The death – and the life – of a retired Mennonite Brethren pastor made front page news in Saskatoon’s Star Phoenix Jan. 13. Victor Nickel, 83, died in a pedestrian-vehicle …
March 2009
Last fall, B.C. government officials tried to close down Arnold Community Church’s after-school program on the grounds it constitutes a daycare, a regulated business. For more than a decade, the …
Conference ranks high on Christian workplace survey The Canadian conference executive board meetings, held January 30–31, in Abbotsford, B.C., for reporting, discussion, and decision-making were also a time for celebration. …
As I stared at the computer screen, my mother’s words started to finally sink in. Two years left, one last hope, had a good life. They flew through my mind …
If you are looking for Ernesto Unruh, you may just find him on his hands and knees with other members of the congregation, painting the floor of the church in …
The Mennonite Brethren Historical Commission (MBHC) is issuing a call for papers, on the theme “Searching for the Center and Defining Boundaries: Mennonite Brethren Experience as Anabaptists and Evangelicals,” for …
Demonstration causes arrests; Cross the Street conference; Global Dictionary of Theology released; Land donated to CMU; Restrictions on Christian activity in Burma; Humanist Association advertisements rejected; World’s poorest families receive …
The Alberta conference held three Regional Council of Church Leaders meetings January 19-21, in Edmonton, Calgary, and Lethbridge. Ewald Unruh, director of the national conference’s Regenerate 21-01, participated in the …
A 5-minute DVD from Mennonite World Conference, Ours to Share, communicates that the gift of receiving is as important as the gift of giving. Written by Wally Kroeker, produced and …
Introducing Gord Fleming, Lucas Plett, Terry Schellneberg, David Balzer Farewell/Changes for John Longhurst
Profile of Westside Gathering, Montreal, Quebec
At the first of thrice-yearly meetings in Abbotsford, B.C., Jan. 23–24, the Board of Faith and Life (BFL) affirmed creation of a Wikipedia-style resource for church leaders. Daniel Beutler, CCMBC …
Every year, students, youth pastors, and youth leaders from MB churches across Ontario converge upon Camp Crossroads for the annual youth leadership building weekend. At last fall’s gathering, Oct. 17–19, …