different currents in the emerging church river

I just finished reading andrew hamilton's wonderful four part blogpost series on da carson's recent visit to Baptist Theological College of Western Australia where he participated in conversations with

• andrew hamilton
  
  
• geoff westlake
  
  
• brian harris

The entire series is worth reading and provides more than a passing glance into the emerging church situation in Australia.

• 1st Post
  
  
• 2nd Post
  
  
• 3rd Post
  
  
• 4th Post
  
  
• 5th Post

According to Andrew Hamilton, the emerging church in Australia (which some there call "the emerging missional church") is somewhat different from the most famous current in the emerging church river in the United States. The article also provides more evidence that Steve Taylor is correct that to lose the distinction between the emerging church and emergent is to collapse the international discussion down to one current in the larger river.

ht: brother maynard