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We are spending the weekend with the Hope Christian Church in Akron, OH. Hope is a new, small conservative-Anabaptist church that has also started a small inner-city school. This church interacts with Bhutanese-Nepalese and Afghan refugees. There are about 35-40,000 Nepalese living in Akron. Another...

This morning I read the story of King Jehu in II Kings 9 and 10. Jehu was anointed by a prophet of Elisha to be the next king of Israel. His assignment was to “destroy the house of Ahab and avenge the blood of my servants the prophets and the blood of all the Lord’s servants shed by Jezebel.” Jehu b...

Historical: By numbers, about 2/3 (depending on how one estimates, of course) of Hutterites ended up enslaved by Muslims during the Ottoman raids on present-day Austria and over time gradually their families all converted to Islam. There is no trace of Christianity, let alone Anabaptist Christianit...

Our King left us with instructions to respect civil governments including that he ordained them to bear the sword as a terror to evildoers. We should respect everyone. And relating with government/political officials like say, well, Jesus himself, and say, John the Baptist did...seem like good exam...

I just had a telephone call from a Groffdale hose & buggy Mennonite, and he mentioned having heard a speaker from All-Nations Bible Translation. (I didn't ask if the meeting was in a Groffdale congregational meeting, or elsewhere.) I mention this because if they are interested in missionary eff...

I sell a lot on FB marketplace. If it is not valuable stuff, I tell them where to find the items and where to put the cash. That way I do not need to make appointments to meet them at a particular time. Some people are driving from a distance, so I give them a certain number of hours that I will hol...

In what does COGICM find justification? By faith and belief in Jesus to cleanse of our sins and give us power and victory over sin for our new lives when we are born again. (Presumably the same as everyone else.) An attitude that is not encouraged is feeling smug / proud of being in the “best” chur...

I am resuming my reading of this book. Last evening I read about the Amish / Mennonite division. Pages 129-139 Ruth understands the division to have centered on two things... 1. The uncharitable attitudes of Jakab Amman and his supporters towards the rest of the body of Christ. (Which they later rep...

JohnH wrote: ↑Tue Oct 06, 2026 11:04 amIt is a very real problem when a Christian sect devolves into finding justification simply in having the right beliefs.

In what does COGICM find justification?

mike wrote: ↑Tue Oct 06, 2026 5:38 pm I guess every church has that odd family...

Every Plain church maybe. There are many Christian churches with 3 children being the high number.

What are the numbers for your congregation?