Gerardo Ferreira navigates his van through a labyrinth of makeshift shacks and narrow cobblestone roads in Asunción’s notorious Pelopincho slum – a crime-ridden shantytown even police are reluctant to enter – and comes to a stop.
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You Lost Me: Why Young Christians are Leaving Church…And Rethinking Faith
You Lost Me: Why Young Christians are Leaving Church…And Rethinking FaithAuthor: David KinnamanFollowing up with students who have graduated out of your youth group can be one of the most rewarding aspects of that ministry – or one of the most terrifying.
Last fall, a 60-foot tree in our backyard suffered a large broken limb, so we had to take the whole thing down quickly. Staring at an estimated $1,000–1,500 bill for a company to come in on short notice made for a restless Saturday, not to mention the prospect of a tree landing on our home.
Jesus, My Father, the CIA, and MeAuthor: Ian Morgan CronYou’re at an outreach event listening to a special speaker flown in for the evening to tell his amazing testimony. This book is that story. It’s a first-person account of how the author survived an alcoholic father and went on to struggle with his own alcoholism. In the end, he winds up as an Episcopal priest.
Introducing Ken Dueck, Travis Barbour, Jonathan (J) Janzen
Changes for Christian Press“Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary Canada represents a new model for MB graduate theological education in Canada, one which is more accessible to pastors and leaders across the country,” says MBBS–ACTS associate dean Brian Cooper.
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Renewing Identity and Mission: Mennonite Brethren Reflections After 150 Years
Renewing Identity and Mission: Mennonite Brethren Reflections After 150 YearsEditors: Abe J. Dueck, Bruce L. Guenther, and Doug HeidebrechtThis book includes 17 of the 30 presentations given at the Renewing Identity and Mission consultation celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Mennonite Brethren at Trinity Western University, Langley, B.C., July 12–14, 2010. The consultation, attended by some 300 delegates, was planned by the Centre for MB Studies together with the MB Historical Commission
Not many people have a theological epiphany in the context of doctoral research. But I did.
David Wiebe and Bruce Guenther share their favorite book picks for literature on Anabaptism, Evangelicalism and Evangelical-Anabaptists
The impact of Pietism, re: January; Herald relevant to 20-somethings, re: January; Holy living vs. holy buildings, re: January; God will make a new earth, re: December; Don’t downplay destruction, re: December; Read as authors intended, re: November; Article answered my prayer, re: October; Our job, not the government’s, re: January; We need more mentors, re: September