This sounds like the sort of meeting being held by regional classes. How can this event be distinguished from official ecclesiastical meetings? Isn’t Abide acting like a somewhat secretive, quasi denomination? I’m troubled that the conversation excludes people who question the denominational position. Is that healthy? It sounds like marginalization to me.
On a different note... this is interesting data and analysis for all Iowa churches:
https://open.substack.com/pub/ryanburge/p/iowa-is-not-a-particularly-religious?r=1ebu6n&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
This sounds like the sort of meeting being held by regional classes. How can this event be distinguished from official ecclesiastical meetings? Isn’t Abide acting like a somewhat secretive, quasi denomination? I’m troubled that the conversation excludes people who question the denominational position. Is that healthy? It sounds like marginalization to me.