Evangelism in a Skeptical World: How to Make the Unbelievable News about Jesus More Believable Sam Chan Zondervan Reviewed By: David Berg What is the subject? Chan provides a practical …
July 2018
“Hotspots: that’s what we will call it.” It was the late 1990s and Evelyn Poppy was addressing a small group at Willingdon Church. This group, gathered to intercede for a …
Report from ICOMB 2018 Summit The Mennonitischer Freikirche Österreich (MFO) – Mennonite Free Church of Austria – hosted the annual ICOMB Summit June 2-6, 2018 in Vienna, Austria. MFO has …
Five years ago, when Westside Gathering, Montreal, pastor David Manafo invited local pastors to pray weekly about the results of a demographic study on West Island, “a vision of how …
The Mennonite Brethren Historical Commission met June 8 and 9 for its annual general meeting in Hillsboro, Kansas, at Tabor College’s Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies. The Commission heard reports …
“We acknowledge there’s a trust issue,” says Phil Gunther, SKMB director of ministry. “The healthiest thing we can do is say it’s there.” But he challenged people to not stay …
Walking on our knees “Think about the possibilities of ICOMB.” – David Wiebe (newly retired executive director of ICOMB) Fighter jets and tanks. A blind preacher who takes pictures with …
A solid foundation The big word at Gathering has been collaboration, and in their breakout session, our schools lived that out. MB Seminary president Mark Wessner introduced the hour by …
The Stewardship division of the Canadian Conference of MB Churches was started to provide mortgages to churches and pastors – “and that’s still the main purpose of Legacy,” says CFO …
All for one, and one head for all At what level is my church playing? MB Seminary president Mark Wessner compared church to a basketball team. When he taught his …
Redeem everything “We’re making North America our eighth church planting region,” said Randy Friesen, MB Mission general director about the global mission agency’s merger with the Canadian MB church planting …
A theology of denomination There are lots of reasons – probably most of them fairly inward focused – why not to be part of a denomination. But Rob Thiessen thinks …
Jesus Followers, Saskatchewan Style The thing that always gets me – a big reason I love attending conference events – is that different Jesus followers in different places do the …
Don’t ever grow up “It’s adults who build walls; it’s children who knock them down.” Oh, grow up. Put on your big boy pants. Expressions we use to encourage each …
On Bungee Cords and Floating Together “To live out our calling is to manage the tension that it creates” —Bruce Enns This made me think of bungee cords. As a …