Vancouver Hundreds of young people from more than a dozen churches have been flocking to a monthly worship event in South Vancouver. Named “Chapel,” the music-focused time started in South …
Abbotsford, B.C. Children can develop a vision for mission – Joy Penner is proof. The long-term service worker’s childhood imagination was first fired by Amy Carmichael’s story. As a child, …
It’s back-to-school time. New clothes, new pencils, new gadgets. Reconnecting with your BFFs and saying TTFN to summer. So, is anyone thinking about being a BTSM (back-to-school missionary)? One guy …
It was my fifth week as lead pastor at The Meeting Place, Winnipeg. Every face was a new face, every story a new story. A young man named Paul* approached me after the Sunday service, beaming, “Pastor John, I got engaged yesterday evening! Would you officiate our wedding?”
This October, Mennonite Brethren from across Canada will meet to reflect, study, pray, and discuss a biblical theology of human sexuality. It’s critical that we develop a robust theology of …
This article originally appeared in Sightings, an e-publication of the Martin Marty Center at the University of Chicago Divinity School. The 2011 Canadian census data regarding religion was recently released by …
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Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) continues to support its church partners in Egypt with their development projects and health and educational programs, in spite of church partners being hampered by political violence.
When Syrian children return to school this fall, many will carry a weight much heavier than a backpack. They will remember fleeing their homes while bombing, shelling, shooting, and raids happened around them. The loss of family members and neighbours who have died in the Syrian conflict weigh on them.
I woke up from a brief sleep Sunday night feeling nauseous and knew that my body was trying to deal with something uninvited. Soon, my stomach couldn’t handle it any longer, and I began an awful series of vomiting and diarrhea. By 3 a.m., my entire team was suffering from symptoms that were only getting worse. Something needed to be done.