Mennonites

[josiahrussell]

Who knows much about the Mennonites? My wife and I went to the farmers markets and they were there with their home baked goods and invited us to a Mennonite worship service tomorrow evening.


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[josiahrussell]

I know they sprouted from the anabaptists but I don't know much about them either


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[Edward]

Starting point:
http://mennoniteusa.org/confession-of-faith/

One of their distinctives is "Peace, Justice, and Non-Resistance"

 

[VictorBravo]

And they drive tractors and use electricity, unlike the Amish. Otherwise, they come from the same basic source, claiming an anabaptist heritage. Mennonites communities vary, too--ranging from somewhat closed colonies (I knew of some in Montana) to living in towns among everyone else.

Non-resistance, as Edward said, somewhat works-oriented, but I wouldn't pin it as a heresy on the ones I know.

 

[josiahrussell]

I bought a book from them called Mennonite doctrine and practice. I wouldn't say it's heresy, but I would say it's a little legalistic and wrong. If they all did what they do out of reverence for God I wouldn't say there is anything wrong with it but the fact it is part of their system makes it lean on the legalistic side. It seems they have a lot of good points just bad applications. And too arminian for me haha. If they were more reformed in doctrine then I would say that I could possibly live with them lol. From the outside it seems that they are like the arminian puritans.


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[Dachaser]

I bought a book from them called Mennonite doctrine and practice. I wouldn't say it's heresy, but I would say it's a little legalistic and wrong. If they all did what they do out of reverence for God I wouldn't say there is anything wrong with it but the fact it is part of their system makes it lean on the legalistic side. It seems they have a lot of good points just bad applications. And too arminian for me haha. If they were more reformed in doctrine then I would say that I could possibly live with them lol. From the outside it seems that they are like the arminian puritans.


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Your labeling them as being the arminian counterparts to the Puritan was pretty much spot on.