Wesleyan holiness
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Nonconformity to the World Part 4: What about today?
I have to admit “nonconformity,” as a negative term, is subject to the same weaknesses as other negatives (eg non-resistance instead of peacemaking, anti-abortion instead of pro-life, prohibition instead of temperance) even if the cause is good and even though… Continue reading
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Nonconformity to the World Part 3, Mennonite Brethren in Christ Experience
When I was a young preacher in the Missionary Church of Canada, before the 1993 merger produced the EMCC, I attended a conference promoting a simple lifestyle. I signed a promise to live a simple lifestyle as much as possible.… Continue reading
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Nonconformity to the world Part 2, Wesleyan holiness Background
The EMCC today may seem like a generic evangelical church to some attenders, perhaps teaching therapeutic techniques, listening to non-denominational evangelical podcasts and singing pop evangelical worship songs, but it did not seem so to its first generations. The early… Continue reading
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Mrs Elizabeth Risdon: Mystery Woman, Part 2
This is the second part of my account of a zealous Christian lady from Michigan (ca 1850-ca 1915) who in widowhood devoted herself to holiness causes in Ontario. Where she began life and where she ended is unknown to me.… Continue reading
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New Mennonite Church Part 3: Distinctives
While researching for the profiles of NMC preachers I wrote for GAMEO,1 I gradually drew a picture of their unique community. They were Ontario Mennonites, definitely, and they added other features for a made-in-Canada mix. Frequently, Anabaptists who liked the… Continue reading
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