Tag: politics
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To the Point: Job Description for Pastors
Being ordained as pastor does not always come with clarity about what is expected. What are your responsibilities? The following list is not intended to be prescriptive, but rather to assist ministers, especially lead ministers and bishops, to reflect on what it means to lead a church.
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To the Point: Are You Addicted to Tech?
We understand addiction to alcohol, meth, or cocaine, but is it possible to be addicted to such things as social media, smartphones, YouTube, Instagram, or computer games? This article offers 10 ways to check how you are doing with tech.
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The Believers’ Church: Where Anabaptists Experience Brotherhood
When Anabaptist churches arose in Europe 500 years ago, the Reformation was already well under way. But both Protestant and Catholic leaders treated Anabaptists as arch-heretics. The primary reason? The Anabaptists practiced church life in a way that seemed to threaten the political foundations of Europe. In response to Scripture, Anabaptists formed congregations of committed…
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Scripture: How Anabaptists Receive God’s Word
What is the foundation for Anabaptist faith and practice? This article, the third in a four-part series on Anabaptist distinctives, describes the essential role of Scripture in forming the Anabaptist community.
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Nonresistance: How Anabaptists Respond to Evil
Anabaptists take seriously Jesus’ command not to resist evil. In this article, the authors describe how these convictions were tested by German and American patriotism in the 20th century. Which challenge is greater: military drafts or political campaigns?