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This is a legitimate point of disagreement, by which I mean, I understand where the contention comes from, and why people feel the way that they do. And if someone realizes that they are on this side, and Sattler is on that side, it makes sense to conclude that Sattler isn't a place you want to be....

Where they have done so...their issue was age of baptism I think. Not mode... This is correct. Age has been the issue in the cases of baptisms being questioned, AFAIK. I disagree with them and agree at the same time. When children decide to join instruction class because their friends did… Or when ...

There certainly has been furor of Sattler students returning home and declaring their baptisms invalid. It would be helpful if someone could shed light on this. I find the use of the word “sacrament” particularly interesting, as I don’t see that word anywhere in scripture and the Bible seems to tea...

Absolutely not. Source: I was baptized by my Beachy bishop at the age of 19. The baptism, as the Beachy mode is, was by pouring. I am a member in good standing at FOTW, and have been for about six months. In that time, there hasn't been even the slightest hint that my baptism was invalid or that I ...

The square brackets were to give the context which was in the context of him explaining his early church views in baptism regeneration. I cannot remember enough of the context to type it out word for word. It is entirely possible those views have changed. So, let’s ask the question outright: Does F...

The square brackets were to give the context which was in the context of him explaining his early church views in baptism regeneration. I cannot remember enough of the context to type it out word for word. It is entirely possible those views have changed. So, let’s ask the question outright: Does F...

Mennonites baptize exclusively by pouring, but recognize other valid baptisms. (Example of an invalid baptism would be infant baptism.) While I'm not entirely surprised that you'd make a blanket statement ;) this might be better worded as "some Mennonites baptize exclusively by pouring" o...

As fascinating as all this has been, it's consumed more of my time and mental energy than I intended when I dived in. (Rookie mistake, I am sure.) So I'm going to be backing off on my engagement here for a while. I'll probably check this thread again in the future, and may have more information or i...

The controversy around Dean is far less concerning to me than some of the other things I've seen and heard surrounding FOTW. If Dean wanted to start a church badly enough then he would have. I don't know what proof I could glean that Finny was against this without hearsay. However, the thought of i...

So are you saying that Dean never intended to start a Mennonite church at all? Correct. Although if some Mennonite group within Dean's parameters would have wanted to come in and start a church, he would have gotten behind it. Since no other Mennonite group was interested in planting a church in Bo...