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Since its earliest recorded history, the Abrigalast movement has been extremely fissile, sundering into a great many sub-denominations over disputes such as the proper use and methods of {{wp|cleromancy}}, the degree to which Christians are called to abjure from interaction with human laws and governments and those who submit to them, and numerous other issues. Some moderate Abrigalasts, such as the First Submitting Church of [[Primóra]], abstain from voting, military service, and contesting lawsuits, but otherwise abide by civil and administrative laws of the countries where they live. Other groups make greater efforts to avoid interaction with the temporal power, and may object to {{wp|civil registration}}, land registration, and payment of taxes. The most extreme Abrigalast churches seek to live as free from civil authority as possible, and the Kiravian Health Executive estimates that there may over 1,000 radical Abrigalasts living completely {{wp|off-the-grid}} in [[Rhuon]] and the [[Great Kirav#Western Highlands|Western Highlands]] to avoid civil registration and use of government roads or currency. Abrigalasts' drive to detach themselves from political society has pushed them to settle in many remote and inhospitable locations throughout Ixnay. | Since its earliest recorded history, the Abrigalast movement has been extremely fissile, sundering into a great many sub-denominations over disputes such as the proper use and methods of {{wp|cleromancy}}, the degree to which Christians are called to abjure from interaction with human laws and governments and those who submit to them, and numerous other issues. Some moderate Abrigalasts, such as the First Submitting Church of [[Primóra]], abstain from voting, military service, and contesting lawsuits, but otherwise abide by civil and administrative laws of the countries where they live. Other groups make greater efforts to avoid interaction with the temporal power, and may object to {{wp|civil registration}}, land registration, and payment of taxes. The most extreme Abrigalast churches seek to live as free from civil authority as possible, and the Kiravian Health Executive estimates that there may over 1,000 radical Abrigalasts living completely {{wp|off-the-grid}} in [[Rhuon]] and the [[Great Kirav#Western Highlands|Western Highlands]] to avoid civil registration and use of government roads or currency. Abrigalasts' drive to detach themselves from political society has pushed them to settle in many remote and inhospitable locations throughout Ixnay. | ||
==Church and Community Governance== | |||
There are two leadership offices in Abrigalast churches: Pastors and Bishops. Both pastors and bishops are chosen periodically by sortition from among the church's membership. Some churches allow women to be selected as pastors and fewer as bishops, but most do not. In all sub-denominations, the pastor's primary (often only) role is to supervise and officiate over the casting of lots. In congregations that handle money, the pastor is typically responsible for taking up collection and taking care of the proceeds. In many churches, the pastor may also have some role in leading or organising prayer services, and in more liturgically-oriented churches the pastor's role may superficially resemble that of a Catholic priest. A bishop's primary responsibility is to supervise the sortition of pastors, though they usually have other unofficial duties. In "Abiding churches" (those that obey manmade laws but abstain from politics), pastors and bishops may also be responsible for administrative tasks such as signing documents and cheques on behalf of the church. | |||
Pastors select lectors, doorkeepers, ushers, etc. by sortition. | |||
==Abrigalasts around the World== | ==Abrigalasts around the World== | ||
===Covinia=== | ===Covinia=== | ||
There are an estimated | There are an estimated 9,000 Abrigalasts living in Covinia today, down from a peak of around 30,000 in 18XX. concentrated primarily in Kamslutsky Oblast, Naymheresky Oblast, and Slavskvatsky Oblast. | ||
Covinia was a major destination for Abrigalasts fleeing persecution in South Levantia, and the refugees were welcomed by the Covinian government, which sought settlers willing to cultivate some of the country's more marginal lands. | Covinia was a major destination for Abrigalasts fleeing persecution in South Levantia, and the refugees were welcomed by the Covinian government, which sought settlers willing to cultivate some of the country's more marginal lands. | ||
===Kiravian Federacy=== | ===Kiravian Federacy=== | ||
The oldest, largest, and most stable Abrigalast communities are located in the mountains of [[Serikorda State]], living in six villages. However, over the past century the Sortitionist villages of Serikorda have experienced gradual decline due to attrition from the movement and emigration of members to other areas. | |||
====Kiravian Crona==== | ====Kiravian Crona==== | ||