[CS-FSLUG] There is more to this than mere denominations

[Ritchie, Josiah]

Thanks for this encouraging note. I appreciate hearing the perspective. :-)

JSR/

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Young [mailto:Tim.Young at LightSys.org] 
> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 9:44 AM
> To: A Christian virtual Free Software and Linux Users Group.
> Subject: Re: [CS-FSLUG] There is more to this than mere denominations
> 
> 
> Part of the problem is that there are some folks who are 
> truly cross-denominational, non-denominational, or whatever, 
> but most of us never come in contact with them.  I have seen 
> many stellar examples of groups who have done a great job 
> bridging the denominational gaps.
> 
> I am a missionary computer guy who has worked with over 60 
> mission agencies.  I have worked with the Assemblies of God, 
> and I have worked with ABWE (Association of Baptists for 
> World Evangelism), and many other denominationally based 
> missions.  But my favorite thing of all is working with a 
> fuzzy group, ICCM (www.iccm.org)  ICCM is the International 
> Conference on Computing and Mission, and is held every year 
> (usually at Taylor University in Indiana).  The thing that is 
> remarkable about this conference is that there are tons of 
> people of there from different denominations, and it all 
> works out without bloodshed or any real bickering.
> 
> I recently had the joy of having a friend of mine visit ABWE, 
> who had provided some of the leadership for ICCM over the 
> last year.  ABWE has all the men dressed in suits and the 
> women in long dresses, is very strict about a lot of things 
> (haircuts, bearing, language (of the swearing sort, not being 
> ethnocentric :), and many other things).  But at ICCM, none 
> of this shows at all.  They very graciously step away from 
> their strictness and work along with folks like I-Teams who 
> has a 45-year old computer-guy with a mohawk and shorts.
> 
> I guess what I am trying to say is that, while there is a lot 
> we could be doing better, one should not be totally 
> discouraged.  There are pockets of unity among Christian 
> parties that disagree.  I wish there were more of them.
> 
> 	- Tim Young, Field Consultant
> 	LightSys Technology Services
> 	(www.lightsys.org)
> 
> Christopher Rose wrote:
> > 
> > Please let me state my belief that "non-denominationalism" 
> is as much 
> > a denomination as baptist or lutheran or any other. (snip)
> 
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