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- Fri May 17, 2024 5:53 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Russia Invades Ukraine 2022
- Replies: 2940
- Views: 181836
Re: Russia Invades Ukraine 2022
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-69025424 Why do governments and news reporters publish claims like this from Putin, whenever Putin has made it clear that his words mean nothing at all. Why doesn't every news agency and every government not in support of Russia, make this the focus of any artic...
- Fri May 17, 2024 10:19 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Poll: Daniel Perry - Should he have been pardoned?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 489
Re: Poll: Daniel Perry - Should he have been pardoned?
Daniel Perry - Should he have been pardoned? Why or why not? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-69013312 P.S. I often don't vote right away on my polls as I don't want to give away my leanings. :-) People shoot each other frequently in this country and go through standard channels of investig...
- Thu May 16, 2024 10:08 pm
- Forum: General Theology
- Topic: Justice
- Replies: 32
- Views: 774
Re: Justice
So being murdered by a complete stranger is exceedingly rare. 2000 people being murdered each year in the US is not something I would call "exceedingly rare". I know of people who have been murdered by strangers. https://www.statista.com/statistics/195327/murder-in-the-us-by-relationship-...
- Thu May 16, 2024 9:58 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Poll: Daniel Perry - Should he have been pardoned?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 489
Poll: Daniel Perry - Should he have been pardoned?
Daniel Perry - Should he have been pardoned? Why or why not?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-69013312
P.S. I often don't vote right away on my polls as I don't want to give away my leanings.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-69013312
P.S. I often don't vote right away on my polls as I don't want to give away my leanings.
- Thu May 16, 2024 9:34 pm
- Forum: General Theology
- Topic: Church Government Models
- Replies: 28
- Views: 626
Re: Church Government Models
Correct. What we are looking at in this thread is functional governance.
- Thu May 16, 2024 3:53 pm
- Forum: General Theology
- Topic: Church Government Models
- Replies: 28
- Views: 626
Re: Church Government Models
I don't know which model would describe conservative Mennonites. In some ways, since the leaders are chosen from among the church membership, they are representative, but not really, because once ordained, there is no further formal mechanism for the membership to inform the leadership. Because lea...
- Thu May 16, 2024 7:41 am
- Forum: General Theology
- Topic: Church Government Models
- Replies: 28
- Views: 626
Re: Church Government Models
The Quaker method of governance by consensus doesn't really fit into any of your above categories. It is not direct democracy. Consensus is something different. I suspect churches truly move forward only by consensus regardless of the governance model. There must be a common vision and those who di...
- Wed May 15, 2024 8:16 pm
- Forum: General Theology
- Topic: Church Government Models
- Replies: 28
- Views: 626
- Wed May 15, 2024 7:35 pm
- Forum: General Theology
- Topic: Church Government Models
- Replies: 28
- Views: 626
Re: Church Government Models
I know of churches that basically operate as: Direct Democracies Representative Democracies Democratic Republics Totalitarian Democracies Monarchies Autocracies Oligarchies Puppet states In each of the above, it is assumed that Jesus is the head of the church and that the Holy Spirit is working thro...
- Wed May 15, 2024 7:27 pm
- Forum: General Theology
- Topic: Church Government Models
- Replies: 28
- Views: 626
Church Government Models
A thread to discuss church government models...