[amc] Re: Vote on the term "missional"
- From: Ruthanne Abraham <raa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Ray Gingerich <RGingerich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 17:24:48 -0600 (CST)
The current use of the purported word "missional" is a true abomination.
It adds nothing to the dialogue of what the Mennonite USA church
should/could be. In fact, it's more of an inner circle code word, that
separates the "progressive" people from the old-fashioned. I'll stay in
the old-fashioned camp. P.S. It's even worse than the misuse of the word
"transformational" earlier in the integration/merger process.
Ruth Anne Abraham
On Wed, 18 Feb 2004, Ray Gingerich wrote:
> Nature
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> Hi,
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> "The Mennonite" magazine is conducting a poll on the term "missional" at
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> http://www.themennonite.org/
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> Right next to it is an article promoting the concept. (So, it is fair for me
> to offer a counter opinion) The concepts are fine, it's just that those
> concepts are not connected to the word for 74% of Mennonites (according to
> another recent poll), and I would wager 100% of non-Mennonites. Don't we have
> enough of a lack of communication with words that have meaning to us without
> making up new ones devoid of meaning.
>
> That is all I have to say.
>
> Ray
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