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This article is by one of the presenters at the #ChurchToo conference held at Columbia Bible College May 25–26, 2018. Read more here. Anne* goes to Pastor John* for counselling…

The idea of being a disciple without engaging intentionally in multiplying or reproducing into others is incomplete.

A month after attending #ChurchToo, Columbia Bible College’s conference on professional sexual misconduct, there are a number of voices still echoing in my ears. Those of us in attendance heard many angles of a painful story from long ago, as well as solid teaching on how to respond and establish safeguards. We heard plenary speakers, workshop leaders, and members of panels. All were worthwhile. But a couple of voices in particular have lodged in my memory.

It’s quite different from the soaring cathedrals of Europe. It’s different too from the austere churches of our Anabaptist forebears. Though they eschewed ostentation in their architecture, they took care…

His love endures forever? One Sunday morning, our pastor was leading my church family in a communal reading of Psalm 136. Our pastor would say the first half of each…

*This article is from the MB Herald archives, originally published November 8, 1991, in the column “Christian Mind.” Author Walter Unger (1936–2018) served the church as a teacher, administrator, and…

*This article is from the MB Herald archives, originally published November 18, 1983, in the column “Christian Mind.” Author Walter Unger (1936–2018) served the church as a teacher, administrator, and…

*This article is from the MB Herald archives, originally published May 17, 1985, in the column “Christian Mind.” Author Walter Unger (1936–2018) served the church as a teacher, administrator, and…

*This article is from the MB Herald archives, originally published January 10, 1992, in the column “Christian Mind.” Author Walter Unger (1936–2018) served the church as a teacher, administrator, and…

*This article is from the MB Herald archives, originally published May 16, 1986, in the column “Christian Mind.” Author Walter Unger (1936–2018) served the church as a teacher, administrator, and…

*This article is from the MB Herald archives, originally published March 19, 1993, in the column “Christian Mind.” Author Walter Unger (1936–2018) served the church as a teacher, administrator, and…

“And all in the crowd were trying to touch him, for power came out from him and healed all of them” (Luke 6:19). Power – this was the characteristic that made Jesus someone special; power that was…