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More than 11,000 people displaced by Cyclone Idai in southern Malawi will receive food from Canadian Foodgrains Bank through an emergency response of Foodgrains Bank member World Renew. Heavy rains…

Discerning women in ministry leadership in the Mennonite Brethren church “It’s like a detective story; you see all these threads woven together,” says Doug Heidebrecht. Heidebrecht’s Women in Ministry Leadership:…

Alberta Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches Apr. 12–13, 2019 SunWest Church, Calgary “Welcome to SunWest Church’s home,” said lead pastor and ABMB co-moderator Matt Dyck at the outset of the…

Like other Canadians, every year Ernie and Charlotte Wiens file their taxes. Unlike others in Canada, the LaSalle farming couple doesn’t send the federal government everything it says they owe…

Nikolai (Nick) Jacob Enns loves his corner of the world. From his two facing windows, he looks out into the back yard. The windows offer natural light, which is important…

It’s a great blessing to learn from those who are different than you and be together as one, said Derek Parenteau at the 88th convention of the Ontario Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches Feb. 22–23, 2019, at Glencairn Church, Kitchener, Ont. Plenary speaker at the event, he serves among Indigenous people near Parry Sound, Ont.

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparing, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to…

HELLOS Alex Dixon Title & congregation: lead pastor, Greendale MB Church, Chilliwack, B.C. Start: July 1, 2018 Education: Timberline Lodge, Capernwray Bible School, Fraser, Colo.; diploma in intercultural studies and…

#MBThrowback Drama at Christian Day Camps “We are not interested in erecting buildings, but in calling men and women to Christ and into His service.”—1970 Home Missions Committee letter to…

How can a church respond to hunger – not only spiritual, but physical – in its community? In May 2013, a vision to transform an unused grassy lot at Central…

Mennonite Brethren Church of Manitoba Mar. 1–2, 2019 Steinbach (Man.) MB Church Young and old are connected at Steinbach (Man.) MB Church which hosted the annual Assembly of Mennonite Brethren…

At the Mennonite Brethren Church of Manitoba Assembly workshops, Mar. 1–2, 2019, at Steinbach (Man.) MB Church, Steve Bock of La Salle led a youth ministry panel with Dave Lunn (Westside Community Church, Morden); Shannon Girard (Community Fellowship Church, Newton); Dwight Bennett (Eastview Community Church, Winnipeg); and Titus Graham (Living Word Temple, Winnipeg).

“Parents are so grateful to have a safe place for their kids to hang during the summer,” says children’s ministry pastor Aggie Buhler. For more than 10 years, Richmond Park…

Hundreds dead, situation continuing to escalate Six days after a devastating cyclone made landfall in southern Africa resulting in widespread damage and flooding, over one thousand people are feared dead…

MCC’s 40 years of refugee resettlement in Canada More than 12,500 refugees have been resettled in Canada by Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) since negotiating an agreement with the government on…