{"id":6420,"date":"2013-06-04T19:29:06","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T02:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thepangeablog\/?p=6420"},"modified":"2013-06-04T19:46:10","modified_gmt":"2013-06-05T02:46:10","slug":"markers-of-a-church-planting-movement-1-anabaptist-bic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thepangeablog\/2013\/06\/04\/markers-of-a-church-planting-movement-1-anabaptist-bic\/","title":{"rendered":"Markers of a church planting movement #1: Anabaptist & BIC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

This is the beginning of a series of posts in which I describe the vision of the broad ethos of our church planting project. Not everything that goes into these posts will be EXACTLY what our church plant will look like because context and the Holy Spirit will shift our plans as we get moving. Even so, these represent the basic ideals from which we will begin our church communities.<\/p>\n

Eventually, I plan to go a step further and describe our values and model. For now, these broad ideas will do \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Anabaptist & Brethren in Christ<\/h1>\n

My denomination, the Brethren in Christ Church, has at its roots the Anabaptist movement. In what follows, I will describe modern Anabaptism and then will look at the values of the BIC. I think that you will find much that overlaps.<\/p>\n

Anabaptist<\/h2>\n

Below I give the answer to \u201cWhat is an Anabaptist\u201d through the Core Convictions of the Anabaptist Network (the founders of Urban Expression). If you want to read an excellent introduction to contemporary Anabaptism, check out this\u00a0accessible\u00a0book:\u00a0The Naked Anabaptist: The Bare Essentials of Radical Faith<\/a>\u00a0by Stuart Murray. Core convictions from the book include:<\/p>\n