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Heirbyadoption wrote:

Biblical Anabaptist wrote:

Josh wrote:Yes, all of that is on their website.

Promoting the Scofield “Bible” is hardly Anabaptists.

Many in Eastern, Pilgrim, and Hope Fellowship are strongly dispensationalist. It could be questioned how Anabaptist they really are.

Bear in mind there was significant diversity in the eschatology of historic Anabaptism. Not sure its really all that fair to deny/affirm someone as Anabaptist based on a specific eschatology. Just a thought.

Hats Off wrote:Do you class the Münsterites as Anabaptists?

This theory has been well refuted by Kühler and others. It should be pointed out that a number of outstanding leaders of the Dutch Anabaptists, such as Jacob van Campen, Jan Paeuw, and Paulus van Drunen, definitely rejected Münsterite doctrines, that among the Anabaptists in Belgium (Antwerp, Ghent, Bruges) there are few traces of sympathy with Münster, and that both Menno Simons and Dirk Philips wholeheartedly repudiated Münsterism. Already in his Foundation Book of 1539, Menno sharply criticized in unambiguous terms such Münsterite doctrines as the "sword" and polygamy.

Ernie wrote:I know these folks well.

Yes, they would consider themselves Mennonite or Anabaptist. They are listed in the CLP directory as Beachy.
Chad became a Baptist preacher at age 17 and still thinks a lot like those folks. He did not first spend time in a Mennonite church before starting his own Mennonite church. Had he done so, he might have lost a few of the emphases that he currently has.
About fifteen years ago this church sought fellowship with our Beachy church in AR. Chad went to a Beachy ministers meeting and expressed desire to be part of that fellowship network. I'm not aware that he has attended since but he still has a good relationship with the Beachy church I used to attend.
At one point I asked him if he wanted their church listed in the CLP directory as "Beachy" and he was in favor.
Some people encouraged us to help them grow their church in the early years by moving there, and I did like their zeal, but I could not have embraced their confession of faith and practice as it was way too Fundamentalist for me.

Hats Off wrote:

Biblical Anabaptist wrote:

Josh wrote:Yes, all of that is on their website.

Promoting the Scofield “Bible” is hardly Anabaptists.

Many in Eastern, Pilgrim, and Hope Fellowship are strongly dispensationalist. It could be questioned how Anabaptist they really are.

Mike Atnip discussed this problem in his Farewell editorial when he was retiring from Remnant. I found this article in http://www.charityministries.org/.

Wade wrote: Ever think of moving to Western Canada?

francis wrote:

Hats Off wrote:

Biblical Anabaptist wrote:
Many in Eastern, Pilgrim, and Hope Fellowship are strongly dispensationalist. It could be questioned how Anabaptist they really are.

Mike Atnip discussed this problem in his Farewell editorial when he was retiring from Remnant. I found this article in http://www.charityministries.org/.

Article here if anybody is interested: http://www.ephrataministries.org/remnan ... -it-up.a5w

"We try not to be too hard on those who do not understand the distinction between the gospel of the kingdom and the kingdomless gospel…
"But we consider the kingdom gospel to be fundamental to everything the Bible has to say. Anabaptism was founded on a kingdom gospel, and today’s North American Anabaptism is in danger of degenerating into Evangelicalism by reason of the flood of teachings that come through hymnbooks, devotionals, and preachers who do not preach the gospel of the kingdom. So while we come rejoicing in the front door, we raise our voices in alarm at the mass exodus at the back door.
May God bless you now. ¡Adios! To God I commend you! May His kingdom come, may His will be done on earth, in you ... and me! ~ Mike Atnip"