How do you feel about Brian McLaren and his Emerging Church movement?

Question

Good ideas? Bad ideas? In between? What is your opinion of what he and his church believe?

If you don't know who he is, just don't answer.

Answer 1

I would give him a mixed review. A lot of good ideas as far as ractice is concerned. I read "A new Kind of Christian". He had excellent questions, good criticisms of the way a lot of churches work, and he had good criticisms about the way we evangelicals interpret the Bible. On the other hand, I don't adhere to all of his theology. Some would say he is a little too "broad-minded" for me. I would say he is a little too vague in his belief system.
His book was one of the best I've read in a long time. Makes you think.

Answer 2

He represents post-modernist evangelicalism. He particularly rejects the mean-spirited draped-in-the-American-flag theology of the usual right-wing suspects.

He is a bright spot in the evangelical firmament, someone liberals can appreciate.