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The poll is asking who do THINK will win, not who do you HOPE for or who SHOULD win. I understand. But I'm still curious whether the poll reflects people's feelings about their choice of President, or whether some people voted for who they think will win, even if that is their least favorite candid...

I didn't vote in this poll/thread because I don't know who will win. And for the record, I don't know which one would be the best/worst for this country, so I have no incentive to vote in this poll/thread for that reason either. The thread asked Who will win, but the poll asks Who do you think will...

I also don’t see it working to try to compose a church / school of people with wildly varying practices. It seems such a congregation lacks unity at a fundamental level. I don't know what you mean by wildly varying, but as I said earlier, there needs to be parameters of course. I'd rather be in a c...

NedFlanders wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 11:14 pmDoes this change in Pilgrim mean they will stop setting up in other churches “backyard” as you call it?

I doubt it, since a significant portion of growth in Pilgrim churches is transfer growth from more conservative churches. This way of growing the church is a part of their model.

I also don’t see it working to try to compose a church / school of people with wildly varying practices. It seems such a congregation lacks unity at a fundamental level. I don't know what you mean by wildly varying, but as I said earlier, there needs to be parameters of course. I'd rather be in a c...

In reality many people from less conservative practice view anything more strict as absurd and almost make it their mission to “convert” them, and mock the more conservative practices. My experience is that absolutely every group does this. I have not found any exceptions (except maybe Swartzies, b...

It’s hard to imagine it working in principle. Could you imagine encouraging Holdemans not to share sermon recordings or listen to acapella gospel music recordings, or take photographs? Sure. I do this sort of thing all the time. With our employees, I try to learn what things their church prefers th...

I heard the other day that Pilgrim Mennonite Conference may soon be disintegrating into several different groups and that their next annual conference will be their last one. Does anyone know whether this is in fact the case? Yes, this is the case. It has been under discussion for some time. At my ...

There is something I have been mulling over now for a few years, and looks something like this... What if churches would help hold each other accountable to whatever standards a church agrees on within the congregation, rather than holding every church accountable to the same standard? (within certa...

Josh wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 7:53 pm My guess is it will become an informal fellowship of conferences who may end up sharing various agencies (mutual aid, missions, etc.)

Given the “issues” with a strict hierarchical conference model, this seems like a very good idea.

I expect the same.