Attempts to define "emergent."

During the conference I had more than a few conversations that went something like this:

Josh: "There is a lot of confusion today in the church about what 'emergent' is. "

Random emergent guy: "Well, I guess that includes me, too."

(This was quickly followed by Josh simutaneously experiencing both a sense of confused ignorance and of warm identification.)

To highlight this, Wikipedia (which is a wonderful resource that I am only partially familiar with)has put a cleanup tag on the "emerging church" article. The article's too "messy." Go figure.

Take a look at some of the editorial comments-- just to be amused, or perhaps to help clean the article up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Emerging_Church