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In the Message, materials like Nancy Campbell\u2019s Above Rubies<\/em> magazine and Vision Forum\u2019s Beautiful Girlhood<\/em> are very popular. When I was growing up, Josh Harris\u2019s I Kissed Dating Goodbye<\/em> was all the rage. In this way, Message believers are very much a part of the evangelical\/fundamentalist subculture in America, even though they do tend to believe the non-Message evangelicals are not part of the Bride of Christ and thus lesser in the Kingdom of God. They are separatist, but not wholly isolationist.<\/span><\/p>\n

My friend Libby Anne has made a blog to compile various perspectives combating the influence of Vision Forum in particular. You can find the blog here:<\/span><\/p>\n

Rethinking Vision Forum<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Vision Forum is an idea factory for gender roles and Christian Reconstructionist thinking. They churn out literature, lesson plans, workbooks and even toys on a large scale, which are sold at homeschool conventions and other religious venues. If you were a girl in the Message and read Beautiful Girlhood<\/em> or the Elsie Dinsmore book series, chances are your family patronized Vision Forum. This is just as relevant for Message folks as for \u201cmainstream\u201d evangelicals, and I encourage you to check out some of what the contributors have written.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"