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MaxPC wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 12:39 pm

RZehr wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:23 pmWhat are we calling success? Joining my church until death?

I am leaving that definition to the individual and his fellowship.

Max, what has worked best for the RCC?

RZehr wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:05 amI really like how Paul Lamicela explains this. I believe it makes so much sense and is so coherent with Anabaptist theology.

So there's a distinct eschatological position now that can be generally applied to Anabaptists?

When OGBBs settle in an area, is it a community decision or an individual family decision? I hear from a relative that the GA New Conference moved to southeast TN. Is that true? To the first, it is an individual decision. After a few other families move to the same area, they generally start a form...

OGBC? " O ld G erman B aptist C hurch" - as with most break-offs, in their desire to be "more original" than all the rest of us they see as drifting into worldliness in some area or another, so they reverted back to an early group name (before Brethren was formally added). Thank...

I know of four or five vocal proponents among the main OGBB groups (Old Conference, New Conference, and the ultra conservative OGBC bunch that pulled out of OC back in 2020), but it's mostly died out among them, is not openly preached, and is rarely openly admitted or promoted by any OGBBs who migh...

German Baptists might have a belief in baptismal regeneration but in my experience are quite “Anabaptist” in their approach to it, and a sizeable fraction believe in universal salvation anyway. This is interesting! I'm certainly curious to know if you've actually talked to more than perhaps 10 or 1...

German Baptists might have a belief in baptismal regeneration but in my experience are quite “Anabaptist” in their approach to it, and a sizeable fraction believe in universal salvation anyway. This is interesting! I'm certainly curious to know if you've actually talked to more than perhaps 10 or 1...

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 ...

Maybe it will be Literally Anybody Else...?

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steve-in-kville wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:57 am

Ernie wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:30 pmBooks on Anabaptist History and Theology
What are your favorites?

I think you need to visit Clay Book Store.

With a full wallet...