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I don’t think it’s official written policy but overall they are trying to back away from “acquiring” dissatisfied congregations which are trying to transition more worldly. (They’d gladly take a CMC congregation that doesn’t want to trend more worldly tho, like the Bealeton/Cattlet, VA community) I...

I'm curious what people see as the pros and cons of a larger versus smaller conference. Also it seems to me that the more relevant metric is total number of members in the conference, rather than total number of churches. An ordained man from the "Southern District" of Pilgrim told me he ...

As I understand it the MB organisation is quite “flat” and congregations hold the power. I suspect institutions derived from the Kleine Gemeinde all have this model, because Holdemans are the same way. For whatever reason the old Swiss model did not prevail. If I remember right, back then in KMF (1...

That's correct- Womelsdorf. At that time, the ladies were pushing for hanging veils and the conservative end was pushing back. IIRC, they needed a 2/3 majority vote to allow it. After a few tries, they got it. Yeah. And permitting beards on men also. This is before my time. Frankly, I do not like h...

I suspect it is because they have a severe shortage of America’s sons, and have to import to fill the gap. A posting to the US likely seems attractive to an Indian with dirt floors. Might get a green card in the deal as well. But it is the same everywhere though. For example, if the US is short of ...

As I understand it the MB organisation is quite “flat” and congregations hold the power. I suspect institutions derived from the Kleine Gemeinde all have this model, because Holdemans are the same way. For whatever reason the old Swiss model did not prevail. If I remember right, back then in KMF (1...

Not being privy to the foundation of these conferences, and only having personal knowledge of one of them, it is notable that Southeastern, Cumberland Valley, Keystone and Mid Atlantic have largely stuck to their home territories and not extended much beyond that. It reminds me of a line from Melvin...

I love the channel Ready to Harvest. This was a neat and thorough video looking at the very very small number of anabaptist church groups in the UK today. https://youtu.be/BJoTjDCAUDk?feature=shared I have long been under the impression that there have never been large numbers of Anabaptist Christi...

The obvious blame is on the seminary system itself. A healthy congregation produces its own leaders. I have attended quite a number of Catholic churches over the years. I don't recall ever attending a single one where the priest was even from the same region let alone same country as the congregant...

The obvious blame is on the seminary system itself. A healthy congregation produces its own leaders. I think you are entirely correct there. Most of my friends that went off to "Bible College" from high school came home wrecks. Some tried to "correct" the leadership when they ca...