Here is a pretty good overview of what the emergent church is about and what some of their key ideas are. In many ways this is a trickle down movement where many churches may be slightly emergent or only have minor emergent tendencies but I believe it is important to be aware of what contemporary Christianity is saying so we can evaluate what ideas are currently influencing us. Many times these influences are in subtle ways which we never pick up on unless we are astutely aware of what is happening. I do not condemn the emergent church movement but I do feel they are misguided in some areas. In summary I believe the emergent church is putting their finger on a real live issue in many churches across America. However, the some of the diagnosis for the symptoms that they are exposing are a bit misguided.
I think John Piper sums it up pretty well in his Q&A video just after the one you posted. In watching the video you posted, the one thing that concerned me was the lack of truth as basis for the emergent church beliefs. And Mr. Piper echoed that concern. But I think we can learn a few things from the emergent movement...
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