June 8, 2019, MB Seminary announced a financial gift of $250,000 per year for two years that enables a reversal of personnel cuts previously indicated. “We are pleased that both…
Anabaptism
Anabaptist groups and individuals gathered together 8–12 October 2018 at Sammuk Christian Academy, Chonburi, Thailand, for the fourth Thailand Anabaptist Gathering (TAG). The Thai Mennonite Brethren leaders and MB…
Title: The Upside-Down Kingdom, 40th anniversary edition
Author: Donald KraybillThe 40th anniversary edition is not just a reprint Kraybill explains in the preface. Keeping the core intact, he updated scholarly research and attempted to respond to the changing times.
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Why should we pay attention to the Reformation anniversary?
by Meetinghouse2017 is the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther posting 95 theses on the doors of the churches in the city of Wittenberg, Germany, including the All Saints Church.
Anabaptist Essentials: Ten Signs of a Unique Christian Faith Palmer Becker Herald Press According to 2015 statistics from Mennonite World Conference, there are more baptized members of Anabaptist-related churches in…
The Nonviolent God
J. Denny Weaver
Is God violent? And if he is, what does this do to my conviction of nonviolent discipleship? Anabaptist scholar J. Denny Weaver has asked these same questions, and the result is The Nonviolent God.Angola as a case study I felt the burn rising in my head. “You mean to say the civil war in Angola was really a proxy war between the USA…
“Do you like the public bath?” asked Yoshifumi Tanaka, my host in Osaka, Japan. I was visiting speaker for the 65th anniversary celebrations of Nihon Menonaito Burezaren Kyodan. “Some people are not sure about them.”
Sometimes, a single act can have enormous consequences. In the religious ferment of 16th century Europe, a small group of Christians in the Swiss canton of Zurich gathered in a…
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5 Mennonite Brethren gifts for our Muslim friends
by Karla BraunIslam scholar Gordon Nickel, an adjunct professor at the University of Calgary, is not afraid to stand up for the truth claims of the Bible, especially in the arena of interfaith dialogue.
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Discovering the Son of God: Spirit and truth
by ContributorA CMB’s story* When a Muslim comes to Christ, especially through a vision or other spectacular revelation, do you really need to explain? Isn’t conversion all a heart issue anyway?…
Anabaptist martyrdom didn’t end in the 16th century. The Bearing Witness stories project collects stories
of people in the Anabaptist community of faith who willingly suffered, died or experienced significant
deprivation for their commitment to Christ.Trinity Western University (TWU) is now home to something new – the first university based research centre to study the integration of faith and learning from an Anabaptist-Mennonite perspective.
With ground officially broken Sept. 4, 2014, Mennonites in the Fraser Valley will soon have a permanent place to tell their story. Construction has begun on a Mennonite Heritage Museum and Agricultural Education Centre on the south end of Clearbrook Road in Abbotsford, B.C., just off Highway 1.
Title: Prodigal Christianity
Authors: David Fitch and Geoff Holsclaw
When I first read the title, I expected a diatribe itemizing all that is wrong with contemporary Christianity. I was wrong…