Emerging congregations (conglomerations?) and traditional churches seem to agree for the most part on the subject of service and generosity. Emergent Christians may say that the traditional church seems too insistent on preaching as opposed to acting, but this has not been my experience. I've always seen Christians as being very involved, for the most part, in acts of compassion and justice in the world.
Emerging churches don't tend to give a lot of money to the church for the church to spend on itself. They keep things small and give their money to organizations and social causes instead. That's probably the only difference, btu I feel the emerging critique of the traditional church's giving and serving to be a bit misfocused. I think they're reacting against a straw man.
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