[CS-FSLUG] There is more to this than mere denominations
Ritchie, Josiah
JRitchie at bible.edu
Wed Sep 15 09:14:20 CDT 2004
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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