  We study the emergent scenario, which is proposed to avoid the big bang
singularity, in the Einstein-Cartan (EC) theory with a positive cosmological
constant and a perfect fluid by analyzing the existence and stability of the
Einstein static (ES) solutions. We find that there is no stable ES solution for
a spatially flat or open universe. However, for a spatially closed universe,
the stable ES solution does exist, and in the same existence parameter regions,
there also exists an unstable one. With the slow decrease of the equation of
state $w$ of the perfect fluid, the stable and unstable critical points move
close gradually and coincide once $w$ reaches a critical value, so that the
stable critical point becomes an unstable one. As a result, if $w$ approaches a
constant at $t\rightarrow -\infty$, the universe can stay at the stable ES
state past eternally, and furthermore it can naturally exit from this state and
evolve into an inflationary era if $w$ decreases slowly as time goes forward.
Therefore, the emergent scenario that avoids the big bang singularity can be
successfully implemented in the EC theory of gravity.
