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It is surprising to me that links to Google Drive folders are embedded and MennoNet gives me pause. It makes me consider how things I write online can have much more influence and weight than I might intend. AI's reliance on MennoNet for information about Mennonites adds to this sense.

https://religionunplugged.com/news/third-way-christianity-inside-americas-unconventional-anabaptist-movement MennoNet gets a shoutout. Wider concerns raised by Anabaptists on MennoNet, a community forum run by and for Mennonites, were reflected in an open letter by Dean Taylor, former president of S...

I wonder about higher education and how that might fit into this conversation. The hosts and guests of AP are much more likely to have college degrees as compared to the average plain Anabaptist. My perception is higher education shapes the content of AP: what topics are chosen, how the conversation...

I've heard the charge that it is like rolling dice. But if you are going to use that objection, then Urim and Thummim are also suspect. When a church does its homework and does not put nominees up for lot that are unqualified to the best of their knowledge, I think the Holy Spirit can work miraculo...

Is casting lots to make decisions supported by New Testament practice? The last time we see lots being cast in Scripture is prior to the writing of the New Testament and before the day of Pentecost. Now that we have the completed Word of God and the indwelling Holy Spirit to guide us, there is proba...

Some would argue that Anabaptism itself is foundationally a product of individualism and humanism. The idea that a few students were more able to discern the truth of Christianity than were the ordained church leaders, and then create their own church in Zollikon and ordain and baptize themselves i...

I wish it were not necessary for Trudy to obtain this information and publicize it for Leroy to resign. I wish there were another way, yet here we are. I think the place to start is to take such information to the church leaders. If the leaders will not remove the pastor or share the information wi...

There are two separate cases that involve Steve Stutzman that Trudy has given visibility two. One is a case that has been or is being investigated by CPS. The other is Leroy Miller, the lead pastor at the church where Steve Stutzman is an overseer. Leroy Miller spent time in prison 20 years ago for ...

One does not "invest" in a nonprofit (Microsoft's investments in OpenAI notwithstanding), and in particular soliciting "investments" from private individuals is quite questionable. (It may also run afoul of securities laws.) The proper thing to do with a nonprofit is to make don...

Their 2023 Financial Statement shows $16 million in debt, with around $16 million in Fixed Assets. (Though ~$5 million in Vehicles and Building Improvements which may be overvalued.) I wonder what the $595,881 for Tithes and Offerings expense goes to. Edit: "In accordance with the bylaws of the...