The Emergent Church

Lately I am continually running into references to the Emergent Church.

Christianity Today: The Emergent Mystique

Introduction to the Emergent Church and Post-Modern Phenomena Part 1

FIRST-PERSON: When piety is not enough

Does anyone have any opinions on this topic?

Definition: (Encyclopedia): "a label that has been used to refer to a particular subset of Christians who are rethinking Christianity against the backdrop of Postmodernism.... Emerging Church groups have typically contained some or all of the following elements:

Highly creative approaches to worship and spiritual reflection. This can involve everything from the use of contemporary music and films through to liturgy or other more ancient customs. ...

A flexible approach to theology whereby individual differences in belief and morality are accepted within reason.

A more holistic approach to the role of the church in society. This can mean anything from greater emphasis on fellowship in the structure of the group to a higher degree of emphasis on social action, community building or Christian outreach.

A desire to reanalyse the Bible against the context into which it was written...." Psalm 119:11

It appears that many conservatives are using the Emergent Church as a catch-all strawman to explain all that is wrong with modern (post-?) evangelical Christianity. Regardless, I think many evangelical leaders are scared of this movement. I want to find out why.