How Anabaptist is the Emerging Church?

As most of you know, this is an Anabaptist site although we have yet to do a very good job of discussing Anabaptism, pacifism, and who discipleship influences our daily lives. But I thought I should alert all our readers of Graham's thoughts on the Anabaptishness of the Emerging Church.

"Radical" Anabaptist???

My attention was recently drawn to Southpaw, and his new blog called Radical Anabaptist. As I pondered that for a little, I immediately thought about it that the name is redundant, because throughout history, Anabaptists have always been known as radical. But then as I was wondering just what distorted scope this poor blogger has on Anabaptism, it suddenly made perfect sense as I browsed his site. On his site were (broken) links to two writers for World Net Daily, an extremely conservative, "Christian", not always reliable, news website founded by none other than Joseph Farah hisself! Suddenly it occured to me. This was a radical Anabaptist! Historically, Anabaptists were never conservative (at least not theologically). So a conservative Anabaptist truly is radical!!!! (just dont ask me to be one[a conservative])

What's the matter with Methodists??

Check out the pic of one church that apparently serves two masters. If you couldn’t tell in the blurry picture, it’s a Christian flag and a US flag right next to each other outside of a Methodist church. Just thought that might be of interest. Also, last I heard, Bush and Cheney are still members in good standing in the Methodist church. I personally believe the Iraq War is not only against the beliefs of pacifists, it is also against the Methodist's stance on just war and preemptive strikes. I am severely shocked and wounded at the lackadaisical approach taken by the Methodist church against these two men. Their actions have communicated the message that war is acceptable and right for the churches of Christ. I am a Christian, and I love my enemies Bush and Cheney with only Christ's love. However, I protest against the Methodist church for their tolerance toward these two responsible for so many deaths.
If you are a Methodist, please sign the letter of complaint to Methodist leaders.

Future of this blog.....

I was currently thinking about what I want this blog to become, and I thought I'd share a few thoughts with the readers of this blog.
What I'm trying to do right now is to get a lot of different people to be team bloggers on here. The diversity and opinions would add an interesting dimension. If you have Anabaptist beliefs and are interested, email me and let me know. Also, I would like to get a lot more discussion in the comments. We've had some, but its been pretty one-sided. I would love to have your comment or opinion. It need not have any connection with the post. I will not delete your comment ever unless I judge it to be spam. So post on! I'd love to get some debates going.....
Any ideas or anything else please feel free to email me. I'd love to hear from you!
So thanks, and may God bless you.