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by YorkandAdams
Mon Jan 21, 2019 3:45 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Pecking order, social standing and status within Plain Mennonites
Replies: 123
Views: 5610

Re: Pecking order, social standing and status within Plain Mennonites

If you look at the number of youth who leave eastern and other ultra-conservative groups, you can see that the number is significantly larger than churches "downstream". This statement makes me curious as the growth percentages the last 20 years do not reflect this. Look at the percentage...
by YorkandAdams
Mon Jan 21, 2019 3:09 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Pecking order, social standing and status within Plain Mennonites
Replies: 123
Views: 5610

Re: Pecking order, social standing and status within Plain Mennonites

If you look at the number of youth who leave eastern and other ultra-conservative groups, you can see that the number is significantly larger than churches "downstream". This statement makes me curious as the growth percentages the last 20 years do not reflect this. Look at the percentage...
by YorkandAdams
Fri Jan 18, 2019 7:36 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Pecking order, social standing and status within Plain Mennonites
Replies: 123
Views: 5610

Re: Pecking order, social standing and status within Plain Mennonites

I guess I identified "no youth groups" with the principle of expecting young people to be serious-minded and responsible. But if "no youth groups" encourages cliques, to what extent do Eastern's cliques undermine this principle? Are the popular cliques always liberal? Alright, l...
by YorkandAdams
Fri Jan 18, 2019 9:23 am
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Church Governance?
Replies: 8
Views: 814

Re: Church Governance?

I assume you are asking about Eastern, which has one of the strongest conference structures of any conference. Generally, these decisions are made at a conference by bishops and ministers. Sometimes, decisions are brought before local congregations with their consensus sought by the bishops and min...
by YorkandAdams
Wed Jan 16, 2019 12:04 am
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Pecking order, social standing and status within Plain Mennonites
Replies: 123
Views: 5610

Re: Pecking order, social standing and status within Plain Mennonites

Josh wrote:Ultimately I think this popularity contest is not pleasing to the Lord
Agreed.
by YorkandAdams
Tue Jan 15, 2019 11:53 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Pecking order, social standing and status within Plain Mennonites
Replies: 123
Views: 5610

Re: Pecking order, social standing and status within Plain Mennonites

Not faring well in the sense of popularity (boxes 1-9)? Or not faring well in the sense of spiritual fruit (second set 1-6)? Or both? 1-9. Children are for some reason expected to share the stigma of their parents. It is not fair, but moderate and progressive's children will look down on, or even b...
by YorkandAdams
Tue Jan 15, 2019 11:44 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Pecking order, social standing and status within Plain Mennonites
Replies: 123
Views: 5610

Re: Pecking order, social standing and status within Plain Mennonites

With Eastern, I wonder how much (if any) their youth activity policy has on this subject. My understanding is they do not have "youth group activities" sponsored by the church. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong. However, they do permit volleyball and softball games when they are under t...
by YorkandAdams
Mon Jan 14, 2019 8:15 am
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: The Never-Marrieds
Replies: 25
Views: 1181

Re: The Never-Marrieds

I know of several situations... there's also some stereotypes that go with it. With ladies, it seems like the single ladies kinda hang together within a conference. Ironically, they usually are very intelligent, musically inclined and more often than not, were school teachers most of their lives (I...
by YorkandAdams
Fri Jan 11, 2019 1:30 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Discerning "why" Seekers come
Replies: 74
Views: 4627

Re: Discerning "why" Seekers come

Interesting. Can you describe the reactionists? A reactionist does and says things more as a reaction against something. By my definition a religious reactionist has more of a motive towards not drifting or not conforming to the ways of the world rather than purely for obedience to Christ. To put i...
by YorkandAdams
Sat Dec 01, 2018 2:44 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Do you put up a Christmas Tree?
Replies: 13
Views: 1323

Re: Do you put up a Christmas Tree?

I grew up with a Christmas tree. When I was young, our family would go to the local Christmas tree farm and cut one down. It was one of the few events that we did as a family during the holiday season. I appreciate the memories that were made in both cutting down and decorating a tree. My parents st...