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I sense that some comments here aren't really about REvival meetings, but about Evangelistic meetings. In the ultra-conservative conference where I grew up, the terms/names were used synonymously. We sometimes had meetings that were primarily one or the other - Evangelistic meetings where members w...

I sense that some comments here aren't really about REvival meetings, but about Evangelistic meetings. Yes, the two objectives are usually at play in any such meetings, because we desire to not only see deeper commitments on the part of "already-Christians", but also new Christians. I have...

This is an aside note, but the idea of the importance of 'attraction' has come up several times here, and I suspect it is blown out of proportion in Western culture. And it has apparently made its way with force into modern Mennonite culture as well. I do not know the extent to which it played such ...

Therefore, it is not worth taking steps to mitigate a risk that is almost solely due to promiscuity. As far as girls marrying a guy with a promiscuous past… many (I’d say the majority) of girls in my church circles would be unwilling to do so. An interesting statement made by Josh caught my eye. I ...

An interesting statement made by Josh caught my eye. I wonder if the door swings the other way as well? Would most guys be unwilling to marry a girl they knew had a promiscuous past? Is this true of everyone? As a man, this was the angle from which I was viewing the entire question. I knew a girl i...

Therefore, it is not worth taking steps to mitigate a risk that is almost solely due to promiscuity. As far as girls marrying a guy with a promiscuous past… many (I’d say the majority) of girls in my church circles would be unwilling to do so. An interesting statement made by Josh caught my eye. I ...

"What the LORD has cleansed, let no man call unclean." Is this difficult to accept? Yes.

Revival meetings were contentious topics in the Mennonite church from the beginning...primarily because they were a Protestant innovation accompanied by "crisis conversion" and other "unseemly" activity per Mennonite sensibilities (which preferred an orderly and practical Christ...

An associate of mine (who had posted here before) informs me that BMA is experiencing a heavy Reformed influence… some members are leaving to join Reformed churches. Other members see no problem at all in even 5 point Calvinism. Meanwhile, BMA itself has taken strong stances against Reformed doctri...

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 ...