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- Thu Apr 25, 2024 2:03 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Russia Invades Ukraine 2022
- Replies: 2894
- Views: 160054
Re: Russia Invades Ukraine 2022
Another interesting topic is how historically peaceful churches loose non-resistant position during the armed conflict. As far as I know the marority of (ana)baptist and Mennonite Brethren churches in Russia are staying away from the conflict and their draftees are chosing alternative civilian serv...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 8:08 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: How accurate do you find this map?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 267
Re: How accurate do you find this map?
Of all of the kinds of 'nature' to be found in the States, the part in black is where it is for me. "Must have been a city slicker what made this."
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 11:24 am
- Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
- Topic: Churches, Dealerships, and Franchises
- Replies: 102
- Views: 1970
Re: Churches, Dealerships, and Franchises
Speaking of schools run by a congregation, our two oldest attended a Beachy school during one of our furloughs, when we were still attending at a congregation in the Conservative Mennonite Conference, which was considerably less conservative than the Beachy school where they attended. Both our daugh...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 6:55 am
- Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
- Topic: Churches, Dealerships, and Franchises
- Replies: 102
- Views: 1970
Re: Churches, Dealerships, and Franchises
I'd rather be in a church with considerably different practices, in which nearly everyone in the church respects each other, than in a church with very little difference in practice, but little respect for each other or and little respect for churches who draw the lines a bit differently. I know of...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:13 am
- Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
- Topic: Churches, Dealerships, and Franchises
- Replies: 102
- Views: 1970
Re: Churches, Dealerships, and Franchises
The only conference structure I am familiar with is that of the Mennonite Brethren. It is congregational in organization, so the "franchise" comparison doesn't compute. It would be like if the corporate decisions of McDonald's were directed by delegates sent from each McDonald's 'restauran...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 8:04 am
- Forum: General Theology
- Topic: The Danger of Reactionary Theology
- Replies: 24
- Views: 798
Re: The Danger of Reactionary Theology
Menno even excommunicated the Swiss Brethren for not accepting his strict views on excommunication. When was this? 1559 I believe, as a result of the Strasbourg conference of 1557. See here under (3): https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Strasbourg_Conferences Peter Hoover wrote about it in The Secret...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 7:17 am
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Poll: Changing Churches / Belief Systems
- Replies: 3
- Views: 202
Re: Poll: Changing Churches / Belief Systems
Not sure where I fit here, if at all. I am a member of a congregation that has a quite different history, but I am, for the most part, unchanged in my own beliefs - they are still predominantly identical to my own background. (There are no congregations of my "faith tradition" within hund...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 6:18 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Poll: Changing Churches / Belief Systems
- Replies: 3
- Views: 202
Re: Poll: Changing Churches / Belief Systems
Not sure where I fit here, if at all. I am a member of a congregation that has a quite different history, but I am, for the most part, unchanged in my own beliefs - they are still predominantly identical to my own background. (There are no congregations of my "faith tradition" within hundr...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 8:54 am
- Forum: General Theology
- Topic: Switching denominations
- Replies: 8
- Views: 407
Re: Switching denominations
If the reasons for the change are cultural or socio-economic, a major factor might simply be the question of what is the dominant denomination in a person's area. In the MB congregation I grew up in, there were lots of former Southern Baptists, and some of them switched back to Baptist in later year...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 5:13 pm
- Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
- Topic: Governance Differences between Mennonite Brethren and Swiss Brethren?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 258
Re: Governance Differences between Mennonite Brethren and Swiss Brethren?
Neto brought up intriguing information in another thread: I am interested in a listing of the differences between these two heritages. Is there more information on this topic? Max, I missed this question until right now, when I accidentally clicked on "Unanswered Topics" instead of "...