I’m interested in a missional way of doing church but I’m no one’s brother. Please advise.
Answer: As the inquirer notes, Brethren and Sistren would perhaps be the more accurate terminology, however the webmaster is slightly dyslexic and she kept writing it as Brethren and Cistern, which confused all of the rainwater-collecting activists who kept arriving at the site. The other two original members, who both identify as male, begged her to change the name of the group to the Sisterhood of the Traveling Mission, being good second-wave feminists themselves, but being a third-wave feminist and a die-hard fan of the Blues Brothers, she refused to let only boys have the name, finally justifying it on the basis that “Brethren” is AraHebTin for “one who breathes” which is what they all need to do, as they are a Family of Spirit, and everyone knows that “Spirit” and “Breath” share the same etymology. Except she typed it as entomology and then we were back to the whole dyslexic thing. Please don’t ask her to write about eschatology.
And for the other commenters on this topic, no, the Red Pill Brethren is not affiliated with the Plymouth Brethren, the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren, nor the Brethren of the Croatian Dragon, though an argument could be made for an affiliation, or at least an affection, with the Moravian Brethren, though then people start arguing about fake historical ties, and really, being missional is about getting past that stuff in order to get some work done.
We do, however, retain the right to claim relationship with the Brethren of the Coast.
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