The Emergent Village blog reports on press the emergent church/conversation has been receiving recently. They link to a news piece by Tom Brokaw and a newspaper article from the Tallahassee Democrat.

Mr. Brokaw's interview is rather short-sighted, it's only 3 and a half minutes and focuses on one church. Understandably, it has some of the readers of The Emergent Village a bit miffed. The Tallahassee Democrat article, on the other hand, does a much better job of characterizing something that refuses to be nailed down. About the only thing the Emergent church can agree on is that they love Jesus. From the Article:

Theologians correctly identify the movement as Christ-centered. As one Emergent leader expresses it, the purpose of the church and its ministry "is to follow Jesus and reach out for others."

And:

the Emergent thinkers do deny absolute knowledge of God and a doctrinal exclusiveness. They don't accept the inherited theological tradition uncritically, and they certainly don't accept the prevailing version of evangelical social ethics.

And as a way of describing the worship service:

While there is no "typical" Emergent worship service (ministries are shaped in accordance with a specific local situation), there are broad emphases in the movement — which were exemplified at Jacob's Well. The movement seeks ways of doing church that resonate with contemporary postmodern culture. Worship is characteristically eclectic (including pre-modern, modern and postmodern elements), experiential and sensory (sometimes candles, incense, etc.).

My experience with the movement has been almost wholly positive (there are crazy people everywhere). Anyone been to an Emergent service? Was it a good or bad experience? Have you been noticing more press about the Emergent movement recently?