Mennonites Beliefs

The Mormon belief system has many different principles that are unique and set themselves apart from other world religions, one of which being their views on cosmology. The Mormon cosmology belief is the description of the physical and metaphysical universe. Their beliefs on the subject are deeply engrained in the religion’s basic faith; cosmology is related to the church’s views on divinity, extraterrestrial life, pre-mortal existence, and the afterlife.

The Jehovah’s Witnesses were rooted as a religion in the era of 1879 in the United States. It was established by Charles Taze Russell, he was a business man from Pennsylvania. Followers are widely acknowledged for going door to door and distributing out articles that analyze their viewpoint or encouraging people to forthcoming events at their gathering place which is termed as the Kingdom Hall. Religious interpretation is significant to the Jehovah’s Witnesses. It is a means through which they consider their faith and values. There are several main beliefs, rituals and practices of Jehovah’s witnesses, like Baptism, Assemblies and Conventions, and lastly Kingdom Hall Services.

Is there truly that big of a difference between the Amish and the rest of the world? Amish society is mostly defined by the word Gelassenheit. Gelassenheit is a master cultural disposition, deeply bred into the Amish soul, that governs perceptions, emotions, behavior, and architecture. (Riddle 29) The Amish have their core values that they follow in their everyday lives but does the rest of the world not have strict guidelines that they follow in organizations and in the workplace. I know that when I worked at the fire station over the summer that I had to follow the core values that they use. The Amish base their lives off their four main values of obedience, simplicity, submission, and humility. (Riddle 31) Over the summer I had to be obedient to my bosses, submit myself to the rules and regulations of the law, and had to show humility to struggling patients. I had to practice three of the Amish’s values for a job and did not realize it until I started this assignment. This paper will show the parallels between what I have read and the experiences that I had during my time at the fire department.

One teaching they reflect is spreading the word about God. Josephites spread the word of God by ministering in rural areas, giving everyone a chance to learn about God. They become an important part of the community as they provide support, encouragement, pastoral care, and they assist in whatever way is possible. Another teaching they reflect is loving one another. Josephites aged care services provide emotional, physical, and spiritual support to the frail aged. They also always respond to the particular needs of women and families. By working in areas of social work, counselling and facilitating support programs, it shows their love and support for everyone and their individual

Mormonism is a name meaning the spiritual principles of followers of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as well known as Mormons. Mormonism defines the guidelines of the Church that were reestablished to the world by the Prophet Joseph Smith. If you would ask the question “what is Mormonism” to a member, there’s a high change they would respond by acknowledging their love of Jesus Christ, he is the dominant part of the religion. Where can you find a continuing participant of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, well they're instituted at every level of civilization. For instance, in a charity, business, education, science, political parties, government, news media, and lastly the entertainment productions. The originator of The Church, Joseph Smith, wrote, “the essential philosophies of our religion are regarding Jesus christ, he died and was buried, rose again and on the third day ascended into the heavens; all supplementary things which relate to our religion is only accessories to it.”The main beliefs and practices of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are that Jesus Christ is the redeemer of the earth and the Son of our

For the last year, I was in the position of women’s ministry leader at church which I found to be much harder than I thought. It was not that I felt I could not lead but I found you cannot lead those that do not want to be led. I was led to do activities that would bring a gospel message to the women of the church while having fellowship. I found that day to day activities were much more important to the ladies in our church. The events that were the most successful, unfortunately were the ones that were of fellowship, little worship time and cost each person money to participate. My biggest challenge in this was coming to terms with the fact that the ladies have the choice whether or not they want to deepen their relationship with Christ through fellowship and the gospel. God gave us choices and I have to accept that some do not always choose to

The focus of this research paper is to examine the religious beliefs of the Amish communities. From their humble beginnings of migration into the United States from Europe, to their present day living arrangements, they have been and will continue to be a prosperous community. By shunning modern conveniences and relying only on what nature has provided, society has referred to them as the “Plain People.” Being far from ordinary in their dress and way of life separates this community from that of the modern world. They have managed to integrate into modern life while holding on to their cultural values. It is with continued commitment from its members that this community will continue to thrive. I often drive to the

The Amish have been around since the early 1700s in the United States. They first migrated to Pennsylvania when they came from Switzerland and Germany. The Amish have spread to many other states, but today are primarily in the states of Ohio and Pennsylvania (Hostetler, 2009). The Amish have a unique way of life and have strong beliefs rooted in their faith. Today, the Amish are continuing to grow, because they are having such large families (Hostetler, 2009). The elderly population within the community plays an important aspect in the decision making and planning for the family. Through story-telling the elderly pass down to the next generations information about the culture itself. The Amish lifestyles and beliefs are what shape them as a community and what causes them to be at risk of illnesses and injuries more than other cultures around them.

The main focus of the Amish’s worldview is to bring themselves and their community closer to God. Geertz’s theory of religion explains that religious people find their meaning of the world through their “system of symbols” (Geertz, page 349). This meaning is then applied to situations in which the religious man has trouble comprehending. Considering, the Amish’s worldview is based on the need to be closer to God, they pray to become closer to him in times of suffering and sickness. Though prayer is their main way of finding meaning when they or their family is sick, the Amish will also use additional practices to help get better.

Women in church leadership; I believe women are encouraged to teach other women (Titus 2:3–5). I also believe that the Bible also does not restrict women from teaching children or teens. The only role women are restricted from is teaching or having spiritual authority are over men. (1 Timothy

Mennonites and Quakers are two groups that emphasise pacifism. Members of this group conscientiously object to violence and have been often persecuted as a result. They believe that Just war theory ignores the essential pacifist stance taken by Jesus.

In cultures throughout the world people find governance and inspiration through the distinct values, rules, rituals, and symbols that they have been led to believe and informed of through the organizations that they belong to or have been brought up within. While every group of people and organization have different values and rules and hold them to differing levels of importance , every group will have some that bear similarity, no matter how distinct and different the group may be, such as the Amish communities and the more modern society. Some organizations in the modern society have values that bear even more similarities with those in the Amish culture than others, for example some workplaces have a core value of humility which is the

There are many religious cultures, and within those cultures, there are subcultures. Subcultures are a cultural group within a larger group that branched off and have different interests and beliefs than those of the larger group. The Amish, Mormon and the Jehovah Witnesses are among the strangest subcultures because their beliefs separate these subcultures from any other Christian denomination.

Would you like to worship self? Would you like to believe in a God that is almost exactly like humanity? Would you like to be your own savior one day? Then Mormonism is the religion for you! Through the study of Mormonism, I was able to see some stark contrasts with other major world religions. After observing the Mormon beliefs about God, humankind, and creation, I was able to see a related pattern of heretical statements that clearly contradict the doctrinal teachings of the Christian church.

Gender roles, and the mere existence of a gender binary, has been a recent topic of conversation for many churches, theologians, and individual believers. As the cultural pressure to remove gender-specific limitations builds, many of those aforementioned have turned to scripture for answers. Seldom are women’s roles in the Old Testament characterized by decision making or personal merits. Rather, a woman’s capacity to produce an heir for their husband complements his dominance and responsible faithfulness and allows God’s plan to be fulfilled through their combined efforts. In the New Testament, through the transformative power of Christ, prominent women became less of an anomaly, but were still held to a different set of standards and expectations than men and were usually still praised according to their actions and their faith. The Pauline epistles, written in the context in which the Church still exists today: the age to come, provide a basis for today’s understanding of women’s roles in marriage and in church leadership. Although there are many instances of women fulfilling God’s plans and proving their worth among the community of Christians, the biblically normative role of women is to avoid authoritative church leadership positions and remain submissive in situations of teaching and interpreting the Word.