http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2007/february/11.35.html

A couple of quotes:

Emerging catches into one term the global reshaping of how to “do church” in postmodern culture. It has no central offices, and it is as varied as evangelicalism itself. If I were to point to one centrist expression of the emerging movement in the U.S., it would be Dan Kimball’s Vintage Church in Santa Cruz, California. His U.K. counterpart is Andrew Jones, known on the internet as Tall Skinny Kiwi. Jones is a world-traveling speaker, teacher, and activist for simple churches, house churches, and churches without worship services.

It is said that emerging Christians confess their faith like mainliners-meaning they say things publicly they don’t really believe. They drink like Southern Baptists-meaning, to adapt some words from Mark Twain, they are teetotalers when it is judicious. They talk like Catholics-meaning they cuss and use naughty words. They evangelize and theologize like the Reformed-meaning they rarely evangelize, yet theologize all the time. They worship like charismatics – meaning with their whole bodies, some parts tattooed. They vote like Episcopalians – meaning they eat, drink, and sleep on their left side. And, they deny the truth – meaning they’ve got a latte- soaked copy of Derrida in their smoke – and beer-stained backpacks.