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OF MEANS AND; .THE ENn , '
, Clearest among the lessons of 1Mehnonitei:
history is . that the original Aria baptist beliefs
were truer than · aH the ~ubsequent modifica~ ,
' tions, :even if judgedi from a 'pragmatic vjew-
_point. Not being .a state 'ch,ur5h, the Anabap-tist
fellowship ·had no means' of gaining mem-bers,
except tlie · proper one,. ,winning· · tfrem
into the union 6f believers in 'Christ. Thus the
size and vitality ·of th~ ~emb'ership wa;: a ·
measure of the depth ·of ,its. me."hing tq . indi-
- viduaJs ' · '· ' ·. · . . . . ' . ·
Ai:no~g the 1pragmati~ally .pro~~n.. doctrM~~ \
are non-resistance and non-conformity. App-Ii~ ,
cation bas varied wi~hout lpss, bt,tt the. groups
who sμrrender . p1:inciple are remembered pri~ ' l
marily for Jheir lack; Of continued ex.istap.ce as ..
believers with 'a vital fait.h and a meanirtgful r
-witness for the world. This seems to indicate
that the church's greatest danger is not con-flict,
b'ut .a spirjtuai weakness whi~h <:om prom-ises
to avoid it. .
Just as evident is the relation betwe,en our,
.existance as an organization and our· use of
our organization to evangelize. The _,settle- · 1
ments in Russia and Paraguay are examples
of Mennonite communities which became so-cial
organization~ mor'e than churches, · and
consequently found new problems with peo- ,
ple who were members of the community . and
not of the body of believers. Thus we also
must remember _that we .should not want the
''Mennonite Rural Community" as a solid so-.
· cial organization or a way . t9 preserve l\:I~n- .
nonitism. ''.When we build a strong ·commun-ity;
it is part of our witness ~ not crawling into
. a hole.•:
This .applies to · s~udents too. The aim . of a
ChFstian college is not t(Y exist as a college.
We are not here for the purpose of what we
do here;, we are : here only in order fo go. The
apostles w.ere t0ld to wait until they received
power to ~vitness. ~we ·must . never consider 1
waiting , or . any other . preparation as having
intrin;Jic·value.. . . · J.H.Y. ,
Object Description
| Title | Of Means and the End |
| Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Institution | Mennonite Historical Library |
| Original format |
text |
| Language |
English |
| Collection Name |
AMBS and GC John Howard Yoder Digital Library |
| Date created | 1947-03-11 |
| Subject |
Goshen College record Anabaptists -- Doctrines |
| Creator |
Yoder, John Howard |
| Publisher |
Goshen College |
| Description | Goshen College Record editorial on original Anabaptist beliefs being truer than subsequent modifications. |
| Rights Explanation | Used by permission of Goshen College. Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright owned by Goshen College. |
| Extent | 1 p. |
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pdf |
| Item ID | im-amdc-jhy-0359 |
Description
| Title | Of Means and the End |
| Institution | Mennonite Historical Library |
| Original format |
text |
| Language |
English |
| Collection Name |
AMBS and GC John Howard Yoder Digital Library |
| Date created | 1947-03-11 |
| Subject |
Goshen College record Anabaptists -- Doctrines |
| Creator |
Yoder, John Howard |
| Publisher |
Goshen College |
| Description | Goshen College Record editorial on original Anabaptist beliefs being truer than subsequent modifications. |
| Rights Explanation | Used by permission of Goshen College. Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright owned by Goshen College. |
| Extent | 1 p. |
| Digital format |
pdf |
| Item ID | im-amdc-jhy-0359 |
| Text | OF MEANS AND; .THE ENn , ' , Clearest among the lessons of 1Mehnonitei: history is . that the original Aria baptist beliefs were truer than · aH the ~ubsequent modifica~ , ' tions, :even if judgedi from a 'pragmatic vjew- _point. Not being .a state 'ch,ur5h, the Anabap-tist fellowship ·had no means' of gaining mem-bers, except tlie · proper one,. ,winning· · tfrem into the union 6f believers in 'Christ. Thus the size and vitality ·of th~ ~emb'ership wa;: a · measure of the depth ·of ,its. me."hing tq . indi- - viduaJs ' · '· ' ·. · . . . . ' . · Ai:no~g the 1pragmati~ally .pro~~n.. doctrM~~ \ are non-resistance and non-conformity. App-Ii~ , cation bas varied wi~hout lpss, bt,tt the. groups who sμrrender . p1:inciple are remembered pri~ ' l marily for Jheir lack; Of continued ex.istap.ce as .. believers with 'a vital fait.h and a meanirtgful r -witness for the world. This seems to indicate that the church's greatest danger is not con-flict, b'ut .a spirjtuai weakness whi~h <:om prom-ises to avoid it. . Just as evident is the relation betwe,en our, .existance as an organization and our· use of our organization to evangelize. The _,settle- · 1 ments in Russia and Paraguay are examples of Mennonite communities which became so-cial organization~ mor'e than churches, · and consequently found new problems with peo- , ple who were members of the community . and not of the body of believers. Thus we also must remember _that we .should not want the ''Mennonite Rural Community" as a solid so-. · cial organization or a way . t9 preserve l\:I~n- . nonitism. ''.When we build a strong ·commun-ity; it is part of our witness ~ not crawling into . a hole.•: This .applies to · s~udents too. The aim . of a ChFstian college is not t(Y exist as a college. We are not here for the purpose of what we do here;, we are : here only in order fo go. The apostles w.ere t0ld to wait until they received power to ~vitness. ~we ·must . never consider 1 waiting , or . any other . preparation as having intrin;Jic·value.. . . · J.H.Y. , |