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by MennoSimons1998
Sat Oct 17, 2026 3:27 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Mennonite groups that speak Plautdietsch and have a capella worship, but allow computer use and Bible language studies
Replies: 0
Views: 63

Mennonite groups that speak Plautdietsch and have a capella worship, but allow computer use and Bible language studies

Hello, I am looking for a very specific type of "traditional" Old Order or Conservative Mennonite group that fall in that category, this question might weird, but I have a specific purpose for learning this. From my limited (and obviously very flawed) internet research on this, is that the...
by MennoSimons1998
Thu Oct 15, 2026 9:55 am
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Are there any non-Beachy Amish sects that permit Bible study in the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek?
Replies: 8
Views: 871

Re: Are there any non-Beachy Amish sects that permit Bible study in the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek?

I don't know the name of the settlement in Bolivia that was started by a group of New Order Amish here in Holmes County (one of my wife's cousins being involved in it) I think that they are this one, right?, as @lmcdoss wrote here: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2480255932000889&set=a.473...
by MennoSimons1998
Wed Oct 14, 2026 5:48 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Are there any non-Beachy Amish sects that permit Bible study in the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek?
Replies: 8
Views: 871

Re: Are there any non-Beachy Amish sects that permit Bible study in the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek?

When my wife and I left the States to do Bible translation in Brazil (1985), we were financially supported by not only Several Beachy Amish-Mennonite congregations, but also other Plain Mennonite congregations ('Plain' in that men wore the 'straight cut' suit, women wore cape dresses and the tradit...
by MennoSimons1998
Wed Oct 14, 2026 5:45 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Are there any non-Beachy Amish sects that permit Bible study in the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek?
Replies: 8
Views: 871

Re: Are there any non-Beachy Amish sects that permit Bible study in the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek?

The title says it, my ultimate goal is to directly visit certain Amish and Mennonite communities throughout North and South America and ask them certain questions related to my Anabaptist history project, because relying on out-of-context, outdated, AI slop from Google to learn about the beliefs of...
by MennoSimons1998
Wed Oct 14, 2026 12:53 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Are there any non-Beachy Amish sects that permit Bible study in the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek?
Replies: 8
Views: 871

Are there any non-Beachy Amish sects that permit Bible study in the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek?

The title says it, my ultimate goal is to directly visit certain Amish and Mennonite communities throughout North and South America and ask them certain questions related to my Anabaptist history project, because relying on out-of-context, outdated, AI slop from Google to learn about the beliefs of ...
by MennoSimons1998
Sat Oct 10, 2026 6:57 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Comparison of horse and buggy Anabaptists that are accepting of seekers
Replies: 67
Views: 16340

Re: Comparison of horse and buggy Anabaptists that are accepting of seekers

when you read it, it becomes clear they dont want outsiders joining in. I would also remind that for the 'russian'-mennonites being mennonite is more than a religion or culture, it is also an ethnicity( they even have the mennonite ethnicity in the belizean census where they are a decent chunck of ...
by MennoSimons1998
Sat Oct 10, 2026 6:19 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Comparison of horse and buggy Anabaptists that are accepting of seekers
Replies: 67
Views: 16340

Re: Comparison of horse and buggy Anabaptists that are accepting of seekers

Lorenzo Canas Bottos in his writtings about the old colony mennonites has the case of an Argentinian man Called Sergio who tried to join the colonies, and they basically played ping pong with him sending him to other colonies, and later told him that he should join a church in his own language. Wel...
by MennoSimons1998
Sat Oct 10, 2026 5:58 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Comparison of horse and buggy Anabaptists that are accepting of seekers
Replies: 67
Views: 16340

Re: Comparison of horse and buggy Anabaptists that are accepting of seekers

Is this actually the case? Also very curious to know about this, first time that I hear such a thing, not even OO Amish in the US prohibit converts, permanently joining OO Anabaptist communities is something extremely rare and difficult yes, but not completely prohibited. Lorenzo Canas Bottos in hi...
by MennoSimons1998
Sat Oct 10, 2026 5:03 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Comparison of horse and buggy Anabaptists that are accepting of seekers
Replies: 67
Views: 16340

Re: Comparison of horse and buggy Anabaptists that are accepting of seekers

How do the Old Colony Mennonites in Bolivia and Paraguay, and the Sommerfeld-Bergthal Mennonites in Paraguay see seekers who fully comprehend the Bible in High German, and are willing to learn Plautdietsch to join their community? The old colony mennonites don't allow it, you need to be plautdietsc...
by MennoSimons1998
Tue Oct 06, 2026 3:36 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Comparison of horse and buggy Anabaptists that are accepting of seekers
Replies: 67
Views: 16340

Re: Comparison of horse and buggy Anabaptists that are accepting of seekers

How do the Old Colony Mennonites in Bolivia and Paraguay, and the Sommerfeld-Bergthal Mennonites in Paraguay see seekers who fully comprehend the Bible in High German, and are willing to learn Plautdietsch to join their community?