What is the Pilgrim Mennonite Conference?

[@ryananderson6450]

As a hospice chaplain with a decent working knowledge of different religions, your channel is an essential source for me. Thank you for your work!

[@KandiKlover]

This guy seems like a chaplain himself as well.

[@davidmeehan4486]

It's good to see that someone is pushing back against the iniquity that is pullover shirts.

[@DanSme1]

Haha 😂

[@djungellars]

This denomination was formed through a separation from a group they thought was to legalistic. 😬

[@quinnjohnson9750]

Makes you wonder how "legalistic" the other group was from when they left lol.

[@Ms666slayer]

​@@quinnjohnson9750Pretty much like the Amish

[@dbach1025]

Just shows that there are those who are mis-led, and there are those that are really, really mis-led. 😭

[@roddumlauf9241]

@@quinnjohnson9750 Way back when I was in college, a Christian College, most at my college fellow students considered the Baptists in our athletic conference who we associated with, as, legalistic. The Baptists considered us "unsaved" or very worldly at best. These students would try to convert us to Christ, assuming we had not trusted in Jesus ( asking Jesus to come into our hearts and accepting Him as Lord and Savior), otherwise we would have adopted their "legalistic" particular views. I think most Christian do not know the proper definition of legalism.

[@markcamacho3152]

We City-slickers have half-clad people walking around us, porn available at our fingertips, and television to subtly reprogram us on the daily. They can choose to stay or leave. How much liberty *SHOULD* they choose?

[@Kneißle]

Mennonites/Anabaptists historically were amillenial. The belief in premillennialism was accepted by some groups/individuals because of influence from protestantism/fundamentalism in the early 1900's.

[@PrimitiveChristian-m3p]

So did they become Dispensationalist in the early 1900s or did that come later?

[@Kneißle]

David Bercot has an interesting video in which he states that there were massive Protestant influences at work within the Mennonites well before 1900. It seems like this influx of new ideas contributed to the Old Order splits. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJ3XoneqnZp0e7csi=g7y293kLbpl1CAfo

[@jec1ny]

I respect their convictions and faith, even while respectfully disagreeing with some aspects of their doctrine.

[@trappedcat3615]

What do you disagree with?

[@jec1ny]

@@trappedcat3615 Well, I'm Eastern Orthodox, so...

[@happygomonkey]

@@trappedcat3615 22:55

[@thomasrileyministries5055]

@@jec1nyyeah pretty much everything lol

[@jec1ny]

@@thomasrileyministries5055 Ummm... they are Trinitarian. So there's that. 🙄

[@brandi_w]

So much here yet I appreciate their charitable position on Christmas (non divisive).

[@Rachel-em3wk]

I find anyone who willingly sacrifices the material things of the world to commit themselves God very admirable. I think the extreme level is unnecessary, but to each their own.

[@KandiKlover]

No it ain’t. With how bad the FadRot is these days it’s like a disease. Also this is lax compared to being an orthodox monk.

[@Michael-bk5nz]

This starts out sounding reasonable but increasingly starts to sound extremely and unreasonably strict, no computers, TV’s or radios, really?

[@JohnnyRep-u4e]

Yes. Really.

[@silastithing6897]

Well, these technologies did demonstrably change humanity, socially, very negatively. At least from a Christian perspective. Comparing Christian values from pre-TV (1930s) to the post-TV and internet era and you'll see a drastic change

[@thomasrileyministries5055]

@@JohnnyRep-u4e yet you're on KZbin

[@JohnnyRep-u4e]

@@thomasrileyministries5055 - Don't really know what you are getting at. I do not hold the particular beliefs of this denomination.

[@DrakonPhD]

​@@silastithing6897There was also a change in values between the early Christ and Middle Ages, and between the Middle Ages and Age of Exploration, and because of the Radio. It's just arbitrary legalism.

[@JefferyHunt]

Fascinating that Dispensationalism has tangled itself up into a group known for being so distanced from greater culture.

[@keithwiebe1787]

That's the general trend of all Mennonite or Ex Mennonite groups. They railed against the "world" and wouldn't you know it were influenced by the "world" that they inhabited. Most became evangelical in nature and are now maga.

[@DanSme1]

"tangled itself up"? Any entanglement going on is on your part. I recommend Crawford Gribben's new J.N. Darby and the Roots of Dispensationalism. The Dispensational FRAMEWORK is simply one way of organizing themes and history found in the sixty-six books of Scripture. The philosophical framework of Covenantism is another. They're tools, nothing more or less unless you MISS the Risen Lord Jesus Christ.

[@JefferyHunt]

@@DanSme1 One thing I appreciate about Dispensationalists is their belief in the inerrancy of the Bible. Thank God that there are Bible-believing Christians on both sides of the Dispensational to Covenantal spectrum. It’s funny that you associate Dispensationalism with “themes and history”, and that you choose to describe Covenatalism as “philosophical”. That’s exactly the way I’d expect a Dispensationalist to frame the issue. The inerrant Bible is neither mere “themes and history”, nor lofty “philosophy”, but well-structured text in canonical context. In other words, we have to get our eyes off of the event and back onto the page.

[@jamesreed5678]

Dispensationalism: People hear a lie often enough, they start to believe it.

[@jeffking4176]

Concerning cars, well, almost ALL cars now have at least most of those “luxuries “.

[@tomm7505]

I grew up in southeastern PA and would see Mennonites often. One Wednesdays - Fridays they'd make the trek into center city Philadelphia (where I worked) and sell food and other items at Reading Terminal Market. They made REALLY good chicken pot pies. My best friend always called the Mennonite women -- the "soup strainer" women because of the white mesh headpieces they'd wear. They are definitely a unique group.

[@stephanottawa7890]

Since they are apparently using just the KJV, I would conclude that they have given up speaking German or at least using German in the worship services. For that you would need Die Heiligen Schriften nach der Übersetzung von Dr. Martin Luther.

[@Pope_Balenciaga]

The people who wrote this as official doctrine must be so 'fun' at parties

[@RabidLeech1]

They wouldnt show up in the first place and shun anyone who does.

[@KidVolcano]

You get that they're basically a more "liberal" version of the Amish? (I think it's more or less the same, theology-wise)

[@Pope_Balenciaga]

@@KidVolcano Amish life is similar to living in a communes. They also have Rumspringa. So, it's not exactly the same.

[@Pope_Balenciaga]

@@RabidLeech1 Yeah I know. I would be very impressed if I met a lay person who followed all the rules. Sounds impossible to follow if you have a life outside of church.

[@mariekatherine5238]

@@KidVolcanoExactly. I know some people who belong to this group. They’re very legalistic among themselves, much more so than many Amish. Maybe because I’ve known them since before their statement of faith and rules were codified, they consider me a “safe” outsider. I’m Traditional Catholic from NYC!

[@Blaaake]

15:44 do they just ignore verse 15 in 1 Corinthians 11?

[@Retro6502]

Aside from the strict rules on interacting with worldly things, their theology seems very close to Restorationist / Church of Christ. Their description of the function of Baptism is different (an act of obedience, rather than necessary for salvation), but they reject faith alone and hold to "faith without works is dead". Also the rejection of once saved, always saved. Interesting to see a different tradition arrive at a very similar set of beliefs.

[@mattc1647]

We're going to Pennsyvania for this one!

[@tjenadonn6158]

The Burned-Over District's less fun cousin to the south, the Chilled Over District.

[@David-j8v5p]

Jesus in heaven: 'Now this is what I like! This is what is important that there aren't anymore movie's, anymore "video games," anymore, anymore "cars," anymore "Disney World's," anymore amusement park's," anymore rides (like ferris wheel rides or bumper cars on at any fairground) no more "trains," anymore "Hollywood studios," no more "air planes," anything that distracts the mind from worshipping God of heaven and earth.'

[@mariekatherine5238]

I don’t know about planes, trains, and automobiles. I’ve been on all three that have done wonders for my prayer life!

[@BrendaBoykin-qz5dj]

Thank you, Joshua🌹⭐🔥⭐🌹

[@BramptonAnglican]

Thank you for sharing. I know some progressive Mennonites. Never knew any before or growing up.

[@juliedemarchi8767]

Progressive Mennonites-that’s an oxymoron. They are effectively liberal Protestants who deny everything about Mennonites except nonresistance (which they generally think of as pacifism).

[@joshuakarr-BibleMan]

Thanks, Joshua.

[@bloom_the_artist]

8:03 That's not the calvinist view of predestination. Calvinists don't believe that people will go to heaven or hell regardless of their beliefs.

[@EeLee-e6t]

Good video

[@MidwestArtMan]

Bro, those music opinions are nuts.

[@David-j8v5p]

Reverend Jesse Duplantis: Heaven doesn't have anything like that that this world takes and has that distracts the minds of people from being away from having God on the mind 24-7

[@Dilley_G45]

So basically Baptists with strict lifestyle. And this Holy Kiss thing... what is that? People in Church kissing each other is fine but watching tv is not?

[@calebpearce9334]

Five separate times in the epistles Christians are expressly told to “greet one another with a Holy Kiss.” You can probably argue that is is not NECESSARY to literally kiss one-another, but I don’t see how you could condemn the practice if a community decides to literally do what they were instructed to do. You seem to imply that greeting each other with a kiss is perverse in some way. But might I suggest that perception is due to the culture shifting to make the kiss an exclusively romantic expression today, which is a very modern development limited to the modern west.

[@nathanelder5285]

Except they’re Arminian

[@Dilley_G45]

@@calebpearce9334 I'm not prude but I wouldn't kiss anyone in Church or from Church. Whatever the Bible means by it I don't know. I doubt they kiss like we do. And by the way...would you liked to be kiss by some old men? Wouldn't I get kicked out kissing the teenage girl that isn't related to me? I don't call it perverse. But my Bible calls us to modesty and purity

[@loganseals3927]

Okay, let me clarify something. We practice the Holy Kiss in my church. I am not Pilgrim Mennonite, but I am with the Beachy Amish-Mennonites. The Holy Kiss is never practiced by men and women together. Only men greet men, and women greet women. Men greeting women is not allowed.

[@Eric777-r1h]

That passage actually says the opposite of what they are thinking. Think, we did all of these wonderful works in your name, and for you. Then Christ says depart from me for I never knew you! Think!! The ones he rejected are those who through their works thought they knew him, but didn't have saving faith. Understand?🙏

[@calebpearce9334]

Or maybe they know Christ well enough to discern what worldly things draw them away from Him, and therefore chose to abstain from them. If someone spends all their time indulging in worldly pleasures, but on a Sunday morning in their Pentecostal church would “cast out demons” and perform miracles, that person is more in line with the one whom Christ condemns.

[@Eric777-r1h]

@@calebpearce9334 I'm sorry, but I'll stick with the real Gospel of the Grace of God 🙏 the only gospel 🙏

[@Eric777-r1h]

@@calebpearce9334 we don't do good works to be saved,we do good works because we are saved

[@calebpearce9334]

@@Eric777-r1hif you don’t think you actually NEED to do good (and stop doing evil), the logical conclusion is that you won’t NEED grace from God. How can you be expected to ask for forgiveness from God if you deny that you were ever expected to do good?

[@Eric777-r1h]

@@calebpearce9334 then I have a question for you, and don't dodge the question, what must I do to be saved?🙏

[@dogsandyoga1743]

The ones in Belize I ran across seemed pretty chill. But there are a few different groups there...

[@noahaustin4954]

So actual question, what do they do for fun?

[@CandyCinema]

Serious answer: volleyball and singing together. 4-part harmony is a learned activity among many conservative anabaptist groups and their youth get togethers tend to be about singing. And volleyball.

[@DanSme1]

Likely sex for married couples, of course. 😉 It would be interesting to see recent demographics.

[@noahaustin4954]

Ha nice ok

[@andrewd.conard5088]

What is this 'holy kiss'??

[@trappedcat3615]

A charitable greeting.

[@mariekatherine5238]

A quick peck on the cheek of the same sex used to indicate Christian fellowship. It’s practiced only within their own churches, not friends or other kinds of Christians. There is nothing sexual about it. It was originally a cultural greeting from the Swiss cantons of the 15th through 19th centuries.

[@conradogoodwin8077]

@@mariekatherine5238 I don't think it originated only in Switzerland. Other, older cultures also had similar practices of non-sexual kiss greetings.

[@PrimitiveChristian-m3p]

When did they become Dispensationalist?

[@loriloristuff]

Oh well. I guess they don't mind present military and veterans guarding the country, though. It's their choice. It wouldn't be mine.

[@Kneißle]

That's correct. They believe that the Earthly Kingdom (secular government) is permitted to use the sword, but Christ's Kingdom (the church) wins souls through love, and is not permitted to mix with the affairs of the Earthly.

[@michaelgreen1515]

I never knew there were Dispensationalist Anabaptists before.

[@Ms666slayer]

In Mexico the menonites are mostly congregated in the north Chihuahua being the state that has the most, also here are know as the guys that sell homemade cheese on the streets.

[@dogsandyoga1743]

The group I ran across in Belize seem pretty chill. But there are a few groups of varied strictness. They are the biggest milk producers I believe...

[@SantaFe19484]

People who believe in salvation by works are always clever at finding a way to make it sound biblical.

[@Freddy78909]

I love the Amish and Mennonites

[@jd3jefferson556]

Doesn't Jesus wear pink in a lot of his art work? Our Lady often wears blue and Christ wears red or rose pink.

[@David-j8v5p]

Jesus: A Mennonite heaven!' says Jesus.

[@afive-dimensionalhuman2459]

Sorry, Santa??? Pagan???? Like the man whose origin story is being a literal Christian saint????????

[@JohnnyRep-u4e]

There is a far cry between the "saint", and the modern marketing device we call "Santa". ...(Sigh)...

[@mariekatherine5238]

They don’t recognize Saints in the Catholic sense of the word.

[@David-j8v5p]

Jesus says to people: 'Did you read what is written on in the verse of Isaiah 65:17? Behold I will create new heaven's and a new earth 🌎. The former thing's like being able to have movie's, video games resturants race tracks Disney World's amusement parks ect. ect......) the former thing's will not be remembered nor will they come to mind.'

[@Dilley_G45]

Jesus didnt say "Faith only?" Did Jesus say "don't watch TV"? Did Jesus say "use grape juice for communion"?

[@mariekatherine5238]

No, in fact, Jesus said the direct opposite on two of the three, or He personally modeled it. As to TV, of course, He said nothing. It can be easily deducted from Scripture that one should not view material that promotes a sinful or a non-Christian lifestyle.

[@Dilley_G45]

@@mariekatherine5238 Jesus didn't say Works save you. But he said noone can come to the Father except through me. Paul made it clear that you are saved by grace through faith and works are the result of faith. TV can be good or bad. Today its mostly bad. The medium indeed doesn't matter. Only the content

[@calebpearce9334]

@@Dilley_G45so if a group of believers who strives to build each other up in faith and holiness discerns that because there is so much filth in TV that they will conscientiously abstain from it, you think they add works? Sounds to me like they’re the only ones actually doing something to apply Christ’s teaching about removing stumbling blocks (pluck out eye, cut off hand, etc…)

[@jasongoodwin1269]

As a liberal Presbyterian I have to disagree with you on tv. You can watch TV programming that doesn't have any thing bad in it.

[@Dilley_G45]

@@jasongoodwin1269 as a Confessional Lutheran I can watch TV. I just find it increasingly hard to watch something worth watching besides sport (if it is not woke). But in the 80s and 90s there was lots of nice stuff on tv

[@cbrad-eo6nt]

It's strange to me that recreation in group play is avoided on sundays. Other anabaptists, such as Amish in Lancaster County, will get together and play volleyball or other sports, hang out as a group, and on Saturday evenings, go out on dates in an open carriage. The PA Amish have been lapped by Mennonites 😂

[@xXBlessedXxii]

Catholicism BOASTS that protestants have no good reason or worshipping on Sunday - they ought to keep Sabbath as Saturday if they follow their Bible (John Gilmary Shea, American Catholic Quarterly Review 1883). One cannot compromise, its either Sunday under Catholic law or Sabbath under God's law , even God warns us we cannot serve God and mammon (Luke 16:13)

[@wesmongold8703]

As a Catholic, these guys aren't too bad.

[@geordiewishart1683]

No. I don't believe they burnt people for wanting the bible in their own language.

[@taangpeifong5334]

​@@geordiewishart1683Chill bro lol 😂 us Protestants aren't innocent either in our history

[@anastasijahrsak5751]

​@@geordiewishart1683 i love when people spread misinformation on the internet, love that

[@wesmongold8703]

@@geordiewishart1683 No. They just conducted terrorist operations in Holland and Germany killing countless people. Then, right in the middle of the Reformation, Protestant and Catholics forces allied to push them out of Europe. How bad do you have to be that Prots and Caths join against you in the middle of the Reformation? That being said I like them but every Chruch has an evil history. Catholics just admit theirs.

[@dogsandyoga1743]

As an atheist, basically I start with historical body count, and work back from there 😂

[@torspedia]

Because of how many rules they issue their followers, this group is a nope for me.

[@BeachandHills-hb2pq]

How many rules does your town or government make you follow.?

[@torspedia]

@@BeachandHills-hb2pq at least my 'secular' government doesn't mandate how I should dress.

[@BeachandHills-hb2pq]

@@torspedia Dress up in a real policeman uniform and see what happens? Hello Helllo Hello who do you work for SIR? 😄

[@Roescoe]

@@BeachandHills-hb2pq You're funny. Also I hadn't really thought about those sorts of dress restrictions. Technically this group mandates a particular type of dress as opposed to prohibiting certain types. They probably would use prohibitory language but they prohibit so much it's just easier to indicate what they permit.

[@BeachandHills-hb2pq]

@@Roescoe your right bit to strict on the clothes 👗 but very light on civil laws. Can build what you like and repurpose anything but fashion is not allowed 🚫 👙👗🚫

[@noahaustin4954]

Not being petty just genuinely curious

[@kcato5879]

Why ban a color when all colors are made by God???

[@Roescoe]

I think it's similar to banning the rainbow due to some people attempting to pervert it.

[@SuperSpieth]

Can you do a comparison video on communion differences similar to this one you did on baptisms? kzbin.info/www/bejne/faHWZGWpib6hqdksi=0kzAAIrvcZ_7AB82

[@xXBlessedXxii]

Hellfire Hell fire is NOT eternal or everlasting, the punishment for sin is an eternal punishment meaning the fire God uses to destroy the wicked will consume them but stop once they turned to ashes. Jude 1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. There is no burning fire at Sodom and Gomorrha today, these cities have suffered an ETERNAL PUNISHMENT i.e they have been destroyed/razed to the ground. Genesis 19:24-25 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire FROM the LORD OUT OF HEAVEN The consistent theme is God uses His Fire to destroy the wicked who will be burned up; TOTAL DESTRUCTION Malachi 4:1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. 2 Thessalonians 2:8 The Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

[@TheHorrendousGamer]

Thank you. Not enough people know this truth. Blessings to you.

[@WilliamCarterII]

Feminine colors.

[@mariekatherine5238]

By American standards! In other cultures, they have different ideas regarding masculine or feminine colors having nothing to do with the practice of any religion. In Korean culture, for example, pastel colors are for young boys, bright, vibrant colors are for girls. I learned that one from experience while teaching Kindergarten in a Korean neighborhood of NYC. A pastel pink sweater without name tag was left on a hook in the coat room. When it was still there after a week, I held it and asked the girls whose it was. Nobody claimed it. It hung there for another week unclaimed until parent-teacher conferences. So I displayed it on a table for parents to see when they came in. Sure enough, one Mom said, “So here’s GiSu’s sweater! I was was wondering where it got to.” GiSu was a boy, who didn’t care or recognize his own clothing. Had it been bright pink, it would have been for a girl. If this church spreads to Korea, it’d be interesting to see what happens. Do they switch to western standards or keep their own?

[@kcato5879]

All colors are made by God. Silly statement.

[@Roescoe]

@@kcato5879 Some colors are more equal than others.

[@crysis_averted]

Yeah, I don't think the Mennonites making those rules have listened to that much country music if they think it's a "healthy music option" in comparison to other genres. You can find songs in any category that promote or encourage sin. Just be selective in which songs you listen to instead of focusing on specific genres as "bad".

[@weslh4305]

That was meant to refer to the old, traditional folk country music. Meaning the old "clean" country folk music. By no ways meaning the modern Country or Country/Western music.

[@mercster]

Any church that treats a little old divorced lady, no matter her love for the Lord and devotion to the faith, like a second class citizen and say she is a sinner... AFTER SHE HAS REPENTED... well you can sod right off. Have a nice trip, friend.

[@CandyCinema]

They wouldn't treat her as a sinner unless she were remarried. Then she and her husband, if they decided to follow Jesus, would be advised to end their extramarital relationship and stay true to their original vows.

[@mercster]

@@CandyCinema So... you already had one divorce, now you want another? If both have repented, you'd be tearing up a 2nd relationship. I would advice her to find another church. 👍

[@mercster]

@@CandyCinema Mark 7:13 Your "church traditions" make null the Word of God.

[@calebpearce9334]

@@mercsterA divorced person who remarries and continues in that new extramarital relationship is expressly NOT repentant.

[@mercster]

@@calebpearce9334 You do not know the heart of man. Being repentant of a divorce and remarriage does not mean you ruin 2 marriages instead of one. Thank goodness that you aren't judge, and that our Father is longsuffering and merciful, something you are apparently not. I also hope God shows you more mercy than you have in your heart. Have a good trip, friend.

[@Utubeisok]

A lovely sect! Great work on the video.

[@nathanelder5285]

It seems they have some very reasonable doctrinal beliefs. But when they get to their made up rules….It seems like they leave no room for the Holy Spirit.

[@brittanykrieger5828]

I am not in agreeing view of this denomination.

[@colonalklink14]

In order to have everlasting life you absolutely must trust in the person and finished work of Christ alone for salvation 💖. Saving repentance is actually turning from unbelief to belief. You either believe that Jesus paid your sin debt in full or you don't.

[@alicegriffin8545]

For those who are looking for Scriptural evidence of this, 1 John 5 states this truth clearly.

[@mariekatherine5238]

The word “alone” is not in scripture in reference to faith and Scripture.

[@colonalklink14]

@@mariekatherine5238 Galatians 2: 16, 2: 21, Ephesians 2: 8, 9 ,10, Romans 3: 28, Romans 4: 5, 6, and Romans 11: 6, clearly seperate faith from works of any kind (Mosaic Law or the laws written on our hearts).

[@calebpearce9334]

If you say you trust Christ, but condemn those who seek to keep his commandments, maybe you don’t actually trust him. The act of sin itself is an expression of a lack of trust in God’s will for your life. To obey Christ is to truly trust Him because you will forsake your desires and chose His will instead: TRUSTING that it is the better way.

[@colonalklink14]

@@calebpearce9334 You are adding a lifetime of works to the gospel message. Whether you act on your faith is a service issue nothing to do with salvation at all. We don't condemn anyone who tries to keep the commandments. We condemn anyone who keeps the commandments for salvation.

[@SeanRhoadesChristopher]

These people will likely be unloving to those outside, they are extreme on the conservative side of the spectrum. They are too inflexible!

[@CalebHenson-n9p]

Like everyone else this denomination needs a true encounter with Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Ghost repent and be filled with The Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues find a Pentecostal Bible believing church we need Holy Ghost revival just ask Jesus to fill you with the sweet HOLY GHOST from heaven and you will feel the power of the Holy Ghost throughout your body and your lips will begin to quiver and you will speak in tongues

[@tvmasterc]

Very legalistic. Another church to avoid. What happened to a relationship to the Living God? (Hosea 6:6)

[@jamesreed5678]

Yeah, because God hates humble living?

[@tvmasterc]

@@jamesreed5678 God loves a humble human being; and all these acts are just works, trying to appease God to earn salvation. God is NOT some unknowable monster in the sky that you have to cower before, pretending to be righteous doing acts of so called piety to earn his favor. He sees all. He knows all. Nothing is hidden from Him. These works are fine, but won't get you to Eternity.

[@jamesreed5678]

@@tvmasterc God, who calls his people to righteousness, is not a monster. A god who gives his followers a free pass to to do evil is a monster.

[@tvmasterc]

@@jamesreed5678 Not the limited exposure to religion I was brought up with. The monster god was going to smite you if you ever committed a single sin. He had absolutely no mercy and sent fourteen year old kids who killed themselves to hell (my best friend), and He certainly didn't like people like me (gay). And at any moment he was going to sic the antichrist boogeyman on the world and only Baptists would be raptured up while the rest of humanity burned in the flames of Armageddon. I find little difference among all religions. Doom and gloom if you are not a part of them. And they wonder why I walked away for so long.

[@David-j8v5p]

Atheist Matt Dillahunty says to Reverend Jesse Duplantis and Jesus: So your saying that once Jesus comes (supposedly) on back to the earth down here that we're not going to have these things that we have now like the fun things that we have like going to the movie theater's like going to wrestling stadiums and watching wrestling like Disney World's or any Applebee's or McDonald restaurants or anything like going to any race tracks and watching anymore sport league games

[@davidt01]

Why do you keep posting the same thing over and over

[@David-j8v5p]

@@davidt01 Some people need clarity on thing's reminding is all

[@ronaldmarris2262]

Head.covering.yes.not.hairbun.covering.no

[@David-j8v5p]

Reverend Jesse Duplantis says: In heaven that I saw back on in 1988 there's no more movie's no more video games no more strip clubs no more race tracks no more bar's to get drunk on at no more places like Disney World's or amusement parks that distract people's minds from being attached to God and Jesus. In heaven.....God owns you. Your his!' Jesse Duplantis takes and says to people

[@tjenadonn6158]

Welp, more stuff in the column for me to choose Hell then. As if Heaven being full of Christians wasn't enough to keep me as far away from that buzzkill convention as possible. Anyway if you need me I'll be down there getting bass lessons from Chris Squire. He has a killer supergroup with Cliff Burton doubling him on bass, Frank Zappa and Allan Holdsworth on guitars, Sean Reinert and Neal Peart on drums, Keith Emerson and Chick Corea on keys, David Bowie and Whitney Houston on co-lead vocals and Paganini on electric violin. They were kind of going for a '90s King Crimson-style dual trio lineup but then you need some keys, and let's face it if you can get Paganini you're getting Paganini, and Whitney realy wanted to try her hand at singing metal but the record label executives never thought it would sell and it turns out she's really good at it, so it snowballed from there. Greatest show on Heaven, Hell, or Earth.

[@SamuelHaydenARC]

I wish more people would speak on how closed off these groups are. They love the Lord right? But if you can't speak low german, get out of here! We are Christians! But you're not white? Get out of here! Doesn't seem too Christian to me.

[@mariekatherine5238]

Incorrect. If you truly want to join, you may. They’d make you prove yourself for a time period during which you’d start learning the language. Mastering it is not necessary, but you’d have to live as they do. As for not being white, that’s not necessary! There are a few Spanish speaking churches in parts of Central America. They speak Spanish, not German. The people are definitely not white! I’m not sure if it’s still going, but there was a Mennonite church in rural Haiti. They spoke Creole and some English and are black! Racial prejudice isn’t really a thing with them.

[@loganseals3927]

Actually, the Pilgrim Mennonites use all English- German is not used and a majority would not know it. Also, racism is not allowed in the church.

[@SamuelHaydenARC]

@@loganseals3927 Interesting about the English. Raci.s.mm being not allowed...let's be real.

[@loganseals3927]

@@SamuelHaydenARC That does not mean it doesn't exist, but I am saying that the church stance does not allow it. Just like anything else - just because the church doesnt allow it doesnt mean it doesnt exist.

[@SamuelHaydenARC]

@@loganseals3927 I understand. It's just sad and completely wrong how much we allow from these groups to openly show that they are not Christian but because of their legalistic ways we act like they are good people. Like most protestant groups there are so many different branches, but in general the mennonites do not act like what the yare supposed to act like. It is not about Christ. It's about skin color, language, and things that don't matter to feel superior to everyone while not speaking the gospel to any 'outsiders'. Same can be sad about some hutterites.

[@David-j8v5p]

Reverend Jesse Duplantis says: 'Yeah! I can confirm that there's none of that in heaven. There's no more pornography no more movie's no more strip clubs no more bar's to get drunk on at no more golf courses no more wrestling colosseum studios, and in heaven there isn't any race tracks or football games or baseball games either

[@davidt01]

Jesse Duplantis is a fraud

[@teamrecon2685]

Did I lose my salvation by wearing a pink shirt?

[@mariekatherine5238]

Depends upon the shade of pink, but only in Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, etc. No, you won’t lose your salvation over it, but you’re guilty of pride for seeking to stand out from among the other men in your church, as if to say, “Look at me! I’m a special exception!”

[@tochichiagoro3483]

​@@mariekatherine5238 could it not be true that that person just likes pink? Or just wore a shirt without much thought to the implications of the color besides having it match? Why assume they're seeking attention over a shirt, do you honestly think people today walking by are gonna think anywhere close to "whoah they're in a pink shirt"?

[@ltcajh]

Closed communion is wrong. I’ll just bring my own!

[@danfsteeple]

Once again Lank-kiss-ter

[@Jer20.9]

What a breath of fresh air, so glad they escaped from the Catholic persecution.

[@mariekatherine5238]

Mainline Catholics haven’t bothered persecuting these folks since the 1600’s. I’m Traditional (Latin Mass Community) Catholic from NYC and have friends with a number of these since before their ‘Ordnung’ was codified. I’ve never persecuted anyone, that I know of.

[@xXBlessedXxii]

​@@mariekatherine5238Some Catholic Writings are anti-Bible. For example Decretals, epistolae decretales, are papal letters that have a claim to universal validity and clarify questions of Church law. The Roman Decretalia states the Pope can pronounce sentences and judgments in contradiction to the right of nations, and to the law of God and man .... He can free himself from the commands of the apostles, he being their superior, and from the rules of the Old Testament,” “The pope has power to change times, to abrogate laws, and to dispense with all things, even the precepts of Christ.”-Decretal de Translat. Episcop. Cap. The Catholic 10 Commandments found in Catechisms Sections 2052 -2557 are DIFFERENT to God's 10 Commandments found in Exodus 20. Attempting to change God's law is a characteristics of the beast and is anti Christ

[@pfflyer3381]

Otherwise known as enslaved!

[@WeakMenCreateBadTimes]

I bet most of them are more free than you are.

[@pfflyer3381]

@@WeakMenCreateBadTimesI Corinthians 13:11, 13:13! Or be Enslaved, Luke 14-26! Yes, Weak boys like a impotent god, who need humans to create his only sacrifice?! Can you get MORE CULTISTS!? GET FREE WITH TRUTH! THE SUN , IS OLDER THEN THE EARTH!

[@tochichiagoro3483]

​@@WeakMenCreateBadTimes they can't wear pink, I can. I can do something I want, and they'll be shunned if they do, I have more rights, I win.

[@pwct321]

Too many men made rules like the Pharisees in Jesus's times. Mistaken living in the past life style as holiness. Such kind of mentality will not bring forth scientific advancement and will keep human beings stuck in the past. Lucky most people are not like that in our world, else we will not have any scientific progress.

[@Roescoe]

"will not bring forth scientific advancement " So can you explain where God told man to engage in "scientific advancement"?

[@Roescoe]

Also wow, you have an old channel.

[@David-j8v5p]

President Biden/Brandon says to Reverend Jesse Duplantis: 'Your crazy! Any person that wants to get rid of all of everything that we have on earth now is a lunatic!'

[@Seaileanu]

How do I join these folks?

[@mariekatherine5238]

They don’t believe God intends everyone to become like them. After all, they do use doctors, computers, different technologies that they cannot produce for themselves.

[@mariekatherine5238]

You can join, but it isn’t easy. You’d have to prove yourself after a long period of living the life, studying the Bible and religious doctrines before they’d baptize you. It’s rare, but has been done quite successfully.

[@Tnado98]

I’m in the process of joining a similarly conservative Mennonite church. Start by attending church services. Folks will typically make a more concerted effort than any church you’ve attended to get to know you. Many will invite you into their homes and even feed you. As time progresses there will be opportunities organically get to know the beliefs through conversation with the brothers and sisters as well as ministry. If and when you are convicted that the church’s application of biblical principles are the way you wish to walk your Christian life talk to the ministry. They will over a period of time evaluate your conviction in your beliefs over time. This may take the form of a formal instruction period similar to what catechumen undergo in the Orthodox and Catholic Church. Some churches do this more informally. Once you complete that membership will be extended. If you are a new Christian baptism occurs following procession of faith and then membership is extended. If you are baptized in another faith, depending on the church, rebaptism will be required. Infant baptisms are almost always rejected by Mennonite churches as was the practice historically of anabaptists. Pilgrim’s website has a great church finder. You’ll find that there’s a wide variety of Mennonite churches with great variance on application of Biblical principles. The key for Mennonites is that faith without works is dead. And works brought about by faith must be applied in obedience to God’s word in every aspect of life, including what the world considers the minutia. To what degree folks wish to self-regulate through voluntary association that is church by church, congregation by congregation.

[@jamesreed5678]

@@mariekatherine5238 Rare also has a lot to do with them not seeking new members, and others not interested in living a holy life, at least a TV-free holy life.

[@harlanbarnhart4656]

It's not that rare, nor is it that hard as long as you believe what they believe. They do not intensionally keep people away.