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I appreciate your humble and complete assessment of Anabaptism, where it started and in some ways where it has diverted in modern contexts. My own life experiences with Jesus have served to stir a passion in my heart to reclaim the Spirit of the early Church which, in effect, was the passion of the early Anabaptist movement. Thanks for taking the time to process and spell out what God has stirred in your heart concerning these matters! To know God and to Make Him Known... Your Brother in Christ, Chris
  Chris Epp -- chris.epp@dtnspeed.net
I live in: Hesston, KS USA
Heard about you: Browsing a Google search on Anabaptism
Date: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 at 11:14:09 (EDT)

Maintain faith that we shall see one day soon a world of Peace and Sharing amongst nations.
  Rev Dr Edwin Goldberg, Interfaith Clergyman -- edwingoldberg@yahoo.com
I live in: NYC, NY USA
Heard about you: friend
Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 at 23:23:00 (EDT)

Love the site! Keep it up.
Sincerely,
Jack
  Jack -- ijackoff@boardermail.com
I live in:
Date: Monday, May 26, 2003 at 20:42:08 (EDT)

Any advice regarding starting a Anabaptist fellowship in our home would be greatly appreciated.
  J. Hartsell -- hartsell@nash.cc.nc.us
I live in: Rocky Mount, NC USA
Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 at 09:53:13 (EDT)

Hi,
My name is xxxxx, Im student at xxxxx.
I want to ask you to tell me about your church and to send me religion books, story's,...I prefer in Arabic, but its ok if you have in English, and I will b very thankful for you.

God bless u

  xxxxx (Admin: x's used for security reasons)
I live in: xxxxx, Palestine
Date: Saturday, February 22, 2003 at 16:57:37 (EST)

I enjoy your web-site.
  Benuel C Swarey -- feedmillben@pngusa.org
I live in: McVeytown, PA USA
Heard about you: Church
Date: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 at 19:09:27 (EST)

Not everyone has forgotten or turn from the "Faith". God will honor those that honor Him and serve Him. So keep the Faith and God will Bless.
  Sis. Grace -- bygraceareyou@aol.com
I live in: Fountain Inn, SC USA
Heard about you: WEB LINKS
Date: Sunday, November 10, 2002 at 21:39:39 (EST)

You guys did a good job with your site. Well laid out, easy to follow.
  Kelly
I live in: Des Moines, IA United States
Heard about you: Friend
Date: Saturday, October 05, 2002 at 15:43:53 (EDT)

This sux badley
  HA
I live in:
Heard about you: no whwere
Date: Monday, September 09, 2002 at 22:06:58 (EDT)

God bless you all.
  Bill Pocklington -- wpocklington@hotmail.com
I live in: Girard, IL USA
Heard about you: COBEN
Date: Sunday, August 04, 2002 at 01:14:19 (EDT)

Greetings from Holland
  Wim Maas -- w.maas4@chello.nl
I live in: Lierop, Holland
Heard about you: internet
Date: Thursday, May 23, 2002 at 11:32:22 (EDT)

Hi Eric!!
  H James Smith -- jim.smith@mma-online.org
I live in: Goshen, IN USA
Heard about you: Surfing Net
Date: Friday, March 22, 2002 at 16:23:27 (EST)

coo site!
  laura
I live in: rockville, MD US
Heard about you: dont remember..o research project
Date: Saturday, November 10, 2001 at 15:19:20 (EST)

I saw your site on excite.I'm glad,that I found it.
  Thomas Skayhan -- twskayhan@yahoo.com
I live in: Defuniak Springs, FL USA
Heard about you: internet
Date: Thursday, October 11, 2001 at 22:25:10 (EDT)

To learn more about the biblical basis of Anabaptist-Mennonites I would invite you to visit bibleviews.com .
  Leland -- leland@bibleviews.com
I live in:
Date: Sunday, September 16, 2001 at 20:19:25 (EDT)

I am seeking Anabaptists in my area for fellowship and encouragement.(Binghamton,Owego,Ithaca)If you live in the "Southern Tier" and are interested in a Scripture study or
fellowship,E-mail or write to :
P.O. Box 14, Berkshire, NY 13736-0014
  Robert (Bob) Bricks -- thebrickshome@juno.com
I live in: Berkshire, ny usa
Heard about you: Conservative Mennonite Conference
Date: Sunday, August 26, 2001 at 18:02:09 (EDT)

I am currently researching to find out who is the true Lords Church.
I could use some feed back on nearest church locale. I also could use some info on the Churches Doctrinal beliefs.
  Timothy Isaiah McNair -- hrtisbrokn@aol.com
I live in: Lancaster, Ca L.A.
Heard about you: Internet
Date: Monday, August 20, 2001 at 17:54:12 (EDT)

Hmm. With 200 years of evangelical heritage and a non-Swiss/German name, why would I have called myself an Anabaptist if I hadn't seen something in Martyrs Mirror that I've rarely seen in conventional evangelicalism? Maybe many Mennonites do need to return the personal experience with God which their forefathers enjoyed four hundred years ago. My point is: so do North American evangelicals. Many of us simply replaced intellectual heresy with intellectual orthodoxy. It's got to become more than intellectual. Look at John Bunyan and John Wesley: because of their piety and doctrine, they would have been welcomed into almost any North American evangelical congregation - before they had been converted! We wouldn't have known the difference. But please understand that because of our different backgrounds, we will have different perspectives and goals, and I think I do understand where you are coming from. God bless you and guide you as the EAF brings its ministry to a close.
  Michael McGinnis -- mirror@homecomers.org
I live in: Waring, TX USA
Heard about you: Ixquick.com
Date: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 at 00:14:14 (EDT)

Eric,
What a fine valedictory to your work of the EAF. Certainly the MC has gone farther and faster towards heterodoxy than we could have imagined. Would you keep the Church of the Brethren in prayer, as revival fires seem to be lighting. There are still many strongholds of the Enemy that remain, though. Christ's blessings to our faithful Mennonite friends!

Craig Alan Myers
  Brethren Revival Fellowship -- brfwitness@iname.com
I live in: Ephrata, PA USA
Heard about you: Here and there
Date: Thursday, July 12, 2001 at 11:45:33 (EDT)

Thanks for a most interesting and informative website. Keep up the good work
and continue to stand for what you believe.
I agree that 'Unity'
in a denomination is not always a good thing, especially if it is a result of too much doctrinal compromise at the expense of solid Biblical truth. Please
keep this website going strong!!
  Roger Holley -- navytownroger@webtv.net
I live in: San Diego, CA USA
Heard about you: Internet search
Date: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 at 23:54:10 (EDT)

Looks interesting, what you have presented.
  Jerry Eicher -- jseicher@gospelontheweb.com
I live in: Farmville, VA USA
Heard about you: Search engine - anabaptist
Date: Monday, July 09, 2001 at 22:10:59 (EDT)

I aqm researching an article "Congregationalists debt to Anabaptism: and why it was rightly denied; then, not now." Evangelical Anabaptism was given a 'bad press' in England, and nobody there wanted to acknowledge it. This attitude remains today. However, Congregationalism's greatest thinker, P T Forsyth, claims Anabaptism as the overlooked major contributror to Congregationalism, which is often classed, esp in Britain and US, as a Reformed denomination.
If anyone has any leads on the connection between the two, I would be greqatful to hear of it. I am aware of the MQR article repudiating influence of Anabaptism on Robert Browne.
  Peter Kennett -- kennettp@xtra.co.nz
I live in: Paraparaumu, New Zealand
Heard about you: surfing the net
Date: Sunday, July 08, 2001 at 01:28:40 (EDT)

Hi:

The "Call to Reclaim" article on eaf.net seems to miss the point of Anabaptist teachings. I think "Jesus Christ alone, grace alone, faith alone" is hardly an Anabaptist statement, nor a statement Christ would have made. These "grace alone, faith alone" statements are not biblical words. Faith alone is used only by James ("Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone" 2:17), and then in a sense opposite to the writer use.

Salvation must inclufe repentance, new birth, discipleship, etc. statements Jesus made? And s biblivsl concept of grace?

I suggest some study justification by looking first at what Jesus taught, then look at Acts to understand the issues in the early, and lastly at Paul and the other epistles teachings. They might be surprised what they taught.

I would also encourage the reader to study my book, "Redemption Realized Through Christ." It builds a case for the biblical (and Anabaptist) teachings on redemption/justification.

Leland
bibleviews.com

  Leland M. Haines -- lelaand@bibleviews.com
I live in: Northville,
Date: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 at 06:21:17 (EDT)

It seems to me that the modern day church is far too concerned with using the worlds methods to prosper. The bible is very clear and thorough on how we should live and conduct ourselves. We proclaim the gospel - the same gospel that has been proclaimed for centuries - and people are free to accept or reject it.
What can 'post-modern' philosophies possibly have in comparison to the enduring word of God?

Your site is very good - I only wish there was a conservative christian church near me here in England!
  Mrs Libbie Stokes -- savedbaby@hotmail.com
I live in: Birmingham, England
Heard about you: Web search
Date: Thursday, May 03, 2001 at 06:28:09 (EDT)

Bumped into this site doing a paper for library school on evangelical web sites. My heart felt warmed (in Wesleyian fashion) when I saw that those words "evangelical" and "anabaptist" together were not just a clever construction but really meant what they said. God bless you!
  j.farrance -- j.farrance@brooklynpubliclibrary.org
I live in: brooklyn , ny us
Heard about you: on the web
Date: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 at 14:13:05 (EDT)

I'm so hungry for anything that encourages us to live a deeper life in Christ than the supperficial one I found in the church I attend. I have been allowing the Lord to change my heart as he also changes my appearance and I wear a covering in obedience to the I Corinthians 11:2-16. My husband finds it difficult since he feels I've blown some scripture totally out of proportian, but I continue to strive and trust the Lord. Thank you for these resources that we can go to and feed on encouragement from other believers. God bless you all.
  Mrs Danielle Fowler -- fowlergd@westnet.com.au
I live in: Lower King, W.A. Australia
Heard about you: From Mark Roth's site
Date: Thursday, April 19, 2001 at 08:42:02 (EDT)

It appears to me, not having read Dennis Weaver's book, that like the heretics of old, Dennis has been castigated in the article I just read because his thoughts are (apparently) controversial.

If Dennis is incorrect, ultimately, his error in no way necessitates in my mind such an attack as what I have just read.


peace, ron
  ron becker -- ironee@yahoo.com
I live in: nashville, tn usa
Heard about you: search-engine; google.com
Date: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 at 21:34:11 (EDT)

Thank you for the Reitz article.J.Denny Weaver is contributing to the destruction of that which he professes to love.
  Lindsey Robinson -- lindsey@lanmenconf.org
I live in: lancaster, PA USA
Heard about you: I'm a long time supporter
Date: Thursday, April 05, 2001 at 16:30:52 (EDT)

Well done, Herman Reitz. Revisionist Anabaptist Theology it is...Will we see Mennonite leaders distance themselves from this heresy? Perhaps we shouldn't hold our breath, as it appears Weaver's stance has already gained currency with some. If the Mennonite Church disappears from the radar screen,as he fears, Weaver himself may well be justified in taking some of the credit.
  Eugene R. Witmer -- EugeneR@aol.com
I live in: Smoketown, PA USA
Date: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 at 20:03:18 (EDT)

Thanks, Herman, for your "to the point." Well said. It made me wish I was back in your seminary class.
  Vernon Myers -- Bishopvern@juno.com
I live in: Oxford, PA USA
Heard about you: friends
Date: Saturday, March 31, 2001 at 16:40:17 (EST)

I would think it would be a waste of time to read Weaver's Anabaptist Theology in the Face of Postmodernity : A Proposal for the Third Millennium.

I don't know why reviewer Herman Reitz had to mention Weaver is a son-in-law of J. C. Wenger. Many would think the two have nothing in common.

What the Mennonite church needs to do is return to its biblical roots. To get an idea what these are take a look at bibleviews.com, and also at my four books. These books seek to build a biblical basis for the Anabaptist/Mennonite faith.

Grace and peace,

Leland

PS: Surely grace and peace is needed in the church today.
  Leland Haines -- leland@bibleviews.com
I live in: Northville, MI
Date: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 at 14:18:03 (EST)

may god bless the amish people,and i wish people would leave them alone,as who is ugly to them will have to answer to gond i can promise you that.if we had more people like the amish we would not have children taking guns to school.god bless the amish.please if you are anyone knows the recipe to the starter for the amish friend ship bread please send it to me.
regards.
louise
  louise davis -- jcdavis@azone.net
I live in: whitt, texas
Heard about you: on the net
Date: Friday, December 22, 2000 at 16:28:19 (EST)

I learned much from your site. I'm searching for a faith community and it seems I'm gravitating to conservative Anabaptism.
  Matthew Bieniek -- MEB2JP@aol.com
I live in: Martinsburg, WV USA
Heard about you: aol search
Date: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 at 23:27:48 (EST)

Why are all the good Anabaptist Mennonite churches up north? Nashville is such a mission field if anyone is interested. Everyone thinks they are a Christian here because of the prevailing doctrine of once saved always saved, which is in all the Baptist churches. Praise God He saw fit to show me the true Way. Should I go to a Church of Christ? Would this doctrine be "close enough" to my new found Anabaptist/Mennonite Arminian beliefs?
  Kathleen Stewart -- kathyjohardinville@juno.com
I live in: Ashland City, TN usa
Heard about you: Just found you
Date: Sunday, November 19, 2000 at 17:54:51 (EST)

I appreciate the work you are doing and the firm position that you appear to take on Scripture. One suggestion for your website and literature would be to make it available in Spanish. I pastor Obra de Gracia y Verdad, a bilingual but predominately Hispanic mission in Birmingham, in the anabaptist tradition; we also use your articles of faith as our main doctrinal statement. God bless you.
  Paul Wendorf -- wendorf77@yahoo.com
I live in: Birmingham, AL USA
Heard about you: area overseer/bishop for Good News Fellowship, an association of anabaptist/mennonite churches in the Southeast USA
Date: Friday, November 17, 2000 at 23:08:16 (EST)

Keep up the good work and may God bless you!
  Phil Garber -- haithabu@hotmail.com
I live in: Calgary, AB Canada
Heard about you: search on "anabaptist"
Date: Thursday, November 16, 2000 at 00:19:00 (EST)

This is a vey nice site. I am a descendant of Bishop Henry Egly. Through his son Jacob, through his daughter Emma, who is my great grandmother. It is nice to see that all the hard work ans suffering our ancestors did was not in vain. THANKS, Rose
  Rose Oyer Gauthier -- rg1hipchic@aol.com
I live in: MI US
Heard about you: mennonite as keyword in search engine
Date: Thursday, November 02, 2000 at 17:56:46 (EST)

Very interesting web site. I am now pastor of New Zion Regular Baptist Church. While I do not agree with the Mennonite pacifism, which to me seems like the real glue that holds your groups together, I am glad that you are contending for the fundamentals of the faith. Where are you physically located now, Eric?
  Mike Hager -- jklmhager@inetone.net
I live in: Princeton, WV US
Heard about you: Have known Eric Kouns for years.
Date: Saturday, September 09, 2000 at 19:24:27 (EDT)

God Bless!
Could you e-mail me your newsletter?
Thanks.
  Themistoklis J. Papaioannou -- themisp@otenet.gr
I live in: Athens, Europe Greece
Heard about you: Search engine (Go to)
Date: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 at 13:37:21 (EDT)

Please start sending me your newsletter at:
Mathew Swora, 1024 Mercury Dr. W.
Shoreview, MN 55126
Thanks
  Mathew Swora -- emmanuel@visi.com
I live in: Shoreview, MN US
Heard about you: at national conference
Date: Friday, July 28, 2000 at 17:14:18 (EDT)

Excellent website.

I am a Roman Catholic, raised in the Episcopal Church with a Mennonite background several generations back on my father's side(Lancaster,PA).

It is surprising and sad that various anabaptist groups have been infected with the same moral relativism that has infiltrated the American Roman Catholic Church. I would never have even guessed at such a depressing development in our respective congregations thirty years ago!

It's long overdue for our laity to be made aware of the total orthodoxy existing in not only scriptural, but written patristic sources of the early Church.

Moral relativism is an age-old heresy that can be defeated by education and common sense - two areas that often seem to be mutually exclusive in society today!

God bless you and keep up the good work.
  Fritz Seachrist -- FSEA@aol.com
I live in: Cuyahoga Falls, OH USA
Heard about you: search for "anabaptist spirituality"
Date: Friday, June 30, 2000 at 23:22:28 (EDT)

Greetings Eric! I have read, and will read again, your paper, "For the Sake of the Kingdom." I have also passed it on to some friends and will see that more are exposed to it. We are reading and discussing it here in our local "Evangelical Anabaptist Network" (formerly the "Indian-Michigan Mennonite Network"). Your paper reminded me again why I am an "evangelical anabaptist". Thank you for the work that you continue to do "for the sake of the kingdom".
  Brian D. Arbuckle -- barbuck@kuntrynet.com
I live in: Shipshewana, IN 46565
Date: Friday, June 16, 2000 at 14:56:45 (EDT)

This looks to be a very interesting site, and I hope I'll have time to peruse it further sometime soon. I am conservative (in theology and practice) Anabaptist, but the complete lack of interest in being evangelical among some Anabaptists I know has disturbed me somewhat.
I was very interested to see the "signatures" of quite a few people I know in the guest book. You apparently have readers across the whole range of anabaptism.
God bless!!
  Margaret Ann Fox -- pdfox@earthlink.net
I live in: Latrobe, PA USA
Heard about you: Anabaptists.com
Date: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 at 20:14:15 (EDT)

I consider myself a conservative evangelical Anabaptist. That is why I differ with your views on the welcoming letter. I believe that we need to follow the Anabaptist tradition of humility (Mt 23:12). Acknowledging that we are to serve rather than judge(Jn 13:16, Lk 6:37), we can work together with other Christians who have come to different conclusions in their study of Scriptures. Yes, study of Scripture is important. I wish Barr would give Scriptural reasons for his views about Biblical authority. Looking to Scripture itself, we find that "reverence for the Scriptures" is not the way "into the glorious light of the kingdom of God." The real way is Jesus (Jn 3:16-21), who came to renew the ancient commandments to "love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind...love your neighbor as yourself" (Mt 22:37-40, Dt 6:5, Lv 19:18). Let us humbly follow God's commands.
  Karl Stutzman -- karlns@goshen.edu
I live in: Goshen, IN USA
Heard about you: websurfing
Date: Monday, June 05, 2000 at 00:27:06 (EDT)

Amen! Amen! Amen !
  william -- calmseasailor@webtv.net
I live in: Daytona, Fl US
Heard about you: Providential-Surfing the net and here I am!
Date: Sunday, May 14, 2000 at 22:06:28 (EDT)

I have found sit informative and helpfull
  Michael Windham -- christsaves@minister.com
I live in: fairbanks, ak us
Date: Saturday, May 06, 2000 at 18:38:04 (EDT)

I found your site fascinating. I think you are providing a much needed voice in today's North American Mennonite church.
  Sydney Penner -- sydpenner77@yahoo.com
I live in: Berwick, N.S. Canada
Heard about you: www-personal.umich.edu/~bpl/menno.html
Date: Friday, April 21, 2000 at 20:09:24 (EDT)

Excellent article on The Eclipse of Biblical Authority.
  Jeff Schmidt -- jjbhs@hotmail.com
I live in: Boaz, KY USA
Heard about you: Anabaptist Bookstore
Date: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 at 22:11:24 (EDT)

Thanks, Phil, for your response and analysis of the "welcoming letter." It was well said, and sadly true.
  Vernon Myers -- Bishopvern@juno.com
I live in: Oxford, PA USA
Date: Friday, March 31, 2000 at 19:08:02 (EST)

A nice looking site. While I do not see things from your point of view, I affirm your willingness to openly dream about the possibilities for the Church, particularly Anabaptism.
As one of the signers of the Welcome Letter, I would like to add that the recent article on your Views Page completely misunderstands my reason for signing it (others' motivation too, I think, but I can only speak for myself).

By all means, the central theme of my theology is "reconciliation with a holy and just God." My beliefs are anything but postmodern.

I'll be wanting to hear more from you and understand you better.

-- Miriam Showalter
  Miriam Showalter -- mishnu3@yahoo.com
I live in: Sarasota, FL US
Heard about you: Roman Miller: MennoLink post
Date: Friday, March 31, 2000 at 08:10:37 (EST)

thank you, that was a very,very good response. It sounds like your church has the proper balance of understanding scripture.
shalom, joe perotta
  joe perotta -- cousinzadoks@yahoo.com
I live in: nashville, mich usa
Heard about you: web link on a mennolink post
Date: Thursday, March 30, 2000 at 21:15:02 (EST)

We have models for restoration in the Scriptures. I am encouraged to know that there is a body of believers who are committed to finding out how those models are to be used for the perfection of the Saints. It is to no advantage to dismantle the mechanisms of deceit if we then fail to activate the provisions of the Truth. I hope we can do both. The worst kind of enemy is a "friend" who will not tell you the Truth!!
  Kenneth R. Ross -- primover@safeplace.net
I live in: Harleysville, PA. US
Heard about you: A concerned person in Pliladelphia, PA.
Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 at 12:53:35 (EST)

Wow, Great Site! I love to see other conservative Anabaptist/Mennonite sites like yours! Great newsletter! We are an independent Mennonite Group and seeking affiliation and fellowship with other conservative, Biblical groups. We would love to join with the EAF.
  Robert Harley -- rharley@ao.net
I live in: Sanford, FL US
Heard about you: Surfing the Web
Date: Thursday, March 16, 2000 at 12:04:52 (EST)

I would encourage you to see that not all of the benificiaries of the anabaptist vision are now in the denominations and fellowships that are directly connected by history. There is a much broader subgroup within the Church that understands and stands with the renewing power of the anti-sacralism, Kingdom allegience, and the call to personal integrity that were so vividly demonstrated by the first anabaptists. I am part of a new church plant effort that is not part of any existing denomination, but we acknowledge a tremendous debt to and affinity for all of those that have and continue to stand for the truth of the Gospel, with the Anabaptists and their antecedants standing prominently in that category.
  Steve Savage -- sdsavage@sprynet.com
I live in: encinitas, CA USA
Heard about you: on this site
Date: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 at 00:34:34 (EST)

Thanks for the sight. If ever we need Holy Spirit vision its now. A great book to read is "There is a Way Back". For copies of this book send $7.00 per copy plus $1.50 for shipping and handling to:
Vaughn Martin
595 Old Hershey Rd.
Elizabethtown, PA 17022
Three or more copies: No shipping or handling charges.
Ten or more copies: $5.00 per book, no shipping or handling charges.
Check or money orders only.
A prophetic message for the Mennonite church today calling us back to radical New Testament Christianity. God bless you.
  Mike Weaver -- weavermikerenita@waveone.net
I live in: Claypool, IN USA
Heard about you: The web
Date: Monday, March 06, 2000 at 21:42:14 (EST)

I would like to join E.A.F.
  Lewis Cretsinger -- lewiskcr@ptd.net
I live in: Morris Run, PA USA
Heard about you: news letter
Date: Friday, March 03, 2000 at 20:22:22 (EST)

Our church is presently looking at affiliation with a larger oraganization. We are a former GC church who have been independant since 1996. Your organization is being considered as an option. How would you be of benefit to us as an independant church?
  Garry Dyck -- gjdyck@mb.sympatico.ca
I live in: Altona, MB CA
Heard about you: a friend
Date: Friday, February 25, 2000 at 13:36:56 (EST)

Appreciate the perspective of the EAF and the prophetic challenge to stay close to biblical anabaptist orthodoxy. I encourage you not to be a "single issue" voice (i.e. homosexuality) in regards to evangelicalism with the the GC-MC Community. Whatever you may think of the continuing dialogue within MC-GC and it's member congregations, you have yourself recognized that the creedal statements and resolutions are true to biblical anabaptism. Therefore, you are putting yourself in the position of judging how much and how long grace should be extended to members of fellowship that are in violation of confession of faith. That's a tenous position to put oneself - Pharisees and Sadducees of Christ's time chose the path of "enforcing the law" and Christ was very hard on them for it. I don't know "why the debate still goes on" but I do know that sitting in judgement and practising legalism is dangerous territory. I affirm the resolutions on human sexuality adopted by the MC/GC and pray that continued dialogue with congregations that are in violation of them can ultimately lead to restoration of those congregations aa members in good standing. As long as the dialogue continues in the presence of clear theological statements that affirm our biblical-anabaptism, what do we have to lose by extending the patience of grace rather than the hammer of legalistic orthodoxy? Christ was unwavering in biblical orthodoxy and generous (indeed lavish) in the grace of discipleship.
  Ron Janzen -- ronjanzen@hotmail.com
I live in: Steinbach, MB CA
Heard about you: web surfing
Date: Saturday, February 19, 2000 at 23:01:20 (EST)

I really appreciate the stand EAF is taking in regards to the GC/MC merger. Blessings to you!
  Steven Good -- wegoods@gcronline.com
I live in: South Boston, VA USA
Heard about you: Eric held a series of meetings in our congregation a number of years ago.
Date: Saturday, February 05, 2000 at 19:40:44 (EST)

Your web site is quite astoundingly moronic.
  Joey Kivers -- joey37ns@hotmail.com
I live in: Halifax, NS Canada
Heard about you: websearch on "anabaptist"
Date: Monday, January 10, 2000 at 10:43:02 (EST)

Keep Seeking God for His Pure and Holy Truth. Blessings To You!
A sister in Christ
  Tiffany Sullivan -- tiffany@newmail.net
I live in: Libby, Mt 59923
Heard about you: Search for Anabaptist
Date: Sunday, January 02, 2000 at 15:32:44 (EST)

I am thankful for all conservative Anabaptist websights.
  Maria Schroeder -- mks@ioa.com
I live in: Hendersonville, NC USA
Heard about you: roaming the internet
Date: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 at 09:36:37 (EST)

just wanted to sign up. i have been a member of providence mennonite for several years. we are members of the gc and i was wanting to know the truth about where they stand on the homosexuality issue. we have not heard much about the conference in our church for a while. we recently just went through a split because of the charismatic movement. our former pastor decided that the mennonite/anabaptist doctrine was not right. he just didn't like any doctrine. he was caught up in a very mystical relationship. he was a wonderful speaker and it is such a tragic thing when that movement can seep its way into the church. i personally see no end in sight to the movement. that is a scary thought. i would love to hear some thoughts on this movement. in Christ's love
  taj eaton -- tajeaton@hotmail.com
I live in: montgomery, in us
Date: Saturday, November 27, 1999 at 03:01:56 (EST)

great newsletter
  mike shurden -- mshsurden@lander.edu
I live in: greenwood, sc usa
Heard about you: found you on internet
Date: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 at 11:09:53 (EST)

Any Church of the Brethren folks who find this site, surf on over to the site of Brethren Revival Fellowship, the loyal concern movement within the Church of the Brethren. Thanks, and keep lighting the fires of revival!

Craig Alan Myers
  Craig Alan Myers -- brfwitness@iname.com
I live in: Columbia City, IN USA
Heard about you: Here and there!
Date: Saturday, November 13, 1999 at 15:52:02 (EST)

I'm the webmaster (or whatever) of this site.

I posted the new "To The Point" article this morning. And discovered some problems with the option to send those articles to yourself or someone else. I got those fixed.

Then I decided to visit the guestbook and discovered a problem there!

This is a test to make sure *that* problem is resolved.

Blessings to all who visit and read here!
  Mark Roth -- mroth@anabaptists.org
I live in: Molalla, OR USA
Heard about you: Roman Miller
Date: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 at 11:08:59 (EST)

We are interested in finding out more about EAF .
  Max & Mary Miller -- marimax@earthlink.net
I live in: Gulfport, MS USA
Heard about you: at Gulfhaven Mennonite
Date: Sunday, November 07, 1999 at 21:17:56 (EST)

Finally checked out your web site - it is very informative and interesting. I will continue praying for you and your work.

Your Brother, Sam
  Sam Teague -- sam_teague@hotmail.com
I live in: Sunnyvale, CA
Heard about you: Eric
Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 at 17:34:17 (EDT)

Love the site!
I became interested in Anabaptists while writing a paper for a Church History class in seminary. I've always identified with Anabaptists. After getting my MDiv and ordained, I even toyed with the idea of opening the first Charismatic Anabaptist Church.
This dream has yet to be realized. but is still in my heart and prayers.
I have visited Mennonite and Amish congregations in the NE Ohio area and have been received warmly. I have gotten many good ideas from these encounters and intend to continue to pursue them. I have looked into other congregations with Anabaptist heritages (ie. Brethern) but have found then somewhat liberal in theology and practice.
I am profoundly dismayed by the idea that homosexuality is even an issue in the Mennonite movement. The apostle Paul, not to mention Menno himself, would be appalled. I have grieved over the effect that an "open door policy" on divorce has had on the church. Now homosexuals. Admittedly, we are to treat homosexuals with love and by teaching and example lead them to renounce their sin and lead godly lives according to scripture. But how to do this without excluding them from hearing the teaching of the gospel or seeing true worship in a congregation is problematic. Does letting them attend say we are condoning their unbliblical behavior? Are we then afraid to preach from Romans 1 for fear of offending them? Being IN THE WORLD and affecting it without becoming OF THE WORLD. The historic Anabaptist congregations are characterized by their seperation from the world.
What does it mean to be an Evangelical Anabaptist????
Sorry, I got carried away preaching. :)
God Bless your work, I have bookmarked the site and hope you will send more info on membership in the EAF etc.
John White
  John White -- DreamAir@aol.co,
I live in: Kent, OH USA
Heard about you: AOL Search - Anabaptists
Date: Thursday, October 21, 1999 at 02:13:56 (EDT)


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