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- Thu Apr 25, 2024 10:46 am
- Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
- Topic: Churches, Dealerships, and Franchises
- Replies: 81
- Views: 1404
Re: Churches, Dealerships, and Franchises
Such folks will need to find a church with the parameters they like. At any given time, there are probably 100,000 Anabaptists who are hoping to be part of a church someday that has the parameters they like. I am not convinced that the movement in Anabaptist churches is primarily driven by "wh...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:24 pm
- Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
- Topic: Churches, Dealerships, and Franchises
- Replies: 81
- Views: 1404
Re: Churches, Dealerships, and Franchises
Lancaster Conference comes to mind... Are you thinking of the difference between the Martindale District and the rest of LMC? That seems to be all that's left of anything resembling what Ernie is talking about and I'm not sure how much longer that can last. I was thinking though of the slightly bro...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:59 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Poll: Who will win 2024 Presidency?
- Replies: 98
- Views: 2348
Re: Poll: Who will win 2024 Presidency?
I think Biden will win. I think Trump is the only person he could beat. Also the economy has been chugging along...in spite of inflation and high interest rates.
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 3:14 pm
- Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
- Topic: Churches, Dealerships, and Franchises
- Replies: 81
- Views: 1404
Re: Churches, Dealerships, and Franchises
I believe they already were in existence but got a boost from a ready constituency. Maybe a BMA person can correct my history. If I remember, KMF folks turns their noses up at BMA, for various reasons. But they were close with Mid-Atlantic, though. According to the late Clayton Shenk, KMF was consi...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 3:12 pm
- Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
- Topic: Churches, Dealerships, and Franchises
- Replies: 81
- Views: 1404
Re: Churches, Dealerships, and Franchises
I don’t think it’s official written policy but overall they are trying to back away from “acquiring” dissatisfied congregations which are trying to transition more worldly. (They’d gladly take a CMC congregation that doesn’t want to trend more worldly tho, like the Bealeton/Cattlet, VA community) I...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 6:16 pm
- Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
- Topic: Pilgrim Mennonite Conference current events
- Replies: 38
- Views: 1074
Re: Pilgrim Mennonite Conference current events
I think that is correct. I heard that they decided they didn't want to do the normal thing of a Mennonite conference becoming a humongous, unwieldy organization, that places its own dealerships in every Anabaptist community. I understood they are going to divide regionally. Hats off to them! Inters...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 9:46 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Sattler College Turmoil
- Replies: 774
- Views: 219160
Re: Sattler College Turmoil
Arguing against S&T for “reformed” and “Protestant” influence is equivalent to arguing against FotW for “Stone-Campbell” influence. The allegation might be true, but I don’t like how it’s some kind of automatic trump card, and if it is, we should be able to immediately write off a group that ap...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 8:51 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Sattler College Turmoil
- Replies: 774
- Views: 219160
Re: Sattler College Turmoil
Men may call me a knave or a fool, a rascal, a scoundrel, and I am content; but they shall never by my consent call me reformed. Borrowed, in part, from John Wesley. Thank you for the quote, I love it. And if I call you Reformed in the future, I'll do my best to ensure my audience knows it's done w...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 12:32 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Sattler College Turmoil
- Replies: 774
- Views: 219160
Re: Sattler College Turmoil
Solid post JAHertz, but reading through the Sword and Trumpet correspondence I think both parties could be seen as committing the error you describe, mechanising theology to reconcile tensions in the scriptures that might be best left as tensions. Tension holds up buildings and bridges, it has it's...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:21 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Sattler College Turmoil
- Replies: 774
- Views: 219160
Re: Sattler College Turmoil
An underlying question here is, for both parties...what do you mean by "saved?"