sign of things to come.

By: linda

linda — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:52:45 +0000

one thing i've been wondering is how the male attendance at the conference was. was it overwhelmingly women who attended or were men pretty well represented as attenders? i'd love to hear a ball park estimate as my concern for the conference was that it would attract so few men. here's hoping i was totally off on that.

By: Existential Punk

Existential Punk — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:17:26 +0000

Julie,

i was so sad to not be able to be there but so very happy Queermergent had some representation! Jules has a post up at Queermergent today on her experience.

http://queermergent.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/the-queerfactor-the-unexpected-conversation-at-christianity21/

Thanks for the shout out to Queermergent!

Warmest Regards,

Adele

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By: Karl

Karl — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:28:47 +0000

Sounds energizing. How many people attended?

My wife and I saw U2 a couple of weeks ago; great concert and worship experience rolled into one.

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:51:20 +0000

Julie,

thanks for trying to do the impossible. I can't imagine how to take a few words to express what I am sure was a constantly growing experience.

Part of me wants to hear more, more, more but I am afraid it will just feed my disappointment of not being there.

I do hope the energy created reverberates throughout the church.

Grace and Peace