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- Sat May 25, 2024 2:10 pm
- Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
- Topic: Progressive/Conservative threshold?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1130
Re: Progressive/Conservative threshold?
re: What is 'Congregationalism'? Decided to see what the 'intertubes' have to say. Wikipedia: Congregationalism (also Congregationalist churches or Congregational churches) is a Protestant, Reformed (Calvinist) tradition in which churches practice congregational government; where each congregation ...
- Fri May 24, 2024 2:39 am
- Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
- Topic: Progressive/Conservative threshold?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1130
Re: Progressive/Conservative threshold?
I'll probably be an odd one out here as I'm still a seeker dipping my toes in the water of conservative anabaptist churches. A good conservative church in my mind is a church that holds to nonresistance, the headship order (headcovering), and is comfortable, biblical, and communal in its approach to...
- Tue May 21, 2024 7:31 am
- Forum: General Theology
- Topic: Church Government Models
- Replies: 35
- Views: 1241
Re: Church Government Models
Interesting. Plain Anabaptists certainly don't have anything like this. Is there a name for governments that require leaders to have a certain level of moral character such as is listed for elders and deacons in the Bible? Josh said it pretty well; this would be hard to do democratically, for the s...
- Mon May 20, 2024 9:52 am
- Forum: General Theology
- Topic: Church Government Models
- Replies: 35
- Views: 1241
Re: Church Government Models
I know of churches that basically operate as: Direct Democracies Representative Democracies Democratic Republics Totalitarian Democracies Monarchies Autocracies Oligarchies Puppet states In each of the above, it is assumed that Jesus is the head of the church and that the Holy Spirit is working thr...
- Sat May 11, 2024 9:19 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Autocrat vs Institutionalist
- Replies: 52
- Views: 1170
Re: Autocrat vs Institutionalist
I chose "Something Else," and if this is a copout, or too close to "Institutionalism," feel free to call me out. I choose "DEMOCTRATIC" - Leadership prioritizes 2-way democracy: strong, clear, frequent communication with all the people, mixed with more frequent governan...
- Thu May 09, 2024 4:24 pm
- Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
- Topic: Do you agree with this statement? Part 3
- Replies: 7
- Views: 323
Re: Do you agree with this statement? Part 3
Love needs action = yes.
Trust needs proof = no.
Sorry needs change = yes.
Trust needs proof = no.
Sorry needs change = yes.
- Tue May 07, 2024 8:09 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Failed: Pastor Shooting Attempt - Western PA
- Replies: 15
- Views: 743
Re: Failed: Pastor Shooting Attempt - Western PA
Someone approached the preacher with a gun, but the gun jammed. Someone tackled the would-be attacker anyway. I like that God is trying to show that faith in Him and perseverance in His Way is the most powerful antidote to violence.
- Sun May 05, 2024 8:42 pm
- Forum: Written Word
- Topic: Troubled
- Replies: 5
- Views: 302
Re: Troubled
"I'm in a lot of distress and I feel comfortable letting you know about it because you're my closest friends. But don't get yourselves down; don't let yourself get as distressed as I. I'm gonna endure a lot of things worth getting distressed over, but you will be kept safe, that I know. It's my...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 6:46 pm
- Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
- Topic: Political office
- Replies: 81
- Views: 2223
Re: Political office
I am also baffled why delivering prescriptions to people in very remote rural areas requires also delivering pornography to people’s houses. The two don’t seem connected at all. In the context of working as a mail carrier for the USPS, yes, one requires the other, if both are being delivered. Becau...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 6:38 am
- Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
- Topic: Political office
- Replies: 81
- Views: 2223
Re: Political office
An oath is really nothing more than an oral contract. I promise that both UPS and FedEx require written employment contracts that are much more extensive than the oral oath expected of postal workers. It seems to me like a distinction without a difference. Whether one affirms one's agreement with t...