Let me answer this question by making three observations and then drawing three conclusions about how to handle theological differences in church.
“How should we handle theological differences in church?”
Tag: Anabaptist
An Evaluation of Conservative Anabaptist Form of Worship
When you go to church on Sunday mornings, do you come away feeling as though you experienced the presence of God?
Episode #011: Charismatic Anabaptism? A Conversation with “Francis”
In this episode I have a conversation with my friend Titus Kuepfer about his journey from conservative Anabaptism to the charismatic movement back to some of his Anabaptist roots.
Episode #010: What is a Menno to do when there are no healthy Menno churches to attend?
What is keeping you engaged in the conservative Menno vision/mission? What is a Menno to do when there are no healthy Menno churches to attend? Do all people who attend a church need to hold to the same doctrinal beliefs (outside credal beliefs)?
An Evaluation of the Anabaptist Doctrine of Nonconformity
Nonconformity shouldn’t be about refusing to wear certain clothes or abstaining from particular foods, activities, or entertainments. It needs to be about continually accepting as reality what God calls good and what God calls evil, and allowing it to shape the way we think about this life.
Everything That Frustrates Me about the Anabaptist Tradition
There is a deep stirring among many today who have grown up in conservative Anabaptist churches. I write this series to help us, at least in some small way, sort through things we’re wrestling with. In my last article, I wrote about everything I love in the Anabaptist tradition. In this article, I’m going to share things that frustrate me.
Everything I Love about the Anabaptist Tradition
Most people who struggle with their Anabaptist upbringing aren’t actually struggling with Anabaptism. They’re struggling with their church’s expression of Anabaptism. Here are seven more positives I love about the Anabaptist tradition that are not as clearly a part of other church traditions:
How Can Anabaptists Spread the Gospel without Making Others Feel They Need to Become Like Them?
How can Anabaptists spread the gospel of Christ without making others think they need to become like us? Should their new disciples become Anabaptist? What’s the balance? Is what we do really important?
“Should Christians draw a line of fellowship?”
“Where do we draw the line of fellowship with those who say they believe in Jesus but practice and teach things different from what we believe, such as going to war, being divorced, don’t wear head-covering, and so forth?”
Why I Believe Anabaptists Have Something to Offer the World
Each of us has a story shaping who we are and what we believe. When I observe Anabaptist young people, I sense a general anxiety about whether the story that shaped their lives has any value in the world today. I believe it does. I see four things anyone from Anabaptist background has to offer the world, today.
Theology, Pornography and the Holy Spirit
Most of the readers on this blog are (or at least come from) “conservative Anabaptist” background. And most of these readers find themselves in dynamic time of life.
Dynamic because there is a lot of motion in the conservative Anabaptist church world today. Deep, unspoken questions people are wanting to find answers to. Few people are as aware and tuned into these questions (even frustrations) as brother Frank Reed.
Recently, I got to ask Frank some questions about the Anabaptist church world, today. Following is the interview.
Dropping Denominationalism and Rediscovering Jesus
Throughout this whole series we’ve been looking at the question “What’s the big deal about being Mennonite?” This whole discussion surfaces primarily because so many are leaving Mennonite churches, today.
But leaving one’s church isn’t only a Mennonite phenomenon. It’s happening nationwide. Contrary to popular opinion, however, people are not necessarily leaving because of biblical illiteracy or because they are throwing out their faith.
