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Cultural context remains in descriptions. Titles now uniformly use the practice name without prefixing the culture, country, religion, or people. e.g. 'Quaker Meeting for Worship' -> 'Meeting for Worship', 'Moroccan Jmaa Village Assembly' -> 'Jmaa Village Assembly', 'Aboriginal Yarning Circle' -> 'Yarning Circle'. 43 titles updated across the seed library.
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id: mennonite-consensus
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title: Congregational Consensus
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description: >-
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A Mennonite practice of seeking congregational consensus through
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prayerful discussion and discernment, without voting. Rooted in the
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Anabaptist tradition of communal discernment and pacifist commitment.
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source: Mennonite Church USA / Mennonite World Conference
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source_url: https://www.mennoniteusa.org/
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tags: [mennonite, anabaptist, consensus, discernment, church]
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forked_from: null
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image: null
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steps:
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- headline: Frame in worship
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description: >-
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The congregation frames the decision in prayer and scripture,
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recognising it as a matter of communal discernment, not preference.
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- headline: Open discussion
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description: >-
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Members share their views and concerns openly, with a moderator
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ensuring that all voices — including the marginal — are heard.
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- headline: Seek the mind of Christ
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description: >-
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The moderator names the emerging sense of the congregation, testing
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whether it reflects a shared discernment rather than a majority.
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- headline: Confirm or hold
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description: >-
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If the congregation can unite, the decision is confirmed. If not, the
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matter is held for further prayer and discussion rather than voted
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through.
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outcome: >-
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A decision is made that the congregation can unite behind, or held until
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such unity emerges, without overriding dissent.
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practice: >-
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The discipline is not to vote when unity is absent. Holding a matter is
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not failure — it is the form respecting the discernment. |