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I am new to this discussion, but I would love to see a plant where I am, also in the "middle of nowhere." The town I live near has under 1,000 people. There are other small towns near by. I miss being part of an anabaptist community. We left seatt...
Hey guys. I'm not technically in the areas listed, but I moved to Sacramento about 2 months ago, so I figure I'm close enough! I found an awesome evangelical Quaker church here called Midtown Friends that I'm getting involved with. I go to school ...
Scott,
What's the bottom end in your definition of small? Are you interested in rural areas as well? I currently live in a town of 1,400 and this is a question that I've been asking recently as well.
Cities are still pretty sexy places to do chu...
Do you think that a less traditional church plant could thrive in a small (35,000 or below) suburban city?
What about an intentional community such as Mark promotes here?
Part of joining into a Christ centered community is submitting ourselves to the Lord Jesus Christ. It is not a barrier, it is a matter of denying oneself.
Scott,
I'd say I'd use the word "sexual orientation" rather than homosexuality for your question.
Like I said before, we tend to lump together apples and oranges in our popular use of the term homosexuality, which can make the issue get unduly he...
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- At 12:39pm on December 7, 2008,
Forrest Jenan said… - Hi Scott. Good to hear from you. It has been a while. Life is good and Katie and I are enjoying Visalia and Neighborhood Church very much. How are you guys doing? Kids? Dogs? Ministry? As for your question about why I am a part of a social network like Common Root, I would say my journey like yours has taken a turn towards Anabaptist thought and a narrative approach to Scripture. Although I seem to only visit this site when I have a comment. Blessings brother.
- At 12:12am on December 7, 2008,
Kurt said… - ya... i have been on here for some time but haven't been able to get as involved as i would like to. good to know i have a friend here at common root too!
- At 11:07pm on December 6, 2008,
Lisa Alvey said… - Hola Scott. Very cool to meet you (via the internet!). Kevin has so enjoyed his first semester at MBBS What are you studying?
- At 10:00am on December 4, 2008,
Jason Winton said… - Hi there Scott. I'm curious. Is there a professor at MBBS by the name of Mark Baker? I'm reading a book of his (in spanish no less) about pauline theology and creating shalom communities. A Peruvian friend of mine knows him and gave me the book.
p.s. we've started a little thread about Hauerwas, if you would like to join in.
- At 1:55pm on November 4, 2008,
Cabe Matthews said… - At least one other than me, though pretty much all (read: "both") of our divinity faculty have pretty strong Anabaptist sympathies. We also have one recently graduated MDiv who is planting a Quaker church in Sacramento, and she is pretty strong, at least in the "Peace Church" aspects.
- At 12:29pm on November 4, 2008,
Cabe Matthews said…
- Started in Germany in 1708, influenced by the violence of the 30 years war, Anabaptism and a little bit of Pietism, 12 people decided to baptize each other and start a church that wouldn't be enmeshed in the state and thus wouldn't kill members of another church for different creedal differences. They weren't killed in the same way as the early Anabaptists, but they were an oppressed minority who was forced to move a lot. After they got kicked out of Germany they ended up in the Netherlands, and after that they have more or less followed the migration patterns of Mennonites, at least the United States part of that migration. They have convictions that won't startle you: no creed but Christ, all war is sin, simple living, Love Feast, believer's baptism, strong sense of community, etc. They also have a strong sense of the priesthood of all believers and salvation by faith (without discounting works, of course) that they got from Lutheranism through Pietism. I'm still learning about them, though, so my answer to that question is somewhat subject to change :)
- At 3:06am on November 4, 2008,
Cabe Matthews said…
- That's all local. There aren't many COB people out here in Seattle, and so we're kind of off on an island in a way, far removed from denominational leadership. The congregation is full of really good people, who themselves are full of kindness, but it isn't a very Anabaptist congregation in a lot of ways. I suspect it's probably easier to encourage Anabaptist convictions in a group as you're creating it, but this congregation is about a hundred years old, and so it might be a different monster entirely...
- At 12:35pm on November 3, 2008,
Cabe Matthews said…
- Wow. Thanks for the historical context. I had heard a few things about Russian Mennonites, but I didn't know they were the same as MB, and you filled in a number of other holes in that story as well.
How would you describe the context that you're in, out of curiosity?
Our situations might be almost opposite. I'm an intern in a denominationally Anabaptist tradition (Church of the Brethren), but the pastor and I, who both feel very connected to Anabaptist theology and praxis, are more like the exception than the rule.
How does one do spiritual formation in a (non?) Anabaptist context/way? How do you do it?
- At 1:37am on November 3, 2008,
Cabe Matthews said…
- I like MHGS. It has its problems like any other place, but considering where I was a few years ago I still think there was no other seminary I could have gone to. But if there had been something closer to home that seemed to make sense, I totally would have stayed.
Narrative and Anabaptist theology, huh? That'd probably be a fair way to describe me as well. Have you read any McClendon? He's the one who brought me into Anabaptism, made me a committed pacifist, and convinced me that this was the way forward. He was friends with Yoder and Hauerwas, and was a big narrative guy as well.
Did you grow up Mennonite Brethren? Who are they exactly, are they a sect that is separate from MCUSA, or are they something else entirely?
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I am a first year seminary student at MB Biblical Seminary in Fresno, CA. I don't think that is possible to overstate how much I am loving my experiences at MBBS. The faculty are intellectually engaging and deeply devoted to Jesus and his shalom project. In recent years I have become a conscious student of Anabaptist and narrative theology. I am a leader in a small church plant and believe that God is calling me to join with others in creating a Christian community of some kind over the next few years. I am not sure what that means exactly but I am getting excited about discovering God's plan. I am married to a beautiful Dutch woman (who grew up in the Christian Reformed Church - ha ha!).
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The water is falling in waves.
Like a giant bucket is filling up, being dumped onto my house, then the cycle repeats.
I haven't blogged in quite a while.
I needed a break.
But I'm back.
Just a moment ago I was looking out of a window in front of my house and watching the water drench the street and then join the river already flowing on the asphalt.
For reasons I can't explain... I felt God was there.
So without thinking much about it I stepped outside… Continue
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Proclaiming the Scandal of the Cross
When I was a child I went to church camp on a regular basis. Every year I would go away for a week, eat terrible camp food, sleep in a thin sleeping bag on thin mattresses, play with my friends, and listen to many messages from the camp speaker. Inevitably there would be a night when the speaker was closing in on explaining the message of Jesus’ death on the cross. In order to connect the deep theological truths of this message, a contemporary story was often used. The story which sticks out mos… Continue
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