Is there a Mennonite community that keeps Torah?

[Witsec7]

Tabby is looking for one.

 

Thugged from MK@H

 

 

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...I am trying to find or start a Mennonite church that keeps Torah...

 

I suggest she start looking for unicorns too.

[alba]

IIRC, Mennonites don't even have churches. They worship in people's homes.

[Maude]

You're thinking of the Conservative Mennonites (an Amish-like sect) or the Amish. Most Mennonites attend actual church buildings. I don't know for sure, but I think the Conservative Mennonites would likely be the closest to any Torah-observing Mennonites.

[Witsec7]

One of Tabby's incarnations was that of a conservative Mennonite. Now that she's a YahJew she wants a Mennonite community that incorportates her YahJewness. Mind you this is the same lady that used Triscuits for Pesach. I don't think its gonna happen. Although she mentions she may start her own group of Mennonite YahJews.

[Maude]

:lol: Well, best of luck to her in latest brand of cray-cray, anyway. Is it just me, or do most fundie women seem like they have Bipolar Disorder?

[GeoBQn]

I'm starting to think that the women at MK@H aren't Fake Jews--more like Fake Karaites. When one woman asked what to do when her father served her kid milk and cereal in a meat bowl, the other women told her she didn't have to worry about that because separating milk and meat dishes isn't in the Torah.

[Witsec7]

:lol: Well, best of luck to her in latest brand of cray-cray, anyway. Is it just me, or do most fundie women seem like they have Bipolar Disorder?

I was thinking about a list of them that exhibited the symptoms in common but it could be insensitive so some members of our community so I exercised restraint.

Generically they flip flop more than a dying fish on a hot dock.

Some are Karaites. I think some of the Israeli's identify as such.

[Sola]

She ought to join up with the Wilkinsons. They started off as pseudo Mennonite and ended up as faux Jews. I'm sure that they would get along like a house on fire. It would be Yahsome!

[xDreamerx]

This hilarious on so many levels. Does she get that their Anabaptist?

[Witsec7]

This hilarious on so many levels. Does she get that their Anabaptist?

Yup she was a conservative Mennonite before this new phase. She has photo's of her DD getting baptized in a river, by a bearded YahJew.

[alba]

You're thinking of the Conservative Mennonites (an Amish-like sect) or the Amish. Most Mennonites attend actual church buildings. I don't know for sure, but I think the Conservative Mennonites would likely be the closest to any Torah-observing Mennonites.

Conservative Mennonites are the same as Old Order Mennonites, right? That's who I was thinking of, but I assumed their worship practices were common amongst all Mennonites.

[Kaylee]

There's no real Mennonite community that keeps Torah, but I think the internet has given rise to a lot of people who try to emulate certain parts of both. I think a lot of it comes from people finding eachother through blogs and youtube because both communities emphasize headcoverings and modest dress, and then people try to combine the aspects they like of both.

There is a group (sort of part church, part commune) near me who are sort of like what she might be looking for - they follow a lot of Anabaptist teaching and traditions, but also some OT traditions, but they don't claim to be another other than Christians trying to emulate the early church. I can respect that, but not mixing in other ideas and traditions but still trying to label yourself as Mennonite (or Jewish-ish).

[Witsec7]

She ought to join up with the Wilkinsons. They started off as pseudo Mennonite and ended up as faux Jews. I'm sure that they would get along like a house on fire. It would be Yahsome!

[Maude]

Conservative Mennonites are the same as Old Order Mennonites, right? That's who I was thinking of, but I assumed their worship practices were common amongst all Mennonites.

Yes, they're the same. I think most Mennonites switched to having church buildings once they moved away from the rural way of living. Home-churching tends to be less practical if your congregation is spread out imho.

[terranova]

She ought to join up with the Wilkinsons. They started off as pseudo Mennonite and ended up as faux Jews. I'm sure that they would get along like a house on fire. It would be Yahsome!

Is this the Wilkinsons of Alaska with the awful names? Do they still blog? I lost track of them. I was always sure I'd read about them in the news one day, holed up in their log cabin, koolaid at the ready, waiting for the FBI to arrive.

[Eclipse]

Yes, they're the same. I think most Mennonites switched to having church buildings once they moved away from the rural way of living. Home-churching tends to be less practical if your congregation is spread out imho.

It really depends on the sect. Some Old Order Mennonites meet in houses, other churches. Some New Older, Mennonites you wouldn't know if they were if you passed them on the street meet in a house or in church depending on their sects. Sometimes they call it a church, sometimes they call it a meeting house. There really is a broad range of practices for where they meet.

I live in Mennonite country in Ontario and we have Old Order Mennonites who meet in churches/meeting houses and some who meet in homes and New Older Mennonites who meet in churches/meeting houses and some who meet in homes.

[tropaka]

@ Alba - the mennonites I've come into contact with, including old order (horse and buggy), do meet in Churches.

[Maude]

It really depends on the sect. Some Old Order Mennonites meet in houses, other churches. Some New Older, Mennonites you wouldn't know if they were if you passed them on the street meet in a house or in church depending on their sects. Sometimes they call it a church, sometimes they call it a meeting house. There really is a broad range of practices for where they meet.

I live in Mennonite country in Ontario and we have Old Order Mennonites who meet in churches/meeting houses and some who meet in homes and New Older Mennonites who meet in churches/meeting houses and some who meet in homes.

Very true. You must live in Northern Ontario (or at least farther north than myself). I live just south of Toronto, and though we have a large Mennonite population, there aren't many Old Order communities here.

[alba]

Huh. I didn't know there was so much variation, though I guess it makes sense given the amount of variation in other aspects of Mennonite beliefs and lifestyle. I grew up near an Old Order community, so that and some New Order Mennonites I knew from elsewhere are the basis of most of my information.

[Peas n carrots]

Umm...Tabby, Mennonites are Anabaptists. They don't keep Torah at home m'dear unless there are individuals who are fake Jew by choice, not doctrine.

[Sola]

Is this the Wilkinsons of Alaska with the awful names? Do they still blog? I lost track of them. I was always sure I'd read about them in the news one day, holed up in their log cabin, koolaid at the ready, waiting for the FBI to arrive.

Yes, that's them.

They closed down their Simple LIving blog. I think that might have been my fault :oops: I posted on FJ about Jason Wilkinson's other son, the one to a previous relationship. He was only ever mentioned on the blog once, back in their early blogging days. There was a photo of him with the rest of the family, from what I could gather the eldest son lives with his mother elsewhere in the US. Anyway, within a couple of days of me posting about that on here, the blog was locked down and then deleted. Ooops!

They have a couple of other blogs, one is called Mikveh Heart and another one I can't remember the name of. Both of these blogs are inactive though. Apart from facebook and pinterest, they don't seem to have an online presence any more. Shame because I quite liked them, I loved reading about their homestead. It took some guts to upsticks and move to the middle of nowhere in Alaska and build a home from scratch as they did. They had some serious cray cray going on, but I loved reading about their home and homestead.

[GeoBQn]

Tabby's back advertising the Pearls.

[icecreamycakeycake]

Did she mean Messianic? Either way I'm not sure what's more absurd, a Torah keeping Mennonite or the fact she doesn't know the difference. She's a faux-jew right?

[BlackHawk]

care to provide a link? I'm unsure who you are talking about and searching about doesn't find me anything useful...

Thanks!

[Witsec7]

Tabby has now confirmed she is a Mennonite Messianic cross breed.

My Husband is always telling me,"You look "too" Mennonite. I want you to look more Messianic, since that is what you are."( I am a bit of both actually :) So I am trying to learn how to tie Tichels. The thing is, I can't order any right now, so I got these scarves at Walmart and thought maybe I could make them work for now. I can't give up my Mennonite veil just yet (I've worn it for 12 years, and I love it), but to make him happy, I will try to look more "Messianic " :)

So what do you think ? :) LOL