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Personally I would like to see a couple of forums / chatrooms added, one reserved for continuationists and another reserved for cessationists. It's hard to ask or answer questions someone may have concerning certain doctrinal beliefs when you have folks from a different belief system barking at you all of the time. It's even harder when when those being critical are moderators looking to push their views on others.
If this website is going to truly flourish then I believe some things need to be accessed and boundaries set. Please keep in mind that according to recent statistics done on Evangelical churches, all Cessationists denominations combined account for less than 250 million members worldwide. On the other hand, Continuationists account for 750 million members wordlwide. Essentially, by embracing one view over another - Particularly Cessationism, your moderators (although on the surface they acts as if they are unbiased) are alienated a huge portion of Evengelical Christians today, especially when you take into consideration that most Continuationists reside in industrialized nations where the internet is easy access.
While I can understand why moderators should be on the look out for various "cultic" religions that are destructive to the core values of the Evangelical christian faith, I feel that they should remain completely unbiased and if they are going to enforce anything it should be to keep the peace between opposing views not siding with one or another.
However, if moderators feel that they should be allowed to share their views, they can do so freely in the newly created designated forums / chats. Although, if such a thing was implemented, I personally would recommend bringing on board new moderators who share the beliefs of the boards they are designated to moderate.
Let's face it, if this site is going to grow, this site needs to at least think about what I have propsed. If not I have a final suggestion... putting together a statement of faith and making sure that all new chatters know that this websites holds to and enforces Cessetionist perspective. You might as well as add "once saved always saved" to that list as well.
If this website is going to truly flourish then I believe some things need to be accessed and boundaries set. Please keep in mind that according to recent statistics done on Evangelical churches, all Cessationists denominations combined account for less than 250 million members worldwide. On the other hand, Continuationists account for 750 million members wordlwide. Essentially, by embracing one view over another - Particularly Cessationism, your moderators (although on the surface they acts as if they are unbiased) are alienated a huge portion of Evengelical Christians today, especially when you take into consideration that most Continuationists reside in industrialized nations where the internet is easy access.
While I can understand why moderators should be on the look out for various "cultic" religions that are destructive to the core values of the Evangelical christian faith, I feel that they should remain completely unbiased and if they are going to enforce anything it should be to keep the peace between opposing views not siding with one or another.
However, if moderators feel that they should be allowed to share their views, they can do so freely in the newly created designated forums / chats. Although, if such a thing was implemented, I personally would recommend bringing on board new moderators who share the beliefs of the boards they are designated to moderate.
Let's face it, if this site is going to grow, this site needs to at least think about what I have propsed. If not I have a final suggestion... putting together a statement of faith and making sure that all new chatters know that this websites holds to and enforces Cessetionist perspective. You might as well as add "once saved always saved" to that list as well.