“We lived by faith, we had people who sponsored us financially. It was a really interesting time to lean on God for everything we needed all the time. We did that for 12 years and we had four kids in five years over that time.”
Applying for scholarships and bursaries is a process that savvy students embrace as an annual ritual.
Question (Note: We did not receive this question directly from one person, but it is a summary of questions that were received by several of our provincial conference leaders.) …
As global MB pastors and leaders are aging out, they are looking to pass the baton to the next generation without slackening their pace. However, with fewer and fewer young leaders stepping up, that pace can be exhausting.
Mennonite Brethren are Jesus-followers. We have always been. Over the years, we have acquired the habit of making our commitment to Jesus our fallback position when theological disagreements emerged. Sometimes, closer examination of the implications of this commitment helped overcome the disagreements.
I was at the hospital recently and a woman walked past wearing a t-shirt with the words “Kindness is not in quarantine” blazoned across the front.
Ever since survivors of brutal fighting in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo fled to the city of Kikwit in 2017, the Mennonite Brethren Church has been ministering to them with faith and action.
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Book Review: A Non-Anxious Presence: How a Changing and Complex World Will Create a Remnant of Renewed Christian Leaders
A friend recommended this book by the evangelical church leader Mark Sayers to me and I picked it up soon after. I was happy I did. Sayers is the senior leader of the Red Church of Melbourne, Australia, and co-founder of Ueber Ministries, a resourcing ministry for church leaders.
What are your thoughts on how to include same sex families in church fellowship?
Judy Schmidt likes to cook—even for 20 or more people at a time.