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I don't have a problem with Anabaptists farming but I suspect more thought could go into creating communities where that don't need that as an economic and cultural base. Lots of thought has gone into creating all kinds of communities, but after a few generations we get to see what actually works. ...

Regarding the wealth accumulation and fancy NGOs, true and i agree The church being used for political power makes no sense to me, the lot system makes it nearly impossible to “strive” to aquire a position of power. The positions of power are also shared and heavily based on consensus so its hard to...

It might be illustrative to approach the question from the other way around, why was farming so pervasive 150 years ago. Some of the reasons are surely economic, as a society we have lowered the relative cost of food until the threat is more from obesity than hunger. When the settlers were ripping ...

The average age of farmers is on the increase. See green and blue chart. https://www.terrainag.com/insights/issues-facing-next-gen-farmers/ I wonder how this compares with Plain Anabaptists. It seems to me there is never enough farms. Does that result in the age being older as well. Or does migrati...

I get constant 507 insufficient storage errors when browsing this site. I also get logged out frequently and have to re login. Anyone get this too?

I find it amusing that all of this advice is ways for a father to gatekeep his daughter and potentially throw cold water over a budding romance. Im not a father but potential advice id appreciate coming from the young man perspective is explaining what she does or doesnt like, her personality, and a...

I agree to most of the above. Another part is the dominant success traditional anabaptism has had regarding stable church growth and retention. Most groups just fail in this regard. Personally this gives traditional anabaptist legitimacy by the raw fact that “it just works”. I would normally not gi...

I agree to most of the above. Another part is the dominant success traditional anabaptism has had regarding stable church growth and retention. Most groups just fail in this regard. Personally this gives traditional anabaptist legitimacy by the raw fact that “it just works”. I would normally not giv...

I think they are just using the term “worldly” more broadly than you. I personally think its a legitimate use of the term, even though the bible meant an interior worldly attitude

In my church affiliation, Internet always remained quite filtered but cellphones came in the back door. Due to lack of exposure to the Internet many people had little understanding they were the same thing. Thoughts on the holdemans essentially allowing all technology at this point? Its jarring to ...