Where do you live( because different places have differences)I would like to hear more about that revival.
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Where do you live( because different places have differences)I would like to hear more about that revival.
IOW… it’s a product, not a business.I don't doubt that there are still students and faculty that are biblically sound and take their commitment to Jesus seriously at George Fox U. But, from what I have heard and read regarding the behavior of much of the student body, it appears to me that George Fox is going the way of the world much like other once sound schools like Westmont, Peppermint, Cal Lutheran, etc.
Unfortunately, often times what appears in the student handbooks in these schools regarding expectations of students code of conduct seems more geared towards reassuring parents and prospective donars than anything else (IMHO).
BTW, I believe that the entire state of Oregon is spiritual wasteland and I pray for revival here. There are Bible believing Mennonite and Old Believer communities here, but too often they keep to themselves in an effort to keep their communities unstained from the world. Some of the Mennonites do outreach to the homeless and vets on the street. Some volunteer at our local food pantry and are permitted to share their testimonies as well as sharing produce they grow through the summer. Males the ♥ glad!
If what you say about Oregon is true then Im conserned because my son and family are living there in Bend. It appears to be a fairly homogeneous community…but not church orientated. W/O good churches my grandchildren will not have access to biblical discipleship. For that, I much prefer places like Virgina, Tennessee of the Carolinas.I don't doubt that there are still students and faculty that are biblically sound and take their commitment to Jesus seriously at George Fox U. But, from what I have heard and read regarding the behavior of much of the student body, it appears to me that George Fox is going the way of the world much like other once sound schools like Westmont, Peppermint, Cal Lutheran, etc.
Unfortunately, often times what appears in the student handbooks in these schools regarding expectations of students code of conduct seems more geared towards reassuring parents and prospective donars than anything else (IMHO).
BTW, I believe that the entire state of Oregon is spiritual wasteland and I pray for revival here. There are Bible believing Mennonite and Old Believer communities here, but too often they keep to themselves in an effort to keep their communities unstained from the world. Some of the Mennonites do outreach to the homeless and vets on the street. Some volunteer at our local food pantry and are permitted to share their testimonies as well as sharing produce they grow through the summer. Males the ♥ glad!
I would like to hear more about that revival.
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I'm in S. Dak. NO Quakers near, but I keep in contact (I went to their seminary at Earlham in Indiana) 1st,) Quakers, like Baptists and Lutherans come in different flavors. Left to Right. Generally, the most liberal are on the East Coast, and the Evangelical branch on the West Coast.
2nd) Charles Spurgeon, a baptist, said he and Geo. Fox (founder of the Quakers) were of one spirit. Read Fox's Journal. (bookfinder.com best source for cheap used books) Fox was thoroughly Christ centered. Just saw an historic painting of him, Bible in hand. Liberal Quakers are far from Fox.
3) There are two types of Quaker meetings (churches) a) on the Evangelical end, meetings have a pastor and a sermon, typical protestant low church worship on Sunday. b) on the liberal end (but there is overlap of this) the classical Quaker meeting (but Fox was not silent) of silence, only broken by someone moved by the s/Spirit.
The type (a) meeting will generally have a period of silence/open worship following the sermon. allowing for others to speak if so moved.
Interesting that England had 3 centuries of real revival: 17th with Quakers and Fox; 18th with John Wesley; 19th with Charles Spurgeon.
In the NE part of the country, many have tired of traditional evangelical churches… so Friends provides recourse from the “same old same old.” These are very selective areas(location's/ liberal minded).I would like to hear more about that revival.