Members Who Post in Faith Groups

From what I understand, the two sections were created because of moderation issues. It was more strait forward to say only Baptists can post in the Baptist forum. And back in the day you could see the Baptist icon and know they were Baptist.

ekklhsia,n {ek-klay-see'-ah}
1) a gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place, an assembly 1a) an assembly of the people convened at the public place of the council for the purpose of deliberating 1b) the assembly of the Israelites 1c) any gathering or throng of men assembled by chance, tumultuously 1d) in a Christian sense 1d1) an assembly of Christians gathered for worship in a religious meeting 1d2) a company of Christian, or of those who, hoping for eternal salvation through Jesus Christ, observe their own religious rites, hold their own religious meetings, and manage their own affairs, according to regulations prescribed for the body for order's sake 1d3) those who anywhere, in a city, village, constitute such a company and are united into one body 1d4) the whole body of Christians scattered throughout the earth 1d5) the assembly of faithful Christians already dead and received into heaven

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"It may be that in the sight of heaven your more worthless and less fit to live than millions"

I see there is no third option.

I vote neither. I vote to unite the area under one.

Everybody seems to forget that modern religion, Christianity that is, sprang from a movement. All Christian religions sprang from the movement that was started by a "rebel" from Nazareth that would not conform to the standards of the day.

That "movement" was started by a man named Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God.

All denominations, all "faith" groups, all groups that consider themselves to have started from a "movement" owe their very existance to the "Jesus Movement" founded in AD 30.

Unite us all back under the umbrella called "Congregations," that is my vote.

God Bless

Till all are one.

Upper staff, those with the Green "A's" and those with the Blue "A's" are the ones whom I have questioned about this change.

Yes I have taken this "upstairs" because quite frankly, I was upset over the split.

Now here is the reason I was given.

Those "groups" who fit the denominational description were those whose "doctrines" could easily be sorted out under creeds and confessions. Hence "denominations."

And those "groups" who could trace there beginnings to religious "movements" were placed in the "faith" groups. For example, the Spirit-Filled/Pentecostal group can trace their beginnings back to a "holiness movement" from around the early part of the 19th century.

Another example would be as you've said, if your a Baptist, chances are your a Baptist. Likewise, if your a Catholic, your a Catholic. But where "faith" groups also differed from Denominations is that even though I am a Baptist, I can also be considered a Fundamentalist, and I also fall under the "Reformed" classification. Hence, I can also be considered a Semper Reformanda, even though most SR members are Presbyterian.

How long ago did you take this "upstairs?" Can we have an update on whether the answer you were given then continues to reflect the views of CF's management?

Two years ago, we had some Admins who favored labeling everybody according to these Admins' religious categories, rather than letting Congregations self-define. I can pinpoint when it was because that's when the Anabaptists, Quakers, Brethren, C&MA, etc. showed up one Monday to find a shiny new ghetto had been created for some of us, and some of us had been made homeless in the Congregation fora. CF was really big on labeling that year. We had the great rainbow controversy and the great marriage rings controversy, and people were getting stripped of their faith icons left and right.

Have we put all this behind us by now?

If so, how about asking the members for more open-ended suggestions for reorganizing the Congregation forums, rather than the sudden and unexplained appearance of a naming poll with 2 choices?

How about a little history on why this name change idea came up in he first place? I read those little pamphlets and study the propositions on my ballot before voting on them. Could we have a little background on this measure before being asked to cast our votes?

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"It may be that in the sight of heaven your more worthless and less fit to live than millions"

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad we're being asked for our input, rather than not asked, but just "thanked" for input when notified of a decision we didn't even know was being discussed.