What are Emerging’s advantages?

Jesus Creed (Scot McKnight): What are Emerging’s advantages?

Greetings Scot,

I was one of your students at Trinity Evang Div School… Although my leanings are not emerging/emergent, I want to be fair, honest, and even-handed as I share on the emerging/emergent movement. My questions are these:

1) Could you (or your blog responders) share what you all consider to be the strengths of the emerging/emergent movement?

2) What would you want me to share with other pastors about this movement?

Thanks for any consideration you might give to this.

Various regular readers of the Jesus Creed are offering their thoughts in the comments.