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Josh wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 10:32 am The NT has a very clear principle that Christians attend church and worship and be part of a church body that practices regular discipline and communion.

Yes, nobody here is arguing otherwise.

On the flip side, the vast majority of evangelical churches disconnect church membership from baptism. The end result is they are severely lacking in instruction of new converts, discipline, and their converts living distinctly Christian lives. It reduces baptism to a meaningless religious ritual, ...

On the flip side, the vast majority of evangelical churches disconnect church membership from baptism. The end result is they are severely lacking in instruction of new converts, discipline, and their converts living distinctly Christian lives. It reduces baptism to a meaningless religious ritual, ...

There's a really nice educational channel on YouTube on meat processing called the Bearded Butchers. Steve, you would get a kick out of one of their latest episodes.

Similar to Steve above, our Brethren groups have typically been a bit more "organic" (for lack of a better word) than most contemporary Anabaptist groups, and we simply encourage folks to attend for awhile before baptism and ask questions, engage the congregation, learn from the preaching...

Obviously the first step of preparation for baptism in the Anabaptist tradition is for a person to make a decision to repent of his sins and follow Christ. Once that has occurred, our church calls subsequent preparation for baptism "instruction class." It's a series of classes led by two o...

Ken, in your opinion will Democrat voters be as motivated to turn out for Biden as they were in 2020?

I could actually vote on this one... no Myspace account, no AOL account. I think. My first email address was @juno.com. I did have a Xanga account.

With Sharp Shopper right across the street, competition must be fierce. Is Sharp Shopper Mennonite owned? I only see them in areas with a large plain population. Not that I know of. They seem to pop up in Mennonite areas, Harrisonburg, Lancaster county, Belleville. Coincidence? I think they probabl...

I believe in treating people with courtesy and respect including those that I fundamentally disagree with. For example in this thread Josh and Bootstrap are in marriages that I could not accept as legitimate due to my religious beliefs, but I hope both of them could say that over the years that we h...