At Crossroads -- Cf's Vision - Poll Vote only here

CaDan said:

Yes. Neither the thesis nor the antithesis, but rather the synthesis. Further, the synthesis cannot be rushed.

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Abiel said:

I only just found this thread.


My heart sank.

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RaggedRobin said:

I agree and that is because we need to better define our mission statement here on CF which is what my friend TLF is talking about and be more realistic and in conjunction with Christ's prophecy and how it is effecting us now...

Christ prophesied the divisions among men and that they would not be done away with until he returned. This is what is being shown to us now and has been further amplified by these changes I think in reality.

I think in order for us to come together in anyway we need to realize that we have differences amongst us that will not dissipate until we agree that the common factor we have to all of us is we believe in God and Jesus as our Lord and Saviour and promote Him first on this website.

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Abiel said:

I only just found this thread.

My heart sank.

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thereselittleflower said:

If we stop striving for unity, and instead start striving for understanding, I believe our time here will be much more productive and fruitful . . . .


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thereselittleflower said:

If we stop striving for unity, and instead start striving for understanding, I believe our time here will be much more productive and fruitful . . . .


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Jim47 said:

Option 2 should not exclude unbelievers but only return this site to its Christian roots. Afterall, witnessing to unbelievers should be our central focus.

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MN John said:

I have always appreciated the mix there has been ever since I have been here.

It hasn't been a general site with a restricted area for Christians. It has been a Christian site with an open are to share with seekers, searchers, debaters, undecideds, etc.

If I go to a place named "Hooters" and am offended by the atmosphere, I can choose not to go there. But if they offer me a section where I can feel safe and welcome and not see anything that offends me, then I may like their food enough to stay. But if I try to get them to change to please me, I am not being reasonable.

If a person comes to a place called "Christianforums" and is not happy being here, they can choose not to return. But if we make them an area where they can be happy, they may choose to stay. If they want the place to change to suit them, they are not being reasonable.

I agree that both options are valid. But there is only one that continues to provide what I have always come here for, Option 2.

CF is oten compared to a church. Do you want a church that is unapologetically Christian and uncompromisingly true to the faith? Or do you want a church that is a safe place with much historical Christian influence. Let's see, I think I know a place like that... It's called the YMCA. The YMCA & YWCA were the Young Men's Christian Association and the Young Women's Christian Association. Now they are safe environments with a historical strong Christian influence. But if you want a Bible study, you are not very likely to find it at the Y.

Erwin, this might be a task that is bigger than you are willing to take on, but have you thought about running 2 sites? Do both. Make everyone who is a member automatically a member of both sites. Make the rules clear on both sites. Then from that point forward, they are two sites, a person joins and/or uses one or both. Then in a truly democratic way, you will see whether either one dwindles away in disuse.

I do get what you are saying though about being either one or the other. It agrees with what God says here:[bible]Revelation 3:15-16[/bible]

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thereselittleflower said:

If we stop striving for unity, and instead start striving for understanding, I believe our time here will be much more productive and fruitful . . . .


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Erwin said:

Hi members

This poll, started by drstevej, was PMed to me recently. I think that it does make a good point and I wanted it moved out of the Conservative Christians forum to the Announcement forum to gather input from other members as well.

The issue here is whether CF's name should be changed and its vision modified to reflect its current framework.

This site at the moment is at a cross-roads, and can go either way. It can either become:

1. A safe social community site with a heavy and strong Christian influence (with the vision being to offer a safe online community, and a secondary vision being to allow Christians to outreach to non-Christians) - which will allow for a name change;

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2. Return to a more restricted Christians-only site with a heavy emphasis on uniting mainstream Christians only with a less emphasis on outreach, in which case we keep the name.

Bear in mind that options 1 and 2 are both valid - there is a place for either forums.

I think that at this moment members are frustrated because CF is halfway between options 1 and 2, so members are confused as we have a vision that belongs to option 2 but a setup that is more like option 1.

Therefore, I think we need to make a decision.

I'm going to leave this up to the community. I've extended the above poll to 3rd of August.

I will listen to the members here, and will defer to the final decision.

Please feel free to discuss this issue in this thread.

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Erwin said:

Officially closing this thread and poll - interesting results, I'll catch up on posts this weekend. I have a fairly reasonable idea as to what I intend to do and will implement the final changes this weekend.

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