(ADDED: I wanted to edit this a bit, because I hadn't been fair to many of the pastors in the EFCA, a group that I highly respect and love - Thanks to Pastor Matt for the loving heads-up on this).
In the denomination in which I used to pastor (Evangelical Free Church of America),
(Of course, this is not the case across the board in the EFCA. There are a few pastors that are exploring the EC's ideas and are critically engaging the movement in a very healthy way. And there at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Carson's home seminary, the rising star and a leading new voice on Theology that actually sympathizes with postmodernity is Kevin Vanhoozer).
Thank God for the persistence of Scot McKnight. He has once again done a fine job clearing the air of the stereotypes and myths that surround the EC. Last week he presented a paper at Westminster Theological Seminary entitled, "What is the Emerging Church?"
For anybody truly interested in understanding this movement, this is a must-read.
The audio of the "Emerging Church Forum" is available from WTS here.
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Bob,
I'm sure that what you have written now is true.
It's easy to think that Rabbi Carson has mastered it, so we don't have to (I certainly have done that at times in exegesis!).
Blessings,
-Matt
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