Short list (for posterity’s sake) of Tony Jones‘ list of Top Ten Myths about the Emerging Church, delivered at Emergence Now at Columbia Theological Seminary January 27, 2010, and reported real time via Bruce Reyes-Chow (who is there as well) through Twitter with @breyeschow.
#1 “Emergence is just about theological debates and publishing contracts.”
#2 “Emergence only appeals to younger people.”
#3 “Emergence is a reformation of evangelicalism.”
#4 “Emergence does not believe in authority.”
#5 “Emergence is confined to the American church and white guys.”
#6 “Emergence doesn’t appreciate church history.”
#7 “Emergence has a spokesperson.”
#8 “Emergence is a new way to ‘do church’.”
#8.5 “Pomomusings is the official blog of the emergent church.”
#9 “Emergence is anti-denominational”
#10 “Emergence is trying to put the conventional church out of business.”
UPDATE 1/27 : Tony posted the slides from yesterday’s talk here.