{"id":2639,"date":"2023-04-14T14:10:58","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T14:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paolimennonite.org\/?p=2639"},"modified":"2023-04-14T14:10:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T14:10:58","slug":"annabaptist-essentials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/paolimennonite.org\/?p=2639","title":{"rendered":"Annabaptist Essentials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"908\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/paolimennonite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_5406-908x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/paolimennonite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_5406-908x1024.jpeg 908w, http:\/\/paolimennonite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_5406-266x300.jpeg 266w, http:\/\/paolimennonite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_5406-768x866.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/paolimennonite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_5406-1362x1536.jpeg 1362w, http:\/\/paolimennonite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_5406-1816x2048.jpeg 1816w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 908px) 100vw, 908px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to learn more about what an Anabaptist believes?  Join us this Sunday April 16 as we resume a series of worships about \u201cAnabaptist-Mennonite Essentials:\u201d core convictions, core practices of our stream of spirituality within the broad river of Christianity.As Bob Dylan observed, \u201cYou\u2019re gonna have to serve somebody.\u201d \u201cJesus is Lord\u201d is a good short creedal statement of our Christian faith. \u201cLord:\u201d meaning, who I give my supreme allegiance to. \u201cSeek first the kingdom of God and God\u2019s righteousness&#8230;\u201d (Mt. 6:33).Anabaptist\/Mennonite theology believes that Jesus is our model and ultimate authority for personal and social ethics. We strive to follow Christ as our primary allegiance; and to respect and obey (secular government) \u201cordained\u201d leaders to the extent that Christian discipleship permits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to learn more about what an Anabaptist believes? Join us this Sunday April 16 as we resume a series of worships about \u201cAnabaptist-Mennonite Essentials:\u201d core convictions, core practices of our stream of spirituality within the broad river of Christianity.As Bob Dylan observed, \u201cYou\u2019re gonna have to serve somebody.\u201d \u201cJesus is Lord\u201d is a good&hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/paolimennonite.org\/?p=2639\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Annabaptist Essentials<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2f0Av-Gz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/paolimennonite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2639"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/paolimennonite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/paolimennonite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/paolimennonite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/paolimennonite.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2639"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/paolimennonite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2641,"href":"http:\/\/paolimennonite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2639\/revisions\/2641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/paolimennonite.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/paolimennonite.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/paolimennonite.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}