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Wages have not increased (overall) in the USA while the cost of living has increased greatly. Many families cannot afford to only have one income-earner even if that is what they would wish. Society has changed in many ways, and this is one of them. For many people (mothers or fathers) they would pr...

To the conservatives in this thread who are using increased numbers as proof of God's plan: churches that are against women pastors/gay marriage may be growing, but how many of these churches preach a prosperity gospel? A megachurch that holds conservative stances on social issues may still fail to ...

First off, I might be biased because my home congregation split over issues of dress and has not been the same since. Our numbers have dwindled to very few because some men wanted to wear neckties and the mission board did not allow it. (Just an example, that's not the whole long story.) This was in...

I have been following Trudy Metzger on social media and I am glad this is getting attention.

It's shameful that they did not help. Too often rejecting "the world" would have simply meant not getting one's hands dirty by helping those the world mistreated. Is it? Perhaps a better focus is on sharing the gospel with slaves and helping them understand how to love their enemies. The ...

I would like to think that Mennonites did help with the underground railway but Sam Steiner has this to say in " In Search of Promised Lands." The reticence to own slaves does not mean that Mennonites were active abolitionists. Unlike the Quakers, who originally owned quite a few slaves, ...

Great topic, Francis. Just so we can understand your question better, are you referring to cognitive impairments only that affect reasoning abilities or including emotionally impaired and specific learning disabilities (in which reasoning is intact but getting the information "in" is the ...

A question for this forum: Some Christian brothers and I were discussing the question of mentally disabled teens and adults and how they might go about asking for baptism. I do believe that people in this position are capable of faith, but I also know some who would say they never reach the "ag...

I am sure there were some good topics there. A few that I would certainly enjoy listening to but as long as it is important to the organisers to serve only organic and non GMO foods and as long as they have "healthy soil" topics I probably will be choosing other places to spend my time. N...

I am sure there were some good topics there. A few that I would certainly enjoy listening to but as long as it is important to the organisers to serve only organic and non GMO foods and as long as they have "healthy soil" topics I probably will be choosing other places to spend my time. N...