April 15, 2020 This story was written in February 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic became a worldwide threat. As of April 2020, Minear Mak is still serving in her YAMEN …
It is now week 3 of the COVID-19 crisis in Canada and I decided to dust off my blog and start typing. For three Sundays now churches in our country, …
Title: Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World’s Largest Religion.
Author: By Rebecca McLaughlin
Harold Jantz reviews and recommends this book that will not only equip you intellectually but also call you to compassion and empathy for your questioning, unbelieving neighbour,MCC is well-positioned through its ongoing water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), health and food programs to address the threats of COVID-19 for some of the world’s most vulnerable people, including people displaced from their homes.
Janet Thiessen (North Langley Community Church, BC) was the recipient of an unexpected call that would put into motion a door to door delivery of the hope of Christ.
Doug Heidebrecht, Director of Global Training at MB Seminary, began teaching the Missional Leadership Training (MLT) program in Malawi in the fall of 2018 n Dzaleka Camp, the Mennonite Brethren Church of Malawi (MBCM) works closely with three other churches….
Dear MB churches, as we continue to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic, our response is not prompted by fear or anxiety, for we know that God is in control of all things. Instead, we reach out to you today out of the responsibility for the well-being of those we serve. To that end, we recommend actions to prevent the spread of illness and curtail the strain on the medical system.
UPDATED -March 20, 2020. Given the travel restrictions and measures to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus, Jireh Mukawa’s summer archival internship has been postponed to a later date. …
David Wiebe: I have an idea. Let’s regularly pray for our conference leaders! Isn’t that radical?! I have another idea. Let’s do it in our weekend worship services in our Mennonite Brethren churches.
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Unsettling Truths: The on-going, dehumanizing legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery
Title: Unsettling Truths: The on-going, dehumanizing legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery.
Author: Mark Charles and Soong-Chan Rah
This book shines a damning light on the “Doctrine of Discovery,” the legal framework that grounded and justified European colonial rule of the Americas, and whose fallout continues to impact Indigenous lives to this day.