If you had to pick another...

rsr, Mennonites, Friends, Anabaptists would all be great choices! If I really thought I could live without electricity...... LOL...... I am too lazy!

There is nothing wrong with any of their beliefs! Great Choice! I think when I read this thread that my mind was thinking of Catholic, Methodist, Lutheran and not toward a 'Baptist like' denomination.

The American Baptist Church we were members of was very rigid. No hymns. We sang the Gloria Patri and Doxology and said the Lord's Prayer every week. The pastor wore black robes with fringed sashes. There were no baptisms and no altar calls. Very different for me, being raised in the hand clapping, Amen shouting deep south! That was the longest 13 years of my life!

Diane

 

I don't know about anywhere else, but here mennonites don't allow people to attend their worship who are not apart of their sect. Who do not live like they do. You don't just walk in off the street like you would anyother church. Plus their all way out in the country, you'd have to ask a lot of question to find out where it was.

 

If the Plymouth Brethren weren't so tied in to dispensationalism and the Scofield notes, I would consider them. I always enjoyed good fellowship with them.

Cheers,

Jim

 

katie bond writes:
>>I don't know about anywhere else, but here
>>mennonites don't allow people to attend their
>>worship who are not apart of their sect. Who do
>>not live like they do. You don't just walk in
>>off the street like you would anyother church.
>>Plus their all way out in the country, you'd
>>have to ask a lot of question to find out where
>>it was.

Hello Katie.
I was in Lancaster County (on a business trip, if you can believe it), and decided to visit a Church of the Brethren church. I was mentioning the next day that I would have loved to attend a Mennonite service, but did not want to feel as though I was encroaching. A Mennonite overheard me say that, and he informed me that I would have been more than welcome to worship with them. We ended up having a lengthy discussion (we were in a bookstore downtown) and we discussed many ideas/beliefs that we had in common. I very much enjoyed our conversation.

I would really love to attend an old-order Amish service, but that would REALLY feel like encroachment. Besides, I don't think my German is quite good enough to stay with the Preacher's train of thought.

 

Cleveland, Georgia (White County) has a good sized Mennonite population. Nick went to a Christian pre-school with some of their children. I used to sit and talk with the moms while waiting for school to end. One of the ladies had the greatest sense of humor. She made me laugh so hard my ribs hurt! We were always told we'd be very welcome to visit their church.

They did wear the traditional pattern dress, head-coverings, no make-up and stockings but I was never made to feel funny about my clothing.

Diane

 

We have a lot of mennionites and amish here, and they aren't friendly to outsiders,and outsiders aren't welcome unless they are paying them for something.(like goods or labor). They do not believe in evangelizing and missionary work. At least not here they don't.

 

Just a thought here with all the talk about the SBC missionaries and what people beleive. If you were a mennonite you'd have to beleive what their doctrinal statement says, as it says it or you would not be allowed to be a part of their group.

 

Saw some mennonites a few montha ago, the women had sweat pants on under their dresses, pretending not to compromise their beliefs.

 

KatieBond writes:
>>Saw some mennonites a few montha [sic] ago, the
>>women had sweat pants on under their dresses,
>>pretending not to compromise their beliefs.

Sorry, Katie: I don't follow you.
How is that compromising their beliefs?

 

Evangelical Free, or any Reformed church that preaches the gospel.

 

I would be a member of an Anabaptist church, such as Charity Gospel Fellowship or Conservative Mennonite.

I have had contact with several types of Mennonites. The Holdemans, Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, are very evangelistic and friendly. Conservative Mennonites are also very evangelistic and friendly, at least the ones I have met.

Their lifestyle is very attractive to me in that they highly esteem order in the home as well as families that are set apart for Jesus. And of course, they still teach and practice the headcovering.

 

When I was a child and my dad was going to school in Illinois, we drove into the south side of Chicago every Sunday to worship at a small Brethren in Christ (branch of Mennonite) mission run by one of my dad's distant cousins. My dad, who was an ordained Baptist minister, was often asked to preach for the Sunday morning service. The women word prayer caps and some sort of traditional Mennonite dresses, but they did not expect my mom to do so, although she did choose to always wear a hat in the service.

Anyway, I really don't think this is that uncommon for many Mennonite groups.

The Baptist church I attend now has maybe 20% of the adherants who are either Mennonite or formerly Mennonite. They are not conservative--well, they're pretty conservative theologically, but in practice they are not. No prayer caps; ordinary, but mostly modest, dress; pants allowed on women, etc.

 

PCA>presbyterian church. Why because it holds closest to my belief on salvation and reformed theology. I could live with the baby sprinkling though.

God Bless,
Cathy

 

Sorry meant to say I could live without the baby sprinkling

Opps
Cathy

 

Of course, since I'm a pastor, I'd plant a Reformed Southern Baptist church, so I guess the question is moot

 

I agree with Elmo about the better judjment, finding a Baptist Church, and (Wesleyan to the nth degree, holiness without charisma.) I was in a Wesleyan Church one time(one Sunday AM) and I was impressed. It was lively, the members were well informed as what the Church was doing, and knew many Missionaries that they supported as they called names gave dates and facts. They were very friendly. If there were no IFB I would have to check a Wesleyan Church out if one were near.
Sam

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