Emergents are interested in—indeed, almost obsessed with—challenging old forms of church structuration and finding new forms of following the way of Jesus Christ in late-modern culture. They aim to become communities in which people feel welcomed to express their concerns about traditional theological positions and encouraged to explore new ways of formulating their faith without condemnation or the threat of exclusion. As Tony Jones points out in his chapter "The Theology, Stupid," émergents "believe that theology is local, conversational, and temporary. To be faithful to the theological giants of the past, émergents endeavor to continue their theological dialogue.