NATIVE AMERICAN ORTHODOXY - THE CHURCH IN ALASKA

[Arsenios]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca1GUxF2MwA


Arsenios

 

[Tigger]

Wow, looks like we have whiteout conditions in Alaska!

 

[Albion]

I've finally realized why we have hardly any religious discussions here.

Too much space is used up not dealing with religious issues of mutual interest but, instead, it gets devoted to members' attempts to promote their respective denominations.

 

[Arsenios]

I've finally realized why we have hardly any religious discussions here.

Too much space is used up not dealing with religious issues of mutual interest but, instead, it gets devoted to members' attempts to promote their respective denominations.

Please forgive my offense, Albion...

I had hoped you might like this Denomination and Faith Movement piece...

How many Denomination-specific Native-American Communities do you know of outside Orthodoxy?


Arsenios

 

[Lamb]

How many Denomination-specific Native-American Communities do you know of outside Orthodoxy?

The ELCA (liberal Lutherans) have one.

 

[Albion]

Please forgive my offense, Albion...

I had hoped you might like this Denomination and Faith Movement piece...

How many Denomination-specific Native-American Communities do you know of outside Orthodoxy?


Arsenios

My friend, I was really hesitant to post that; and I also knew that putting the comment in the middle of your thread made it look as though this one was the particular object of my concern.

That isn't the way it was with me. There are precious few discussions about religious matters that are of inter-denominational interest, we have to admit. And, yes, there have been plenty of postings about the poster's own family of faith which demonstrably garnered little interest from the rest of the members here who belong to other denominations, whatever religion the thread happened to be focused on. All of that is true and that was what I was commenting on.

Still, I suppose I could have come up with a half-dozen topics of my own choosing in order to balance the scales, and I probably wouldn't have posted my observation about this at all if I had thought it over for a day or two. So for not having done either, I apologize to you.

 

[Arsenios]

:tea:

My friend, I was really hesitant to post that; and I also knew that putting the comment in the middle of your thread made it look as though this one was the particular object of my concern.

That isn't the way it was with me. There are precious few discussions about religious matters that are of inter-denominational interest, we have to admit. And, yes, there have been plenty of postings about the poster's own family of faith which demonstrably garnered little interest from the rest of the members here who belong to other denominations, whatever religion the thread happened to be focused on. All of that is true and that was what I was commenting on.

Still, I suppose I could have come up with a half-dozen topics of my own choosing in order to balance the scales, and I probably wouldn't have posted my observation about this at all if I had thought it over for a day or two. So for not having done either, I apologize to you.

A great catch, my Brother!

Willie Mays would be proud!

Ken Griffey too!

:tea:


Arsenios

 

[Arsenios]

The ELCA (liberal Lutherans) have one.

Really and true? That is wonderful news!

Where? How many? How long?

I recall the docu-movie "The End of the Spear" had one for awhile through martyrdom in South America, but that it is struggling to keep it going...


Arsenios

 

[psalms 91]

The ELCA (liberal Lutherans) have one.

If you check there are many

 

[Albion]

If you check there are many

You are right about that, I believe. In my corner of the faith, both the Episcopal Church and some of the independent Anglican jurisdictions have churches serving Native American populations and, as might be expected, make use of some Indian imagery while doing so. And, because we heard from Lamm about Lutherans, there are nine WELS parishes on the Apache reservation in Arizona...as unexpected as that seems. I think I read somewhere that 1/4 of the Apaches are members.

 

[MennoSota]

I suggest people read "Eternity in Their Hearts" by Don Richardson. I also suggest reading "Bruchko" by Bruce Olson. Both share about tribal reactions to the gospel.
It's fascinating to see how Korea became so dominantly Christian and how the Karen people's responded to the gospel.