I have not been struggling with the views behind that article since I read it...

It's fine until you get to the paragraph about "experimental churches with names like washing detergents", and then you realise they're taking the p***. I love the "it doesn't offer sermons - but it does install art" (don't even get me started on how culturally biased that is, not only re: emergents, but half the world's population that's not into sitting around and pontificating).

How does "installing art", and playing Johnny Cash challenge "biblical orthodoxy" and "established biblical teaching". It also gets alt worship seriously confused with the emerging church - you can have one without the other...

And which of "candles, incense poetry, technology and art" falls into the category of "Christian" and "pagan"?

*grin* this line speaks for itself...

"Bishop Forsyth calls for patient, not panicked, responses."