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PBs also don’t hold to nonresistance. At one time they did, or at least a sizable faction. Was surprised myself when I read the article on the subject. Interesting. I would suspect that was due to Quaker influences. In my own family lineage, we descend from a line of Quaker preachers, who migrated ...

Josh wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 3:50 pm PBs also don’t hold to nonresistance.

At one time they did, or at least a sizable faction. Was surprised myself when I read the article on the subject.

I think for a while KMF wasn't allowed to take on any LC churches after the original split. Not sure where I got that information though. That was the agreement the original Keystone pastors made with LMC when they brokered the deal to withdraw. The other congregations that also wanted out of LMC t...

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...