Do Mennonites believe you can lose your salvation?

Question

I have been told that the mennonite faith do not believe in eternal security...any chance someone can help me out...please give actual biblical references so that I can back check your reply...thanks

I am an independent baptist and believe that once you are saved you are always saved...that there is no separating sin after salvation...

Answer 1

Yes, "While Mennonites hold tightly to the belief that we are saved through God's powerful gift of grace, we don't subscribe to the "eternal security," or "once saved, always saved" theology. And though we believe that we are ultimately saved by God's grace, and not through any action or merit of our own, we also believe that maintaining a right relationship with Christ means that we are to follow in his footsteps and live a life that follows his example. Each member of the church has free will and can separate themselves from the body of Christ and live a sinful life, even if they once were bound to Christ. If that happens, the church will continue to pray for them and seek to restore them to fellowship, but the individual may still choose to forfeit his/her right to salvation."

While I don't know precisely what Biblical verses they use to support their view, I would suspect they're most of the usual ones. That is, Romans 11:22; Galatians 5:4; 1 Corinthians 15:1–2; 2 Pet. 2:20; Matt. 7:21, 10:33, 18:35; and Rev 22:19.

Answer 2

Isn't Mennonites, part of the Amish people? I don't think they believe in using computers.

Answer 3

i dont know.

but one thing is for sure.... if you're a "backslider"...then you never really slid forward in the first place.