{"id":6616,"date":"2017-05-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/how-can-we-get-answers-from-the-bible-for-21st-century-questions\/"},"modified":"2024-12-09T17:15:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T17:15:12","slug":"how-can-we-get-answers-from-the-bible-for-21st-century-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/how-can-we-get-answers-from-the-bible-for-21st-century-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"How can we get answers from the Bible for 21st century questions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>How do our member churches express the <a href=\"\/node\/29\">MWC Shared Convictions <\/a>in beautiful, local variety throughout our global body?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p align=\"left\">The October 2016 issue of&nbsp;<a href=\"\/node\/146\"><em>Courier\/Correo\/Courrier<\/em>&nbsp;<\/a>seeks to discern the variety of reasons why Anabaptist communities from around the world come together to form MWC. In the articles that follow, writers reflect on the question:&nbsp;How does Christ\u2019s love for us motivate and guide our response to strangers in our local context?<\/p>\n<h3><strong>How can we get answers from the Bible for 21st century questions?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>How can we get answers from the Bible for 21st century questions? That\u2019s a real challenge! Parts of the Bible\u2019s message are very clear and timelessly valid. But because our world has changed dramatically, some 21st-century questions require us to re-evaluate other parts. Yet how can we know when we should hang on to previous convictions or whether it\u2019s time to open up for new insights and ways?<\/p>\n<p>In our local church, we wanted to find answers to this question in the years 2010\u20132012, concerning the topic of sex and marriage, focusing on questions around premarital sex. It\u2019s not the only ethical question, and, of course, not the most important! But it is one that concerns all generations, if not directly, then in the broader (church) family. Our starting point each time is the Bible, which \u201cwe accept as our authority for faith and life, interpreting it together under Holy Spirit guidance.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Studying the Bible together<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>We knew that attitudes and opinions were very diverse. So should everybody just do what he or she wants? Or is there any orientation from the Bible? Some people from the older generation hoped that this process would tell the younger generation clearly what is right. Others \u2013 so-called \u201cburned children,\u201d who had experienced strict church discipline exercised on them or somebody in their peer group in the past \u2013 were worried these stories would be repeated. So this process had to be started very carefully.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We were very pleased to see 100 people from different generations join the process, trusting the guidance of the Holy Spirit on our common journey. We took several important steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>A period with Bible study \u2013 personal and in small groups. Helpful also was a chapter from Tim Geddert\u2019s book <em>All Right Now: \u201cGod speaks through the Bible \u2013 why do we hear God differently?\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<li>On the first evening we spoke about hopes and fears, cultural changes, hermeneutics and we shared our planned steps. Our goal was that, at the end of this process, we could discern together what we keep as binding, and what should be open to individual freedom.<\/li>\n<li>For two following evenings we invited an external speaker who helped us to get a better understanding of biblical foundations about sex and marriage and what this could mean for our way of living. The main outcome was that sexuality should be imbedded in a loving and life-long relationship characterised by unity, exclusiveness and stability.<\/li>\n<li>The fourth evening was a real highlight, because it was time to find out, where we stand after all that has been heard and said. What\u2019s important for us? What aspects of sexuality and marriage are open to personal interpretation and what should the community address (it\u2019s not solely a private affair)?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>To find that out, we drew a line and asked everybody place themselves on this line according to his or her point of view. Our body language expressed whether we would face people we don\u2019t agree with, or turn away from them. We encouraged people to give&nbsp;short statements, like \u201cI\u2019m standing here, because&#8230;\u201d Most people were facing the others \u2013 despite the different opinions. It was a wide spectrum \u2013 yet we all found ourselves under the cross on the wall.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>United despite differences<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In the following weeks, we recorded important insights, which again were discussed with elders and preachers who didn\u2019t share the same opinion on every point, but were united to present and discuss that with the congregation. A clear majority agreed and accepted the document as a guide. It`s not a document of doctrine. There are no quick answers to the question, \u201cHow far a loving couple may go,\u201d rather, it presents insights of the whole process we went through as local church. Sometimes leaders from other churches ask us for that paper, but we have reservations about sharing it because the process is so very important.<\/p>\n<p>Every local church should go through this process by itself. Just adapting results from others without a process will not be helpful. Looking back, there is much reason to be thankful, but we don\u2019t want to keep quiet about painful experiences; this way of transformation in church life was difficult. We failed to live our verbalized claims. People got hurt and some tension still exists. That keeps us humble, for it`s easier to talk about the bright side than the darker side of life. But both belong to our common experience and journey as local church. As the first words of the Shared Convictions say, \u201cBy the grace of God\u2026..\u201d we walk forward, focusing on the great vision of shalom.<\/p>\n<p>With this experiences from the past, we approach a new challenge now, to speak about money, wealth and giving. I\u2019m sure we will be challenged by other ethical questions in the coming years. Our starting point each time is the Bible, which \u201cwe accept as our authority for faith and life, interpreting it together under Holy Spirit guidance.\u201d And that means being lifelong learners, not having all instant answers, but seeking them together.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Emanuel Neufeld is pastor of Evangelische Mennonitengemeinde Sch\u00e4nzli, Muttenz, Switzerland.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This article first appeared in&nbsp;<a href=\"\/node\/146\">Courier\/Correo\/Courrier October 2016<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do our member churches express the MWC Shared Convictions in beautiful, local variety throughout our global body? The October 2016 issue of&nbsp;Courier\/Correo\/Courrier&nbsp;seeks to discern the variety of reasons why Anabaptist communities from around the world come together to form MWC. 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