Features Change happens in the kitchen An invitation to Gathering 2014 Responding to current theological issues Prayer map of Canada Walking through a financial review — toward mission Resourcing radical …
May 2014
This February, in her downtown seniors’ block, 93-year-old Anne Kroeker started a life-changing Bible study with her “younger” neighbours (in their 80s), half of whom haven’t attended church since childhood.
Daughters in the City: Mennonite Maids in Vancouver, 1931–61 Ruth Derksen Siemens Fernwood Press Wanted: a hard-working, clean-living (white) girl who won’t steal the jewelry. Found: Mennonite immigrant …
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Introducing a new mission statement
by Willy ReimerIn fall 2002, I attended Church Planting Canada’s congress in Montreal. Patrice Nagant, our current C2C Quebec regional director, toured us around Montreal and informed us of Quebec’s spiritual and …
Title: Jacob’s Choice, Return to Northkill, Book 1 Author: Ervin R. Stutzman Jacob’s Choice is not another simple Amish romance, as the cover may suggest. It’s a skillfully portrayed, heart-wrenching …
Jesus Feminist Author: Sarah Bessey What do you think of when you hear the word feminist?
At Fraser Valley Gleaners, Abbotsford, B.C., more than 55 volunteers a day turn rejected produce into a nourishing just-add-water soup mix that’s shipped to people in crisis around the world.
When Mugu Zakka Bako arrived at the scene of twin bomb blasts on May 20, 2014, at a busy market in the city of Jos, Nigeria, he saw more than …
You can’t get very far into conversation with John Redekop before politics comes up. That, and his even greater passion – Christian camping, especially B.C.’s Stillwood Camp and Conference Centre. …
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Support for small-scale farmers critical in dealing with effects of climate change, says new UN report
by StaffWhen Robert Phiri, a small-scale farmer from Zambia, looks out on his maize field, he can’t help but worry. In the last several years, the changing climate means drought has …
Art Birch of Ross Road Community Church, Abbotsford, B.C., has learned about leadership the hard way. Understanding leadership, he told BCMB leaders, starts with the theology of leadership. Scripture points …
Chapel, a monthly, trans-denominational South Vancouver youth worship rally that started 2012 in the South Hill Church building drew so many attenders it changed its venue to the larger John …
It was a happy ending to a story of trials and resolution at Camp Likely, the newest BCMB camp near Williams Lake, B.C. Co-director Patrick Hama (left) said, although there …
Delegates to the 2014 annual convention of the B.C. Conference of MB Churches at Cariboo Bethel Church, Williams Lake, May 2–3, 2014, were challenged to live out Jesus’ love…
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Mission, ministry and mothers in faith… many reasons to celebrate
by Laura KalmarThis month, the Herald is coming to you with a hefty 44 pages of celebration! In preparation for Gathering 2014, we’ve chosen to highlight some things happening within the Canadian …